County revenues from fines, forfeitures and court fees as a percentage of own source revenues [Nov. 11, 2010]

County

Georgia Department of Community Affairs Office of Research

2009 County Revenues from Fines, Forfeitures and Court Fees as a Percentage of Own Source Revenues

2009 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

116,342

2 Augusta/Richmond

199,768

3 Bibb

156,060

4 Carroll

114,778

5 Chatham

256,992

6 Cherokee

215,084

7 Clayton

275,772

8 Cobb

714,692

9 Columbia

112,958

10 Columbus/Muscogee 190,414

11 DeKalb

747,274

12 Douglas

129,703

13 Fayette

106,788

14 Forsyth

174,520

15 Fulton

1,033,756

16 Gwinnett

808,167

17 Hall

187,743

18 Henry

195,370

19 Houston

135,715

20 Lowndes

106,814

21 Paulding

136,655

Group Averages

7,034,010 7,271,997 4,695,499 1,907,468 6,548,334 5,427,467 11,466,678 21,857,230 3,211,363 6,537,434 37,039,883 6,854,987 6,572,274 5,385,715 20,008,844 27,167,262 6,355,826 5,953,495 3,649,331 3,256,869 1,868,786 9,527,179

60.46 36.40 30.09 16.62 25.48 25.23 41.58 30.58 28.43 34.33 49.57 52.85 61.55 30.86 19.36 33.62 33.85 30.47 26.89 30.49 13.68 32.72

115,846,673 219,952,357 102,927,439 55,782,184 238,603,372 177,298,691 240,287,925 539,368,875 92,132,349 195,022,357 792,042,676 74,638,763 79,246,589 140,998,735 655,676,737 766,898,548 126,032,573 156,406,318 72,163,873 58,768,055 80,159,789 237,154,994

6.1% 3.3% 4.6% 3.4% 2.7% 3.1% 4.8% 4.1% 3.5% 3.4% 4.7% 9.2% 8.3% 3.8% 3.1% 3.5% 5.0% 3.8% 5.1% 5.5% 2.3% 4.0%

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

1 Bartow

96,217

2 Bulloch

69,213

3 Catoosa

64,035

4 Effingham

53,541

5 Floyd

96,250

6 Glynn

76,820

7 Gordon

53,292

8 Jackson

63,544

9 Liberty

62,186

10 Newton

99,944

11 Rockdale

84,569

12 Spalding

64,708

2,130,669 3,198,025 2,167,033 1,393,884 2,432,490 2,051,721 1,827,747 1,979,801 2,559,257 2,105,669 3,422,402 2,481,926

22.14 46.21 33.84 26.03 25.27 26.71 34.30 31.16 41.15 21.07 40.47 38.36

81,854,585 42,373,289 30,736,473 40,811,307 65,125,205 95,993,789 36,495,154 45,901,720 48,391,691 59,584,751 57,203,116 42,432,905

2.6% 7.5% 7.1% 3.4% 3.7% 2.1% 5.0% 4.3% 5.3% 3.5% 6.0% 5.8%

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Georgia Department of Community Affairs Office of Research

2009 County Revenues from Fines, Forfeitures and Court Fees as a Percentage of Own Source Revenues

2009 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)

13 Troup

64,653

14 Walker

64,983

15 Walton

87,311

16 Whitfield

93,698

Group Averages

2,490,686 1,730,259 3,400,186 3,773,046 2,446,550

38.52 26.63 38.94 40.27 32.76

45,562,199 30,169,555 54,013,496 61,825,852 52,404,693

5.5% 5.7% 6.3% 6.1% 4.7%

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

1 Baldwin

46,337

2 Bryan

32,559

3 Camden

48,277

4 Coffee

40,868

5 Colquitt

45,596

6 Gilmer

29,021

7 Grady

25,187

8 Habersham

43,613

9 Haralson

28,890

10 Harris

30,138

11 Jones

27,740

12 Laurens

48,295

13 Lee

34,410

14 Madison

28,232

15 Monroe

25,425

16 Murray

40,621

17 Oconee

33,320

18 Peach

27,247

19 Stephens

25,700

20 Sumter

32,084

21 Thomas

46,188

22 Tift

42,959

23 Toombs

27,959

24 Upson

27,551

25 Ware

35,914

26 Wayne

29,407

27 White

25,294

Group Averages

1,395,082 1,621,622 1,371,548 1,800,666 1,181,530 1,044,315
692,980 1,363,992
978,333 938,381 786,380 3,035,141 922,766 802,500 2,065,676 884,701 1,139,564 550,707 606,153 845,000 1,244,256 2,695,758 516,912 915,182 1,404,377 733,481 848,904 1,199,478

30.11 49.81 28.41 44.06 25.91 35.98 27.51 31.27 33.86 31.14 28.35 62.85 26.82 28.43 81.25 21.78 34.20 20.21 23.59 26.34 26.94 62.75 18.49 33.22 39.10 24.94 33.56 34.87

24,051,201 22,695,361 36,412,926 20,319,979 24,670,738 19,876,968 14,088,540 21,647,888 15,878,456 17,619,533 18,404,958 27,151,167 23,828,464 18,593,116 31,032,046 18,587,246 27,180,790 18,772,062 14,962,392 16,181,406 30,225,643 32,201,450 14,803,446 16,118,492 24,743,550 22,741,515 18,455,949 21,897,973

5.8% 7.1% 3.8% 8.9% 4.8% 5.3% 4.9% 6.3% 6.2% 5.3% 4.3% 11.2% 3.9% 4.3% 6.7% 4.8% 4.2% 2.9% 4.1% 5.2% 4.1% 8.4% 3.5% 5.7% 5.7% 3.2% 4.6% 5.5%

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Georgia Department of Community Affairs Office of Research

2009 County Revenues from Fines, Forfeitures and Court Fees as a Percentage of Own Source Revenues

2009 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)

1 Appling

18,011

2 Ben Hill

17,567

3 Berrien

17,044

4 Brantley

15,643

5 Brooks

16,354

6 Burke

22,797

7 Butts

24,392

8 Cook

16,603

9 Crisp

22,210

10 Dade

16,127

11 Dawson

22,555

12 Elbert

20,372

13 Emanuel

23,075

14 Fannin

22,945

15 Franklin

21,748

16 Greene

15,743

17 Hart

24,067

18 Jefferson

16,478

19 Lamar

17,550

20 McDuffie

21,862

21 Mitchell

23,800

22 Morgan

18,761

23 Pierce

18,580

24 Pike

17,721

25 Putnam

20,495

26 Rabun

16,611

27 Screven

15,054

28 Tattnall

24,493

29 Union

21,252

30 Washington

20,879

31 Worth

21,214

Group Averages

744,041 570,536 506,889 478,331 298,421 545,366 947,181 1,051,432 1,232,674 591,303 825,090 774,281 756,160 621,609 1,984,862 1,736,407 616,028 762,660 451,303 574,108 697,095 1,077,727 287,930 480,378 1,052,728 618,556 370,390 581,608 814,206 740,777 800,595 760,989

41.31 32.48 29.74 30.58 18.25 23.92 38.83 63.33 55.50 36.67 36.58 38.01 32.77 27.09 91.27 110.30 25.60 46.28 25.72 26.26 29.29 57.45 15.50 27.11 51.37 37.24 24.60 23.75 38.31 35.48 37.74 38.55

17,350,028 11,316,447 10,700,273 12,986,986
8,468,719 25,392,083 23,904,303
9,551,483 16,780,216 10,262,110 28,882,389 11,912,960 12,529,436 16,719,904 14,391,746 18,596,418 12,695,194 10,898,766
8,064,925 14,413,708 17,980,799 17,605,489
8,142,654 9,776,023 20,163,479 21,640,758 9,624,222 11,663,408 15,584,679 14,228,426 11,982,512 14,651,953

4.3% 5.0% 4.7% 3.7% 3.5% 2.1% 4.0% 11.0% 7.3% 5.8% 2.9% 6.5% 6.0% 3.7% 13.8% 9.3% 4.9% 7.0% 5.6% 4.0% 3.9% 6.1% 3.5% 4.9% 5.2% 2.9% 3.8% 5.0% 5.2% 5.2% 6.7% 5.2%

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

1 Bacon

10,601

2 Bleckley

12,855

91,336 386,034

8.62 30.03

7,190,119 5,973,701

1.3% 6.5%

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Georgia Department of Community Affairs Office of Research

2009 County Revenues from Fines, Forfeitures and Court Fees as a Percentage of Own Source Revenues

2009 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 E ( 10,000 - 14,999)

3 Candler

10,680

4 Charlton

10,725

5 Crawford

12,240

6 Cusseta-Chattahooch

14,402

7 Dooly

11,819

8 Early

11,568

9 Evans

11,695

10 Heard

11,528

11 Irwin

10,086

12 Jasper

13,953

13 Jeff Davis

13,659

14 Macon

13,336

15 McIntosh

11,378

16 Oglethorpe

14,328

17 Telfair

12,792

18 Terrell

10,320

19 Towns

11,010

20 Twiggs

21 Wilkes

10,268

22 Wilkinson

10,076

Group Averages

527,710 435,639 263,956 554,189 2,157,571
0 450,504 144,324 211,414 367,092 889,412 151,389 1,089,101 583,053
31,927 257,671 413,613 735,056 164,652 270,297 462,543

49.41 40.62 21.57 38.48 182.55 0.00 38.52 12.52 20.96 26.31 65.12 11.35 95.72 40.69 2.50 24.97 37.57
16.04 26.83 40.81

6,991,966 7,251,225 6,858,375 4,633,164 12,904,962 9,140,926 6,830,498 17,793,970 5,091,151 9,214,344 10,975,028 6,130,970 12,730,661 7,741,541 7,554,712 7,072,841 10,435,990 6,029,923 7,310,696 8,025,622 8,358,290

7.5% 6.0% 3.8% 12.0% 16.7% 0.0% 6.6% 0.8% 4.2% 4.0% 8.1% 2.5% 8.6% 7.5% 0.4% 3.6% 4.0% 12.2% 2.3% 3.4% 5.5%

Population Group F ( Less than 10,000)

1 Atkinson

8,230

2 Baker

3,637

3 Calhoun

6,306

4 Clay

3,113

5 Clinch

6,988

6 Echols

4,213

7 Georgetown-Quitman

8 Hancock

9,219

9 Jenkins

8,450

10 Johnson

9,300

11 Lanier

8,423

12 Lincoln

7,913

13 Marion

6,995

48,740 151,716
59,114 168,272 122,855 205,824 157,682 265,577 301,600 291,461 228,502 140,451 226,833

5.92 41.71 9.37 54.05 17.58 48.85
28.81 35.69 31.34 27.13 17.75 32.43

4,590,263 2,393,764 3,273,122 2,955,341 4,570,462 2,442,865 2,463,336 7,219,418 5,353,806 4,202,942 3,517,258 6,052,468 3,719,480

1.1% 6.3% 1.8% 5.7% 2.7% 8.4% 6.4% 3.7% 5.6% 6.9% 6.5% 2.3% 6.1%

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Georgia Department of Community Affairs Office of Research

2009 County Revenues from Fines, Forfeitures and Court Fees as a Percentage of Own Source Revenues

2009 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)

14 Miller

6,228

15 Montgomery

8,930

16 Pulaski

9,897

17 Randolph

7,180

18 Schley

4,325

19 Seminole

9,094

20 Stewart

4,558

21 Taliaferro

1,812

22 Taylor

8,587

23 Treutlen

7,058

24 Turner

9,254

25 Warren

5,755

26 Webster Unified

2,192

27 Wheeler

7,010

28 Wilcox

8,895

Group Averages

296,159 126,915 321,599 131,115
0 260,392 148,083 503,118 266,359
0 1,295,120
449,418 251,625 187,613 125,326 240,410

47.55 14.21 32.49 18.26 0.00 28.63 32.49 277.66 31.02 0.00 139.95 78.09 114.79 26.76 14.09 36.67

5,716,820 3,924,216 6,364,590 5,037,198 2,722,098 6,309,814 3,453,577 2,191,168 4,956,400 2,565,402 7,636,821 3,923,261 2,185,036 3,064,579 4,319,143 4,183,023

5.2% 3.2% 5.1% 2.6% 0.0% 4.1% 4.3% 23.0% 5.4% 0.0% 17.0% 11.5% 11.5% 6.1% 2.9% 5.7%

Source: DCA, Annual Report of Local Government Finances

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