Georgia Department of Community Affairs Office of Research 
2008 Expenditures for County Police Departments 
 
County 
 
2008 Population 
 
1 Athens-Clarke 2 Chatham 3 Cherokee 4 Clayton 5 Cobb 6 Columbus/Muscogee 7 DeKalb 8 Dougherty 9 Floyd 10 Fulton 11 Glynn 12 Gwinnett 13 Henry 14 Polk 
 
114,737 251,120 210,529 273,718 698,158 186,984 739,956 
95,754 95,980 1,014,932 75,884 789,499 191,502 42,018 
 
Total 
 
Total Expenditures 
 
Current 
 
Capital 
 
Operations Expenditures 
 
19,912,271 18,819,668 
753,951 29,530,187 65,122,903 28,274,756 97,633,183 
3,211,304 4,960,856 21,178,440 12,456,449 118,868,410 20,306,844 2,358,324 
 
18,130,410 17,896,096 
685,401 27,735,603 61,020,521 27,195,924 89,597,155 
3,211,304 4,632,483 20,684,952 11,607,574 88,841,853 17,594,472 2,189,420 
 
1,781,861 923,572 68,550 
1,794,583 4,102,382 1,078,832 8,036,028 
0 328,373 493,488 848,875 30,026,557 2,712,372 168,904 
 
Per Capita Expenditures 
 
Total 
 
Current 
 
Capital 
 
Operations Expenditures 
 
173.55 74.94 3.58 107.89 93.28 151.21 131.94 33.54 51.69 20.87 164.15 150.56 106.04 56.13 
 
158.02 71.27 3.26 101.33 87.40 145.45 121.08 33.54 48.27 20.38 152.96 112.53 91.88 52.11 
 
15.53 3.68 0.33 6.56 5.88 5.77 10.86 0.00 3.42 0.49 11.19 38.03 14.16 4.02 
 
Source: DCA, Annual Report of Local Government Finances 
 
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