County
Georgia Department of Community Affairs Office of Research
2010 County Revenues from Fines, Forfeitures and Court Fees as a Percentage of Own Source Revenues
2010 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
116,714
2 Augusta/Richmond
200,549
3 Bartow
100,157
4 Bibb
155,547
5 Carroll
110,527
6 Chatham
265,128
7 Clayton
259,424
8 Cobb
688,078
9 Columbia
124,053
10 Columbus/Muscogee 189,885
11 Coweta
127,317
12 DeKalb
691,893
13 Douglas
132,403
14 Fayette
106,567
15 Forsyth
175,511
16 Fulton
920,581
17 Gwinnett
805,321
18 Hall
179,684
19 Henry
203,922
20 Houston
139,900
21 Lowndes
109,233
22 Paulding
142,324
23 Whitfield
102,599
Group Averages
7,744,543 6,410,405 1,773,031 4,817,859 1,456,011 6,506,170 11,276,411 19,078,409 3,522,980 7,085,664 6,429,606 41,296,702 5,835,886 4,040,280 5,501,204 20,511,189 32,993,475 6,442,351 5,780,704 3,978,090 3,362,898 1,869,838 3,272,925 9,173,332
66.35 31.96 17.70 30.97 13.17 24.54 43.47 27.73 28.40 37.32 50.50 59.69 44.08 37.91 31.34 22.28 40.97 35.85 28.35 28.44 30.79 13.14 31.90 34.89
144,802,867 212,476,916
81,187,936 83,802,465 55,066,404 250,294,319 250,368,546 514,478,817 94,257,135 244,364,738 85,476,257 474,757,577 92,225,216 74,155,744 148,405,518 669,481,712 838,917,025 127,198,950 171,783,725 76,223,827 50,703,115 82,372,025 69,724,563 212,718,496
5.3% 3.0% 2.2% 5.7% 2.6% 2.6% 4.5% 3.7% 3.7% 2.9% 7.5% 8.7% 6.3% 5.4% 3.7% 3.1% 3.9% 5.1% 3.4% 5.2% 6.6% 2.3% 4.7% 4.3%
Population Group B ( 50,000 - 99,999)
1 Barrow
69,367
2 Bulloch
70,217
3 Camden
50,513
4 Catoosa
63,942
5 Dougherty
94,565
6 Effingham
52,250
7 Glynn
79,626
8 Gordon
55,186
9 Jackson
60,485
10 Liberty
63,453
1,933,204 2,639,801 2,253,742 2,179,645 4,753,470 1,375,988 2,912,173 1,790,424 1,939,497 2,458,190
27.87 37.59 44.62 34.09 50.27 26.33 36.57 32.44 32.07 38.74
40,816,929 43,156,142 37,298,696 30,220,983 53,450,312 36,573,292 88,729,896 36,998,600 48,725,414 36,325,683
4.7% 6.1% 6.0% 7.2% 8.9% 3.8% 3.3% 4.8% 4.0% 6.8%
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2010 County Revenues from Fines, Forfeitures and Court Fees as a Percentage of Own Source Revenues
2010 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)
11 Rockdale
85,215
12 Spalding
64,073
13 Troup
67,044
14 Walker
68,756
15 Walton
83,768
Group Averages
3,319,474 2,424,782 2,538,473 1,786,997 2,808,609 2,474,298
38.95 37.84 37.86 25.99 33.53 36.09
60,096,950 48,078,155 44,427,545 31,443,041 56,100,163 46,162,787
5.5% 5.0% 5.7% 5.7% 5.0% 5.4%
Population Group C ( 25,000 - 49,999)
1 Baldwin
45,720
2 Bryan
30,233
3 Chattooga
26,015
4 Coffee
42,356
5 Gilmer
28,292
6 Grady
25,011
7 Habersham
43,041
8 Haralson
28,780
9 Harris
32,024
10 Hart
25,213
11 Jones
28,669
12 Laurens
48,434
13 Lumpkin
29,966
14 Madison
28,120
15 Monroe
26,424
16 Murray
39,628
17 Oconee
32,808
18 Peach
27,695
19 Pickens
29,431
20 Polk
41,475
21 Stephens
26,175
22 Sumter
32,819
23 Tattnall
25,520
24 Thomas
44,720
25 Tift
40,118
26 Toombs
27,223
27 Upson
27,153
28 Ware
36,312
0 1,478,053
697,378 1,701,001
939,676 761,972 1,360,057 963,385 975,416 547,477 553,512 3,222,459 636,029 803,718 1,733,039 797,174 860,396 497,366 922,316 1,140,746 608,421 734,671 529,960 1,184,398 2,970,487 736,742
0 1,350,991
0.00 48.89 26.81 40.16 33.21 30.47 31.60 33.47 30.46 21.71 19.31 66.53 21.23 28.58 65.59 20.12 26.23 17.96 31.34 27.50 23.24 22.39 20.77 26.48 74.04 27.06 0.00 37.21
20,110,808 24,556,095 11,352,211 21,240,599 19,211,129 14,698,456 21,724,528 15,759,588 17,603,804 13,180,374 18,523,360 31,880,667 20,916,160 16,983,959 23,977,915 17,692,892 26,092,554 18,999,539 23,273,440 22,337,937 17,926,866 17,537,767 12,216,040 30,281,439 34,713,125 17,295,081 17,224,904 25,172,994
0.0% 6.0% 6.1% 8.0% 4.9% 5.2% 6.3% 6.1% 5.5% 4.2% 3.0% 10.1% 3.0% 4.7% 7.2% 4.5% 3.3% 2.6% 4.0% 5.1% 3.4% 4.2% 4.3% 3.9% 8.6% 4.3% 0.0% 5.4%
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2010 County Revenues from Fines, Forfeitures and Court Fees as a Percentage of Own Source Revenues
2010 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)
29 Wayne
30,099
30 White
27,144
Group Averages
771,678 712,032 1,006,352
25.64 26.23 30.91
23,894,251 19,461,745 20,528,008
3.2% 3.7% 4.9%
Population Group D ( 15,000 - 24,999)
1 Appling
18,236
2 Banks
18,395
3 Ben Hill
17,634
4 Brantley
18,411
5 Brooks
16,243
6 Burke
23,316
7 Butts
23,655
8 Crisp
23,439
9 Dawson
22,330
10 Dodge
21,796
11 Elbert
20,166
12 Emanuel
22,598
13 Fannin
23,682
14 Franklin
22,084
15 Greene
15,994
16 Jeff Davis
15,068
17 Jefferson
16,930
18 Lamar
18,317
19 McDuffie
21,875
20 Meriwether
21,992
21 Morgan
17,868
22 Pierce
18,758
23 Pike
17,869
24 Putnam
21,218
25 Rabun
16,276
26 Telfair
16,500
27 Union
21,356
28 Washington
21,187
Group Averages
770,986 528,465 564,106 933,567 355,416 556,686 1,000,940 1,678,168 1,155,688
93,104 645,779 696,975 609,093 2,040,361 1,565,143 896,375 630,852 544,578 569,388 965,979 1,134,460 309,450 480,378 749,698 519,530 440,565 735,991 701,510 781,187
42.28 28.73 31.99 50.71 21.88 23.88 42.31 71.60 51.75 4.27 32.02 30.84 25.72 92.39 97.86 59.49 37.26 29.73 26.03 43.92 63.49 16.50 26.88 35.33 31.92 26.70 34.46 33.11 39.54
16,644,095 13,064,417 11,456,571 13,665,809
8,289,070 27,430,474 24,779,826 16,841,381 28,390,796
9,460,422 13,853,220 13,037,728 16,726,551 15,735,487 20,198,469 10,430,928 10,984,161 10,219,295 15,394,945 13,968,435 17,650,891
8,630,104 9,776,023 8,356,874 19,857,135 7,828,140 15,893,628 13,608,914 14,720,492
4.6% 4.0% 4.9% 6.8% 4.3% 2.0% 4.0% 10.0% 4.1% 1.0% 4.7% 5.3% 3.6% 13.0% 7.7% 8.6% 5.7% 5.3% 3.7% 6.9% 6.4% 3.6% 4.9% 9.0% 2.6% 5.6% 4.6% 5.2% 5.3%
Population Group E ( 10,000 - 14,999)
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2010 County Revenues from Fines, Forfeitures and Court Fees as a Percentage of Own Source Revenues
2010 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)
1 Bacon
11,096
2 Bleckley
13,063
3 Candler
10,998
4 Crawford
12,630
5 Cusseta-Chattahooch
11,267
6 Dooly
14,918
7 Early
11,008
8 Evans
11,000
9 Heard
11,834
10 Jasper
13,900
11 Lanier
10,078
12 Long
14,464
13 Macon
14,740
14 Oglethorpe
14,899
15 Pulaski
12,010
16 Screven
14,593
17 Towns
10,471
18 Wilkes
10,593
Group Averages
236,847 323,267 414,403 274,308 691,068 3,000,473
0 382,863 267,648 365,863 266,024 326,104 101,753 651,134 289,631 311,686 366,245 176,243 469,198
21.35 24.75 37.68 21.72 61.34 201.13 0.00 34.81 22.62 26.32 26.40 22.55 6.90 43.70 24.12 21.36 34.98 16.64 37.78
6,666,866 6,433,305 7,255,920 7,238,348 7,447,570 13,716,970 8,215,665 6,781,599 13,310,243 9,013,849 4,220,769 6,341,463 6,024,518 8,077,748 6,773,966 9,501,383 11,093,273 6,577,642 8,038,394
3.6% 5.0% 5.7% 3.8% 9.3% 21.9% 0.0% 5.6% 2.0% 4.1% 6.3% 5.1% 1.7% 8.1% 4.3% 3.3% 3.3% 2.7% 5.8%
Population Group F ( Less than 10,000)
1 Atkinson
8,375
2 Baker
3,451
3 Calhoun
6,694
4 Clay
3,183
5 Clinch
6,798
6 Echols
4,034
7 Georgetown-Quitma
2,513
8 Glascock
3,082
9 Hancock
9,429
10 Irwin
9,538
11 Johnson
9,980
12 Lincoln
7,996
13 Marion
8,742
14 Miller
6,125
15 Montgomery
9,123
154,101 166,217
86,667 0
114,440 257,595 141,654 106,512 362,508 210,601 269,259 185,458 226,412 268,654
19,090
18.40 48.16 12.95 0.00 16.83 63.86 56.37 34.56 38.45 22.08 26.98 23.19 25.90 43.86 2.09
4,185,598 2,261,171 3,240,319 2,937,926 4,490,985 2,462,539 2,269,290 2,004,955 5,783,585 5,441,475 4,412,012 5,643,776 4,135,495 5,575,761 5,117,774
3.7% 7.4% 2.7% 0.0% 2.5% 10.5% 6.2% 5.3% 6.3% 3.9% 6.1% 3.3% 5.5% 4.8% 0.4%
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2010 County Revenues from Fines, Forfeitures and Court Fees as a Percentage of Own Source Revenues
2010 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)
16 Randolph
7,719
17 Schley
5,010
18 Seminole
8,729
19 Talbot
6,865
20 Taliaferro
1,717
21 Taylor
8,906
22 Terrell
9,315
23 Treutlen
6,885
24 Turner
8,930
25 Twiggs
9,023
26 Warren
5,834
27 Webster Unified
2,799
28 Wheeler
7,421
29 Wilcox
9,255
Group Averages
191,666 0
271,503 249,299 732,402 221,464 220,880
0 2,511,037
728,581 342,590 241,956 176,533 130,945 296,139
24.83 0.00 31.10 36.31 426.56 24.87 23.71 0.00 281.19 80.75 58.72 86.44 23.79 14.15 43.49
4,840,335 1,975,553 7,094,343 6,055,236 2,389,044 5,006,895 6,803,432 2,640,452 8,877,478 7,389,337 3,790,334 2,179,045 2,766,232 4,386,360 4,350,232
4.0% 0.0% 3.8% 4.1% 30.7% 4.4% 3.2% 0.0% 28.3% 9.9% 9.0% 11.1% 6.4% 3.0% 6.8%
Source: DCA, Annual Report of Local Government Finances
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