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Okabena's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Okabena took in $703 thousand and spent $769 thousand.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (liquor stores, water)67%City taxes14%State tax money13%Fines and other4.4%Federal tax money1.6%

What stands out

67%

of Okabena's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 35%.

City taxes14%

Property tax
14%$97 thousand
Other taxes
0.1%$1 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services67%

Fees for services
67%$471 thousand
What's in fees for servicesLiquor stores; water and 2 more
  • Liquor stores$323 thousand
  • Water$93 thousand
  • Sewer$43 thousand
  • Other service charges$12 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money1.6%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
1.6%$11 thousand

State tax money13%

Money the state passes on, paid for by the state taxes residents also pay.

From the state
13%$92 thousand

Fines and other4.4%

Interest, rents and other
4.4%$31 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities64%Roads, transit and parking20%Running the government and other costs9.1%Police, fire, courts and jails4.7%Interest on debt1.0%All other spending0.9%

What stands out

64%

of Okabena's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 32%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
64%$495 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesLiquor stores; water supply and 1 more
  • Liquor stores$358 thousand
  • Water supply$93 thousand
  • Sewer systems$44 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
20%$153 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$153 thousand
Running the government and other costs
9.1%$70 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; other and not broken out and 1 more
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$36 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$30 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$4 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
4.7%$36 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and police
  • Fire protection$30 thousand
  • Police$6 thousand
Interest on debt
1.0%$8 thousand
What's in interest on debtInterest on water supply debt and interest on general debt
  • Interest on water supply debt$7 thousand
  • Interest on general debt$1 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.7%$5 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$5 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.3%$2 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$2 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Okabena. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of Okabena itself. Other governments that serve the same area (the city, county, school district and state) are separate and not included. Borrowing, transfers between a government's own funds, and pension trust funds are not counted as revenue.