ZIP 31409 · Savannah, 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

Chatham County

$584 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

County taxes68%Fines and other9.1%Fees for services (parks and recreation, garbage collection)8.9%State tax money5.2%Federal tax money4.3%Local tax money4.2%
Full Chatham County breakdown

What stands out

25%

of Chatham County's money comes from sales tax.A typical U.S. county of 250,000+ people gets 2.7%.

County taxes68%

Property tax
39%$243 million
Sales tax
25%$156 million
Other taxes
4.2%$25.9 million
What's in other taxesInsurance premium taxes; other taxes not classified elsewhere and 5 more
  • Insurance premium taxes$7.6 million
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$7.5 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$3.0 million
  • Other licenses$2.5 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$2.2 million
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$1.7 million
  • Public utility taxes$1.4 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services8.9%

Fees for services
8.9%$55.7 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parks and recreation and 6 more
  • Other service charges$45.6 million
  • Parks and recreation$3.1 million
  • Garbage collection$2.7 million
  • Transit fares$1.5 million
  • Sewer$1.4 million
  • Electric power$576 thousand
  • Parking$553 thousand
  • Road charges$193 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money4.3%

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

From the federal government
4.3%$27.0 million

State tax money5.2%

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

From the state
5.2%$32.5 million

Local tax money4.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From other local governments
4.2%$26.0 million

Fines and other9.1%

Interest, rents and other
7.7%$48.1 million
Fines
1.4%$8.7 million
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Where the money goes

Police, fire, courts and jails31%Running the government and other costs23%Sent to other local governments21%Roads, transit and parking12%Health and hospitals5.9%All other spending7.0%

What stands out

21%

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

Full Chatham County breakdown

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
31%$182 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; prisons and jails and 2 more
  • Courts and legal services$79.8 million
  • Prisons and jails$59.9 million
  • Police$41.4 million
  • Inspections and regulation$788 thousand
Running the government and other costs
23%$134 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$84.8 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$28.3 million
  • Government buildings$11.9 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$8.7 million
Sent to other local governments
21%$122 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$122 million
Roads, transit and parking
12%$71.8 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingPublic transit and roads and highways
  • Public transit$38.2 million
  • Roads and highways$33.6 million
Health and hospitals
5.9%$34.2 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$34.2 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
4.4%$25.8 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$17.3 million
  • Libraries$8.5 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
1.3%$7.8 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste; water supply and 1 more
  • Garbage and solid waste$5.7 million
  • Water supply$1.2 million
  • Sewer systems$985 thousand
Interest on debt
0.6%$3.5 million
Social services
0.6%$3.4 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$3.4 million
Environment and natural resources
<0.1%$212 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$212 thousand
Housing and community development
<0.1%$120 thousand
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Your city

City of Savannah

$535 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended December 31, 2023.

Where the money comes from

Fees for services (sewer, airport)34%City taxes29%County and local tax money17%Fines and other15%Federal tax money3.4%State tax money1.1%

What stands out

17%

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

Full Savannah breakdown

City taxes29%

Property tax
15%$98.2 million
Other taxes
14%$93.3 million
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes; insurance premium taxes and 6 more
  • Other selective sales taxes$42.3 million
  • Insurance premium taxes$13.1 million
  • Public utility taxes$12.6 million
  • Other licenses$7.2 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$6.9 million
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$6.4 million
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$2.4 million
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$2.4 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services34%

Fees for services
34%$223 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; airport and 6 more
  • Sewer$76.5 million
  • Airport$46.9 million
  • Garbage collection$39.1 million
  • Water$24.2 million
  • Parking$20.6 million
  • Other service charges$11.4 million
  • Parks and recreation$3.8 million
  • Road charges$987 thousand

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%$22.1 million

State tax money1.1%

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

From the state
1.1%$7.0 million

County and local tax money17%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
17%$113 million

Fines and other15%

Interest, rents and other
15%$96.3 million
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Where the money goes

Roads, transit and parking26%Police, fire, courts and jails22%Water, sewer, trash and utilities22%Running the government and other costs17%Parks, recreation and libraries7.9%All other spending5.8%

What stands out

26%

of Savannah's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people spends 10%.

Full Savannah breakdown

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
26%$138 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways; airports and 1 more
  • Roads and highways$68.9 million
  • Airports$59.0 million
  • Parking$10.2 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
22%$119 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more
  • Police$68.0 million
  • Fire protection$39.3 million
  • Courts and legal services$7.2 million
  • Inspections and regulation$4.2 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
22%$116 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems; garbage and solid waste and 1 more
  • Sewer systems$46.9 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$37.8 million
  • Water supply$31.3 million
Running the government and other costs
17%$88.7 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; government buildings and 3 more
  • Other and not broken out$41.1 million
  • Government buildings$22.3 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$15.2 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$6.2 million
  • Other government-run businesses$3.8 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
7.9%$42.4 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$42.4 million
Social services
2.8%$15.0 million
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$15.0 million
Interest on debt
2.6%$13.8 million
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt and interest on water supply debt
  • Interest on general debt$13.5 million
  • Interest on water supply debt$230 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.4%$1.9 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out and sent to the state government
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$1.9 million
  • Sent to the state government$16 thousand
Environment and natural resources
<0.1%$456 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$456 thousand
Savannah page →

Your schools

Savannah-Chatham County Public School System

$803 million budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

School district taxes56%State tax money36%Fines and other4.0%County and local tax money2.6%Fees for services (school lunches, school tuition and transportation)0.7%Federal tax money0.4%
Full Savannah-Chatham County Public School System breakdown

What stands out

15%

of Savannah-Chatham County Public School System's money comes from sales tax.Most school districts with 25,000+ students get none.

School district taxes56%

Property tax
42%$361 million
Sales tax
15%$129 million

Fees for services0.7%

Fees for services
0.7%$6.4 million
What's in fees for servicesOther school charges; school lunches and 1 more
  • Other school charges$5.0 million
  • School lunches$1.4 million
  • School tuition and transportation$41 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.4%

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

From the federal government
0.4%$3.8 million

State tax money36%

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

From the state
36%$312 million

County and local tax money2.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
2.6%$22.7 million

Fines and other4.0%

Interest, rents and other
4.0%$35.2 million
Savannah-Chatham County Public School System page →

Where the money goes

Schools and colleges100%
Full Savannah-Chatham County Public School System breakdown

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
100%$803 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$803 million
Interest on debt
<0.1%$238 thousand
Savannah-Chatham County Public School System 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.

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

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

Savannah-Chatham County Public School System. 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.