ZIP 30310 · Atlanta, GA

Four governments run on your community's money

From the state down to your schools: where each one's money comes from and goes.

Yearly budgets from each government's latest fiscal year on record. Tap one to jump to it.

Your state

State of Georgia

$70.7 billion budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

State taxes50%Federal tax money38%Fees for services (college tuition, university housing and dining)7.1%Fines and other4.7%Local tax money<0.1%
Full Georgia breakdown

What stands out

24%

of Georgia's money comes from a personal income tax.A typical state government gets 14%.

State taxes50%

Individual income tax
24%$16.0 billion
Sales tax
13%$9.01 billion
Other taxes
6.1%$4.13 billion
What's in other taxesMotor fuel taxes; insurance premium taxes and 11 more
  • Motor fuel taxes$1.76 billion
  • Insurance premium taxes$562 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$535 million
  • Motor vehicle licenses$409 million
  • Tobacco taxes$226 million
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$224 million
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$203 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$85.3 million
  • Corporation licenses$57.2 million
  • Driver's licenses$34.8 million
  • Hunting and fishing licenses$29.0 million
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$5.0 million
  • Other licenses$452 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Business income tax
5.4%$3.61 billion
Property tax
1.3%$863 million

Fees for services7.1%

Fees for services
7.1%$4.77 billion
What's in fees for servicesCollege tuition; university housing and dining and 11 more
  • College tuition$1.85 billion
  • University housing and dining$803 million
  • Ports and waterways$699 million
  • Other service charges$617 million
  • Hospital bills$374 million
  • Parks and recreation$178 million
  • Tolls on roads and bridges$76.6 million
  • Other education charges$72.8 million
  • Parks, land and natural resources$68.1 million
  • Road charges$28.0 million
  • Housing$4.3 million
  • Transit fares$2.0 million
  • Airport$10 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money38%

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

From the federal government
38%$25.6 billion

Local tax money<0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From local governments
<0.1%$60.4 million

Fines and other4.7%

Interest, rents and other
4.6%$3.10 billion
Fines
<0.1%$57.5 million
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Where the money goes

Social services27%Sent to local governments25%Schools and colleges20%Roads, transit and parking7.8%Running the government and other costs7.0%All other spending14%

What stands out

20%

of Georgia's spending goes to schools and colleges.A typical state government spends 15%.

Full Georgia breakdown

Spending by category100%

Social services
27%$19.1 billion
What's in social servicesOther public welfare; unemployment and social insurance offices and 2 more
  • Other public welfare$19.0 billion
  • Unemployment and social insurance offices$39.6 million
  • Veterans' services$24.3 million
  • Welfare institutions$23.4 million
Sent to local governments
25%$17.9 billion
What's in sent to local governmentsSent to school districts; sent to local governments: finance, tax collection and budgeting and 17 more
  • Sent to school districts$14.3 billion
  • Sent to local governments: finance, tax collection and budgeting$850 million
  • Sent to local governments: public health$708 million
  • Sent to local governments: other public welfare$603 million
  • Sent to local governments: roads and highways$523 million
  • Sent to local governments: hospitals$271 million
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$243 million
  • Sent to local governments: airports$71.4 million
  • Sent to local governments: housing and community development$56.3 million
  • Sent to local governments: police$52.0 million
  • Sent to local governments: libraries$47.4 million
  • Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$40.4 million
  • Sent to local governments: probation, parole and other corrections$36.8 million
  • Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$26.2 million
  • Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$3.5 million
  • Sent to local governments: other education$2.5 million
  • Sent to local governments: other government administration$599 thousand
  • Sent to local governments: central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$449 thousand
  • Sent to local governments: prisons and jails$114 thousand
Schools and colleges
20%$13.8 billion
What's in schools and collegesColleges and universities; other education and 2 more
  • Colleges and universities$7.45 billion
  • Other education$3.70 billion
  • Scholarships and other education subsidies$1.73 billion
  • College housing, dining and bookstores$966 million
Roads, transit and parking
7.8%$5.51 billion
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; ports and harbors and 3 more
  • Roads and highways$4.54 billion
  • Ports and harbors$862 million
  • Public transit$53.0 million
  • Toll roads and bridges$50.4 million
  • Airports$6.2 million
Running the government and other costs
7.0%$4.93 billion
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 3 more
  • Other and not broken out$3.00 billion
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.03 billion
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$761 million
  • Government buildings$88.7 million
  • Other government administration$47.7 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
6.0%$4.27 billion
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; inspections and regulation and 3 more
  • Prisons and jails$1.49 billion
  • Inspections and regulation$954 million
  • Police$672 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$575 million
  • Courts and legal services$575 million
Health and hospitals
4.2%$2.96 billion
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$1.53 billion
  • Public health$1.43 billion
Environment and natural resources
1.1%$766 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$766 million
Interest on debt
0.9%$631 million
Housing and community development
0.8%$595 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.4%$307 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$290 million
  • Libraries$16.8 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
<0.1%$26.4 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste and sewer systems
  • Garbage and solid waste$17.1 million
  • Sewer systems$9.3 million
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Your county

Fulton County

$879 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended December 31, 2023.

Where the money comes from

County taxes66%Fees for services (water, sewer)20%Federal tax money5.2%Fines and other5.1%State tax money3.2%Local tax money0.9%
Full Fulton County breakdown

What stands out

63%

of Fulton County's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. county of 250,000+ people gets 29%.

County taxes66%

Property tax
63%$704 million
Sales tax
1.7%$18.9 million
Other taxes
1.2%$13.3 million
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses; other taxes not classified elsewhere and 5 more
  • Occupation and business licenses$5.4 million
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$3.6 million
  • Other licenses$3.3 million
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$905 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$87 thousand
  • Insurance premium taxes$23 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$15 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services20%

Fees for services
20%$219 million
What's in fees for servicesWater; sewer and 2 more
  • Water$109 million
  • Sewer$72.8 million
  • Other service charges$32.1 million
  • Airport$4.7 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money5.2%

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

From the federal government
5.2%$58.2 million

State tax money3.2%

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

From the state
3.2%$36.1 million

Local tax money0.9%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
0.9%$9.7 million

Fines and other5.1%

Interest, rents and other
3.4%$38.0 million
Fines
1.7%$18.9 million
Fulton County page →

Where the money goes

Police, fire, courts and jails41%Running the government and other costs32%Health and hospitals8.5%Sent to other local governments5.9%Parks, recreation and libraries4.4%All other spending8.6%

What stands out

5.9%

of Fulton County's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. counties of 250,000+ people spend nothing on this.

Full Fulton County breakdown

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
41%$359 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; prisons and jails and 2 more
  • Courts and legal services$186 million
  • Prisons and jails$91.7 million
  • Police$80.2 million
  • Fire protection$325 thousand
Running the government and other costs
32%$279 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 3 more
  • Other and not broken out$120 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$95.6 million
  • Government buildings$49.3 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$13.9 million
  • Other government-run businesses$62 thousand
Health and hospitals
8.5%$74.5 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$74.5 million
Sent to other local governments
5.9%$52.2 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$52.2 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
4.4%$38.7 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$29.1 million
  • Parks and recreation$9.5 million
Interest on debt
4.3%$37.4 million
Social services
1.9%$16.4 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare and welfare institutions
  • Other public welfare$16.3 million
  • Welfare institutions$11 thousand
Housing and community development
1.7%$15.1 million
Roads, transit and parking
0.7%$6.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$4.2 million
  • Airports$1.8 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
<0.1%$802 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$802 thousand
Fulton County page →

Your city

City of Atlanta

$2.71 billion budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

Fees for services (airport, water)42%City taxes34%County and local tax money15%Fines and other4.8%Federal tax money3.4%State tax money0.9%

What stands out

15%

of Atlanta's money comes from county and other local tax money.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people gets 0.9%.

Full Atlanta breakdown

City taxes34%

Property tax
22%$703 million
Other taxes
12%$394 million
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes; occupation and business licenses and 6 more
  • Other selective sales taxes$126 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$80.9 million
  • Public utility taxes$60.8 million
  • Insurance premium taxes$44.2 million
  • Other licenses$43.8 million
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$26.6 million
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$10.9 million
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$191 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services42%

Fees for services
42%$1.33 billion
What's in fees for servicesAirport; water and 4 more
  • Airport$682 million
  • Water$284 million
  • Sewer$223 million
  • Other service charges$70.9 million
  • Garbage collection$51.5 million
  • Road charges$18.0 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money3.4%

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

From the federal government
3.4%$110 million

State tax money0.9%

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

From the state
0.9%$30.0 million

County and local tax money15%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
15%$475 million

Fines and other4.8%

Interest, rents and other
4.1%$131 million
Fines
0.7%$22.4 million
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Where the money goes

Interest on debt20%Roads, transit and parking20%Police, fire, courts and jails19%Running the government and other costs17%Water, sewer, trash and utilities16%All other spending7.3%

What stands out

20%

of Atlanta's spending goes to interest on debt.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people spends 2.5%.

Full Atlanta breakdown

Spending by category100%

Interest on debt
20%$553 million
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt and interest on water supply debt
  • Interest on general debt$440 million
  • Interest on water supply debt$112 million
Roads, transit and parking
20%$538 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingAirports and roads and highways
  • Airports$403 million
  • Roads and highways$135 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
19%$510 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 3 more
  • Police$308 million
  • Fire protection$119 million
  • Courts and legal services$46.0 million
  • Prisons and jails$18.5 million
  • Inspections and regulation$18.3 million
Running the government and other costs
17%$469 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 3 more
  • Other and not broken out$248 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$128 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$59.2 million
  • Government buildings$32.3 million
  • Other government-run businesses$1.3 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
16%$442 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply; sewer systems and 1 more
  • Water supply$406 million
  • Sewer systems$28.7 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$7.0 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
4.7%$128 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$128 million
Social services
2.2%$59.6 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$59.6 million
Housing and community development
0.3%$7.2 million
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$2.3 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$2.3 million
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Your schools

Atlanta Public Schools

$1.46 billion budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

School district taxes66%State tax money27%County and local tax money3.9%Fines and other2.4%Fees for services (school lunches, school tuition and transportation)0.6%Federal tax money0.3%
Full Atlanta Public Schools breakdown

What stands out

10%

of Atlanta Public Schools' money comes from sales tax.Most school districts with 25,000+ students get none.

School district taxes66%

Property tax
56%$816 million
Sales tax
10%$149 million

Fees for services0.6%

Fees for services
0.6%$8.5 million
What's in fees for servicesOther school charges; school lunches and 1 more
  • Other school charges$6.7 million
  • School lunches$1.7 million
  • School tuition and transportation$82 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.3%

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

From the federal government
0.3%$4.2 million

State tax money27%

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

From the state
27%$391 million

County and local tax money3.9%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
3.9%$56.8 million

Fines and other2.4%

Interest, rents and other
2.4%$34.3 million
Atlanta Public Schools page →

Where the money goes

Schools and colleges100%Interest on debt0.3%
Full Atlanta Public Schools breakdown

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
100%$1.45 billion
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$1.45 billion
Interest on debt
0.3%$4.0 million
Sent to other local governments
<0.1%$30 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts
  • Sent to school districts$30 thousand
Atlanta Public Schools page →
Sources and moreEach government's source, fiscal year and how a ZIP is matched

State of Georgia. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

Fulton County. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

City of Atlanta. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

Atlanta Public Schools. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

How a ZIP is matched. A ZIP code is not a government boundary, so we match it to the cities, counties and school districts that overlap it, using Census Bureau geography. Where a ZIP crosses several, each one is shown with its share of the ZIP. Each government's money covers its own operations only; the others listed here are separate.

Latest recorded year. The year differs by government: each block shows the newest fiscal year on file. A Census survey year covers fiscal years ending July 1 of the year before through June 30 of that year.