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

2008 County Revenues from Fines, Forfeitures and Court Fees as a Percentage of Own Source Revenues

2008 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

114,737

2 Augusta/Richmond

199,486

3 Bibb

155,216

4 Carroll

113,688

5 Chatham

251,120

6 Cherokee

210,529

7 Clayton

273,718

8 Cobb

698,158

9 Columbia

110,627

10 Columbus/Muscogee 186,984

11 Coweta

122,924

12 DeKalb

739,956

13 Douglas

127,932

14 Fayette

106,465

15 Forsyth

168,060

16 Fulton

1,014,932

17 Gwinnett

789,499

18 Hall

184,814

19 Henry

191,502

20 Houston

133,161

21 Lowndes

104,583

22 Paulding

133,135

Group Averages

7,323,000 7,276,594 5,287,709 2,074,480 6,959,751 6,882,212 11,051,485 23,795,477 3,228,398 6,078,664 5,193,890 42,856,787 6,833,678 3,812,818 6,078,078 19,464,227 28,506,811 7,166,440 5,879,596 4,094,030 3,585,564 1,428,225 9,766,269

63.82 36.48 34.07 18.25 27.71 32.69 40.38 34.08 29.18 32.51 42.25 57.92 53.42 35.81 36.17 19.18 36.11 38.78 30.70 30.74 34.28 10.73 35.04

134,280,952 219,626,967 120,057,561 56,213,084 245,402,559 138,319,612 252,116,735 543,802,174 92,164,628 224,359,729 89,891,058 584,348,885 71,772,036 83,544,115 145,109,073 650,402,580 616,622,756 134,107,878 159,547,206 74,229,999 61,504,303 84,915,755 217,379,075

5.5% 3.3% 4.4% 3.7% 2.8% 5.0% 4.4% 4.4% 3.5% 2.7% 5.8% 7.3% 9.5% 4.6% 4.2% 3.0% 4.6% 5.3% 3.7% 5.5% 5.8% 1.7% 4.5%

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

1 Barrow

70,073

2 Bartow

94,913

3 Bulloch

67,761

4 Catoosa

62,825

5 Dougherty

95,754

6 Effingham

52,060

7 Floyd

95,980

8 Glynn

75,884

9 Gordon

52,800

10 Jackson

61,620

11 Liberty

58,491

2,493,566 2,479,947 3,190,949 2,298,851 4,142,067 1,438,000 3,145,065 2,399,413 1,983,087 2,013,463 1,918,105

35.59 26.13 47.09 36.59 43.26 27.62 32.77 31.62 37.56 32.68 32.79

45,247,507 81,359,473 39,896,648 30,663,415 59,168,938 40,322,441 68,601,962 98,050,495 40,570,998 50,407,843 33,185,069

5.5% 3.0% 8.0% 7.5% 7.0% 3.6% 4.6% 2.4% 4.9% 4.0% 5.8%

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Georgia Department of Community Affairs Office of Research

2008 County Revenues from Fines, Forfeitures and Court Fees as a Percentage of Own Source Revenues

2008 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

98,542

13 Rockdale

83,222

14 Spalding

63,913

15 Troup

64,233

16 Walker

64,799

17 Walton

85,813

18 Whitfield

93,835

Group Averages

2,436,185 3,393,769 2,911,720 3,039,191 1,915,757 3,252,830 4,254,455 2,705,912

24.72 40.78 45.56 47.32 29.56 37.91 45.34 36.28

66,920,862 58,541,772 49,627,651 44,627,885 28,613,100 57,940,536 64,712,014 53,247,700

3.6% 5.8% 5.9% 6.8% 6.7% 5.6% 6.6% 5.1%

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

1 Baldwin

46,716

2 Bryan

31,173

3 Camden

47,641

4 Chattooga

26,801

5 Coffee

40,527

6 Colquitt

45,279

7 Decatur

28,823

8 Gilmer

28,537

9 Grady

25,115

10 Habersham

43,056

11 Harris

29,447

12 Jones

27,542

13 Laurens

47,848

14 Lee

33,761

15 Lumpkin

27,056

16 Madison

28,200

17 Monroe

25,252

18 Murray

40,304

19 Oconee

32,221

20 Peach

26,736

21 Pickens

31,176

22 Polk

42,018

23 Stephens

25,493

24 Sumter

32,449

25 Thomas

45,778

26 Tift

42,434

1,402,244 1,691,592 1,576,080
775,461 1,788,155 1,071,666 1,254,128
755,642 0
1,412,023 778,968 631,943
3,552,407 814,143 620,616 857,953
2,309,381 958,413
1,339,899 272,520
2,051,813 172,484 642,130 875,505
1,351,612 2,544,019

30.02 54.26 33.08 28.93 44.12 23.67 43.51 26.48 0.00 32.80 26.45 22.94 74.24 24.11 22.94 30.42 91.45 23.78 41.58 10.19 65.81 4.11 25.19 26.98 29.53 59.95

26,114,329 22,249,429 38,479,120
9,716,146 21,866,251 23,215,397 20,634,616 30,947,377
7,508,860 23,289,150 17,944,683 18,740,774 29,615,782 23,448,214 20,401,552 15,387,324 23,991,801 19,725,221 28,536,488 19,752,178 23,496,149 19,861,508 23,245,301 17,975,466 29,800,996 34,278,809

5.4% 7.6% 4.1% 8.0% 8.2% 4.6% 6.1% 2.4% 0.0% 6.1% 4.3% 3.4% 12.0% 3.5% 3.0% 5.6% 9.6% 4.9% 4.7% 1.4% 8.7% 0.9% 2.8% 4.9% 4.5% 7.4%

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Georgia Department of Community Affairs Office of Research

2008 County Revenues from Fines, Forfeitures and Court Fees as a Percentage of Own Source Revenues

2008 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 Toombs

28,102

28 Upson

27,530

29 Ware

35,879

30 Wayne

29,509

31 White

25,299

Group Averages

568,452 859,292 1,415,887 692,574 907,215 1,159,491

20.23 31.21 39.46 23.47 35.86 34.31

13,868,766 15,685,445 28,013,021 23,964,836 18,169,928 22,255,642

4.1% 5.5% 5.1% 2.9% 5.0% 5.2%

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

1 Appling

18,038

2 Banks

16,760

3 Ben Hill

17,635

4 Berrien

17,058

5 Brantley

15,511

6 Brooks

16,425

7 Burke

22,732

8 Butts

24,423

9 Cook

16,608

10 Crisp

22,162

11 Dade

16,142

12 Dawson

22,006

13 Dodge

20,116

14 Elbert

20,494

15 Emanuel

22,825

16 Fannin

22,618

17 Franklin

21,824

18 Greene

15,635

19 Hart

24,278

20 Jefferson

16,443

21 Lamar

17,000

22 McDuffie

21,756

23 Meriwether

22,840

24 Mitchell

24,073

25 Morgan

18,491

26 Pierce

18,127

27 Pike

17,569

28 Putnam

20,385

732,115 813,779 562,629 513,807 428,059 305,441 590,917 1,276,412 1,229,257 1,496,278 647,058 977,901 104,179 559,494 576,172 671,569 1,705,136 2,200,826 615,791 596,753 1,552,530 607,298 1,383,531 375,023 1,076,090 297,640 386,764 881,989

40.59 48.55 31.90 30.12 27.60 18.60 25.99 52.26 74.02 67.52 40.09 44.44 5.18 27.30 25.24 29.69 78.13 140.76 25.36 36.29 91.33 27.91 60.57 15.58 58.20 16.42 22.01 43.27

17,304,975 14,572,963 11,270,661 10,447,282 13,791,047
8,892,413 25,725,763 24,848,253 10,690,176 18,133,481 13,737,894 29,052,771
9,090,582 9,503,486 12,900,031 17,025,208 13,650,095 21,954,136 13,538,924 11,695,874 9,948,521 15,989,486 13,250,233 15,257,320 19,680,412 8,702,478 9,764,599 16,861,108

4.2% 5.6% 5.0% 4.9% 3.1% 3.4% 2.3% 5.1% 11.5% 8.3% 4.7% 3.4% 1.1% 5.9% 4.5% 3.9% 12.5% 10.0% 4.5% 5.1% 15.6% 3.8% 10.4% 2.5% 5.5% 3.4% 4.0% 5.2%

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Georgia Department of Community Affairs Office of Research

2008 County Revenues from Fines, Forfeitures and Court Fees as a Percentage of Own Source Revenues

2008 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)

29 Rabun

16,514

30 Screven

15,133

31 Tattnall

23,469

32 Union

21,351

33 Washington

21,006

34 Worth

21,306

Group Averages

765,780 604,508 547,566 736,717 781,811 512,025 797,437

46.37 39.95 23.33 34.51 37.22 24.03 40.54

22,079,882 10,494,161 11,039,456 15,568,065 14,597,362
9,711,378 14,728,543

3.5% 5.8% 5.0% 4.7% 5.4% 5.3% 5.4%

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

1 Bacon

10,442

2 Bleckley

12,683

3 Candler

10,580

4 Charlton

10,848

5 Cusseta-Chattahooch

13,754

6 Dooly

11,548

7 Early

11,713

8 Evans

11,646

9 Heard

11,476

10 Irwin

10,231

11 Jasper

13,842

12 Long

11,452

13 Macon

13,520

14 McIntosh

11,455

15 Oglethorpe

14,106

16 Telfair

13,355

17 Terrell

10,293

18 Towns

11,042

19 Twiggs

10,257

20 Wilkes

10,282

21 Wilkinson

10,026

Group Averages

67,386 372,499 572,305 350,842 450,990 1,863,356
0 387,804 143,790 279,924 488,313 406,358 142,450 985,254 485,921
45,035 184,056 386,272 787,726 198,633 336,894 425,515

6.45 29.37 54.09 32.34 32.79 161.36 0.00 33.30 12.53 27.36 35.28 35.48 10.54 86.01 34.45 3.37 17.88 34.98 76.80 19.32 33.60 36.54

6,954,393 5,681,716 7,756,394 8,589,716 3,777,285 12,205,094 9,227,211 6,696,320 15,790,640 5,163,268 8,942,336 5,416,179 6,609,737 13,963,056 7,362,873 7,097,855 6,969,723 9,482,809 6,577,482 7,450,142 9,443,120 8,150,350

1.0% 6.6% 7.4% 4.1% 11.9% 15.3% 0.0% 5.8% 0.9% 5.4% 5.5% 7.5% 2.2% 7.1% 6.6% 0.6% 2.6% 4.1% 12.0% 2.7% 3.6% 5.2%

Population Group F ( Less than 10,000)

1 Atkinson

8,181

2 Baker

3,805

3 Calhoun

6,271

202,373 180,933
81,173

24.74 47.55 12.94

3,691,283 2,537,351 2,853,859

5.5% 7.1% 2.8%

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Georgia Department of Community Affairs Office of Research

2008 County Revenues from Fines, Forfeitures and Court Fees as a Percentage of Own Source Revenues

2008 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)

4 Clay

3,231

5 Clinch

7,060

6 Echols

4,063

7 Georgetown-Quitman

2,703

8 Glascock

2,796

9 Hancock

9,440

10 Johnson

9,550

11 Lanier

8,277

12 Lincoln

8,074

13 Marion

6,964

14 Miller

6,185

15 Montgomery

8,930

16 Pulaski

9,787

17 Randolph

7,161

18 Schley

4,255

19 Seminole

9,091

20 Stewart

4,666

21 Talbot

6,414

22 Taliaferro

1,863

23 Taylor

8,766

24 Treutlen

7,076

25 Turner

9,228

26 Warren

5,844

27 Webster Unified

28 Wheeler

6,877

29 Wilcox

8,750

Group Averages

116,041 170,697 139,136 136,756
53,852 325,729 257,083 190,053 174,306 181,322 260,153 179,579 216,179 148,191
4,177 324,750 151,070 238,243 548,862 351,140 1,281,592 913,902 330,758 281,802 151,934 141,867 266,678

35.91 24.18 34.24 50.59 19.26 34.51 26.92 22.96 21.59 26.04 42.06 20.11 22.09 20.69 0.98 35.72 32.38 37.14 294.61 40.06 181.12 99.04 56.60
22.09 16.21 41.73

3,619,629 4,546,788 2,325,923 1,886,212 1,997,923 9,946,742 4,003,402 4,030,895 5,970,915 3,801,915 5,362,564 3,633,220 6,340,837 4,202,795 2,149,805 6,803,070 3,379,047 6,149,876 2,154,639 5,288,084 4,213,465 7,080,990 4,154,425 2,168,773 1,492,164 4,746,777 4,156,323

3.2% 3.8% 6.0% 7.3% 2.7% 3.3% 6.4% 4.7% 2.9% 4.8% 4.9% 4.9% 3.4% 3.5% 0.2% 4.8% 4.5% 3.9% 25.5% 6.6% 30.4% 12.9% 8.0% 13.0% 10.2% 3.0% 6.4%

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Georgia Department of Community Affairs Office of Research

2008 County Revenues from Fines, Forfeitures and Court Fees as a Percentage of Own Source Revenues

2008 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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