County revenues from fines, forfeitures and court fees as a percentage of own source revenues [Nov. 17, 2009]

County

Georgia Department of Community Affairs Office of Research

2007 County Revenues from Fines, Forfeitures and Court Fees as a Percentage of Own Source Revenues

2007 Population

Revenues From Fines, Fees and
Forfeitures

Per Capita Revenues From Fines, Fees and
Forfeitures

Own Source Revenues

Fines, Fees and Forfeitures as % of
Own Source

Population Group A ( 100,000 and Above)

1 Athens-Clarke

114,063

2 Augusta/Richmond

197,372

3 Bibb

154,709

4 Carroll

111,954

5 Chatham

248,469

6 Cherokee

204,363

7 Clayton

272,217

8 Cobb

691,905

9 Columbia

109,100

10 Columbus/Muscogee 187,046

11 Coweta

118,936

12 DeKalb

737,093

13 Douglas

124,495

14 Fayette

106,144

15 Forsyth

158,914

16 Fulton

992,137

17 Gwinnett

776,380

18 Hall

180,175

19 Henry

186,037

20 Houston

131,016

21 Lowndes

101,790

22 Paulding

127,906

Group Averages

8,117,067 9,031,189 5,311,086 1,909,183 7,176,290 7,107,818 9,616,083 23,103,604 3,041,627 6,540,419 5,605,546 36,444,482 8,249,913 4,363,720 4,733,067 22,893,531 27,515,580 7,120,989 6,793,885 4,491,957 3,558,748
928,502 9,711,558

71.16 45.76 34.33 17.05 28.88 34.78 35.33 33.39 27.88 34.97 47.13 49.44 66.27 41.11 29.78 23.07 35.44 39.52 36.52 34.29 34.96 7.26 35.42

130,493,236 222,606,687 113,417,206 50,157,820 250,509,517 151,515,578 246,279,591 543,925,096 85,635,982 253,793,736 85,722,338 579,735,502 89,352,078 80,458,347 153,539,951 670,452,955 777,161,654 131,188,300 164,541,280 72,219,103 59,464,406 73,657,977 226,628,561

6.2% 4.1% 4.7% 3.8% 2.9% 4.7% 3.9% 4.2% 3.6% 2.6% 6.5% 6.3% 9.2% 5.4% 3.1% 3.4% 3.5% 5.4% 4.1% 6.2% 6.0% 1.3% 4.3%

Population Group B ( 50,000 - 99,999)

1 Barrow

67,139

2 Bartow

92,834

3 Bulloch

66,176

4 Catoosa

62,241

5 Dougherty

95,693

6 Effingham

50,728

7 Floyd

95,618

8 Glynn

74,932

9 Gordon

52,044

10 Jackson

59,254

11 Liberty

60,503

2,924,534 2,200,429 3,068,315 2,353,811 3,934,984 1,453,422 3,084,198 2,336,362 1,982,381 2,371,437 1,804,231

43.56 23.70 46.37 37.82 41.12 28.65 32.26 31.18 38.09 40.02 29.82

45,624,584 80,696,436 37,177,077 30,969,268 58,102,175 39,969,991 64,028,666 109,793,751 39,361,008 45,342,867 29,719,497

6.4% 2.7% 8.3% 7.6% 6.8% 3.6% 4.8% 2.1% 5.0% 5.2% 6.1%

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Georgia Department of Community Affairs Office of Research

2007 County Revenues from Fines, Forfeitures and Court Fees as a Percentage of Own Source Revenues

2007 Population

Revenues From Fines, Fees and
Forfeitures

Per Capita Revenues From Fines, Fees and
Forfeitures

Own Source Revenues

Fines, Fees and Forfeitures as % of
Own Source

Population Group B ( 50,000 - 99,999)

12 Newton

96,019

13 Rockdale

82,052

14 Spalding

62,826

15 Troup

63,535

16 Walker

64,554

17 Walton

83,144

18 Whitfield

93,379

Group Averages

2,499,580 3,225,952 2,985,135 2,949,911 1,901,990 2,701,202 3,674,451 2,636,240

26.03 39.32 47.51 46.43 29.46 32.49 39.35 35.88

69,561,544 63,853,577 49,330,476 43,353,508 27,126,946 57,548,525 48,426,347 52,221,458

3.6% 5.1% 6.1% 6.8% 7.0% 4.7% 7.6% 5.0%

Population Group C ( 25,000 - 49,999)

1 Baldwin

46,057

2 Bryan

30,132

3 Camden

48,689

4 Chattooga

26,797

5 Coffee

40,085

6 Colquitt

44,814

7 Decatur

28,544

8 Gilmer

28,389

9 Grady

25,042

10 Habersham

42,272

11 Haralson

28,718

12 Harris

29,073

13 Jones

27,229

14 Laurens

47,520

15 Lee

33,050

16 Lumpkin

26,554

17 Madison

28,012

18 Monroe

25,145

19 Murray

40,664

20 Oconee

31,367

21 Peach

25,672

22 Pickens

30,488

23 Polk

41,460

24 Stephens

25,268

25 Sumter

32,532

26 Thomas

45,237

1,396,305 1,640,453 2,346,017
875,525 1,537,059
878,462 1,290,797
118,575 741,224 1,249,918 765,831 786,712 650,237 3,744,649 816,533 511,870 871,913 2,542,977 1,022,546 1,245,003 1,041,276 1,878,280 1,424,323 585,833 605,173 1,349,532

30.32 54.44 48.18 32.67 38.34 19.60 45.22 4.18 29.60 29.57 26.67 27.06 23.88 78.80 24.71 19.28 31.13 101.13 25.15 39.69 40.56 61.61 34.35 23.18 18.60 29.83

25,355,068 25,013,157 35,091,030 11,381,247 22,381,096 23,145,374 16,547,110 23,956,741 14,363,189 22,992,084 15,486,381
16,723,780 25,417,940 22,463,137 20,256,314 18,549,163 28,966,524 20,505,120 29,476,594 19,510,449 24,408,381 20,433,067 15,748,619
5,292,409 28,905,864

5.5% 6.6% 6.7% 7.7% 6.9% 3.8% 7.8% 0.5% 5.2% 5.4% 4.9%
3.9% 14.7% 3.6% 2.5% 4.7% 8.8% 5.0% 4.2% 5.3% 7.7% 7.0% 3.7% 11.4% 4.7%

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Georgia Department of Community Affairs Office of Research

2007 County Revenues from Fines, Forfeitures and Court Fees as a Percentage of Own Source Revenues

2007 Population

Revenues From Fines, Fees and
Forfeitures

Per Capita Revenues From Fines, Fees and
Forfeitures

Own Source Revenues

Fines, Fees and Forfeitures as % of
Own Source

Population Group C ( 25,000 - 49,999)

27 Tift

41,610

28 Toombs

27,820

29 Upson

27,562

30 Ware

35,831

31 Wayne

29,046

32 White

25,020

Group Averages

3,314,045 748,933 932,140
1,501,350 784,109 760,033
1,248,676

79.65 26.92 33.82 41.90 27.00 30.38 37.49

34,830,350 13,795,408 16,632,205 27,336,362 24,019,517 16,962,662 21,482,140

9.5% 5.4% 5.6% 5.5% 3.3% 4.5% 6.0%

Population Group D ( 15,000 - 24,999)

1 Appling

17,946

2 Banks

16,556

3 Ben Hill

17,650

4 Berrien

16,722

5 Brantley

15,440

6 Brooks

16,340

7 Burke

22,754

8 Butts

23,759

9 Cook

16,432

10 Crisp

22,125

11 Dade

16,098

12 Dawson

21,484

13 Dodge

20,042

14 Elbert

20,525

15 Emanuel

22,469

16 Fannin

22,580

17 Franklin

21,793

18 Greene

15,662

19 Hart

24,240

20 Jefferson

16,454

21 Lamar

16,961

22 McDuffie

21,551

23 Meriwether

22,748

24 Mitchell

24,139

25 Morgan

18,165

26 Pierce

17,881

27 Pike

17,204

829,569 628,862 590,166 488,634 456,225 360,235 518,665 1,419,719 933,639 1,495,749 667,574 1,105,458
91,198 574,683 663,656 588,178 1,800,955 1,408,250 611,277 571,504 833,839 640,631 1,989,601 276,875 1,153,667 295,870 377,175

46.23 37.98 33.44 29.22 29.55 22.05 22.79 59.75 56.82 67.60 41.47 51.45 4.55 28.00 29.54 26.05 82.64 89.92 25.22 34.73 49.16 29.73 87.46 11.47 63.51 16.55 21.92

17,144,564 14,235,069 12,402,569 10,286,372 10,073,307
8,425,779 22,750,325 25,371,540 10,490,164 17,879,287 10,519,629 30,170,234
8,759,940 11,711,749 12,577,781 17,272,993 15,694,777 20,039,806 13,542,613 10,944,203 517,994,169 16,313,590 14,277,381 14,445,925 18,101,513
8,698,207 13,890,434

4.8% 4.4% 4.8% 4.8% 4.5% 4.3% 2.3% 5.6% 8.9% 8.4% 6.3% 3.7% 1.0% 4.9% 5.3% 3.4% 11.5% 7.0% 4.5% 5.2% 0.2% 3.9% 13.9% 1.9% 6.4% 3.4% 2.7%

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Georgia Department of Community Affairs Office of Research

2007 County Revenues from Fines, Forfeitures and Court Fees as a Percentage of Own Source Revenues

2007 Population

Revenues From Fines, Fees and
Forfeitures

Per Capita Revenues From Fines, Fees and
Forfeitures

Own Source Revenues

Fines, Fees and Forfeitures as % of
Own Source

Population Group D ( 15,000 - 24,999)

28 Putnam

20,251

29 Rabun

16,519

30 Screven

15,037

31 Tattnall

23,179

32 Union

20,968

33 Washington

20,937

34 Worth

21,285

Group Averages

845,703 709,253 627,882 601,351 750,193 649,443 617,667 769,804

41.76 42.94 41.76 25.94 35.78 31.02 29.02 39.42

22,439,244 19,775,043
8,208,394 10,480,839 16,548,024 13,631,698 10,407,336 29,573,662

3.8% 3.6% 7.6% 5.7% 4.5% 4.8% 5.9% 2.6%

Population Group E ( 10,000 - 14,999)

1 Bacon

10,507

2 Bleckley

12,306

3 Candler

10,550

4 Charlton

10,609

5 Cusseta-Chattahooch

9,430

6 Dooly

11,592

7 Early

11,836

8 Evans

11,505

9 Heard

11,387

10 Irwin

9,934

11 Jasper

13,660

12 Jeff Davis

13,291

13 Long

11,300

14 Macon

13,524

15 Oglethorpe

13,963

16 Telfair

13,366

17 Terrell

10,260

18 Towns

10,894

19 Twiggs

10,280

20 Wilkes

10,262

21 Wilkinson

10,064

Group Averages

84,909 465,105 560,160 402,882 378,573 1,932,020
0 351,087 198,775 295,237 380,277 667,746 470,521 158,956 391,810
40,496 214,421 434,739 851,750 208,143 293,659 418,156

8.08 37.79 53.10 37.98 40.15 166.67 0.00 30.52 17.46 29.72 27.84 50.24 41.64 11.75 28.06 3.03 20.90 39.91 82.86 20.28 29.18 36.51

6,301,574 6,025,442 7,837,133 10,823,640 2,994,221 12,287,144 8,642,797 5,925,383 17,573,971 5,456,205 9,628,763 8,454,461 5,193,313 6,542,346 8,365,791 4,867,588 6,622,599 8,646,703 6,901,988 7,208,872 8,347,108 7,840,335

1.3% 7.7% 7.1% 3.7% 12.6% 15.7% 0.0% 5.9% 1.1% 5.4% 3.9% 7.9% 9.1% 2.4% 4.7% 0.8% 3.2% 5.0% 12.3% 2.9% 3.5% 5.3%

Population Group F ( Less than 10,000)

1 Atkinson

8,223

2 Baker

3,781

146,619 140,504

17.83 37.16

3,353,283 2,447,192

4.4% 5.7%

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2007 County Revenues from Fines, Forfeitures and Court Fees as a Percentage of Own Source Revenues

2007 Population

Revenues From Fines, Fees and
Forfeitures

Per Capita Revenues From Fines, Fees and
Forfeitures

Own Source Revenues

Fines, Fees and Forfeitures as % of
Own Source

Population Group F ( Less than 10,000)

3 Calhoun

6,098

4 Clay

3,207

5 Clinch

6,992

6 Echols

4,093

7 Glascock

2,771

8 Hancock

9,568

9 Jenkins

8,595

10 Johnson

9,533

11 Lanier

7,947

12 Lincoln

8,098

13 Marion

7,024

14 Miller

6,163

15 Montgomery

9,060

16 Pulaski

9,843

17 Randolph

7,294

18 Schley

4,123

19 Seminole

9,081

20 Stewart

4,647

21 Talbot

6,607

22 Taliaferro

1,884

23 Taylor

8,738

24 Treutlen

6,938

25 Turner

9,270

26 Warren

5,908

27 Wheeler

6,830

28 Wilcox

8,613

Group Averages

86,981 119,978 208,572 246,991
78,959 372,561 343,115 317,382
0 261,625 174,477 222,814 165,118 195,137 133,670
21,163 282,653 151,129 492,507 702,548 342,873 1,422,851 1,035,692 198,646 205,470 188,633 294,952

14.26 37.41 29.83 60.34 28.49 38.94 39.92 33.29 0.00 32.31 24.84 36.15 18.22 19.82 18.33 5.13 31.13 32.52 74.54 372.90 39.24 205.08 111.73 33.62 30.08 21.90 43.26

3,049,818 3,141,955 4,143,319 2,688,645 2,022,566 9,030,771 5,389,912 4,378,990 3,116,515 6,522,185 3,791,107 4,624,600 3,931,003 5,903,052 4,335,910 1,949,837 6,120,850 3,574,332 6,180,453 2,336,460 5,074,077 4,204,041 7,218,347 3,843,454 3,776,649 4,248,029 4,299,905

2.9% 3.8% 5.0% 9.2% 3.9% 4.1% 6.4% 7.2% 0.0% 4.0% 4.6% 4.8% 4.2% 3.3% 3.1% 1.1% 4.6% 4.2% 8.0% 30.1% 6.8% 33.8% 14.3% 5.2% 5.4% 4.4% 6.9%

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2007 County Revenues from Fines, Forfeitures and Court Fees as a Percentage of Own Source Revenues

2007 Population

Revenues From Fines, Fees and
Forfeitures

Per Capita Revenues From Fines, Fees and
Forfeitures

Own Source Revenues

Fines, Fees and Forfeitures as % of
Own Source

Source: DCA, Annual Report of Local Government Finances

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