Georgia Department of Community Affairs Office of Research 
2011 Expenditures for County Police Departments 
 
County 
1 Athens-Clarke CG 2 Cherokee County 3 Cobb County 4 Columbus/Muscogee 5 DeKalb County 6 Dougherty County 7 Floyd County 8 Fulton County 9 Glynn County 10 Gwinnett County 11 Henry County 12 Polk County 
 
2011 Population 
117,344 218,286 697,553 194,107 699,893 
94,788 95,989 949,599 80,386 824,941 207,360 41,211 
 
Total 
 
Total Expenditures 
 
Current 
 
Capital 
 
Operations Expenditures 
 
19,343,519 614,032 
60,436,694 37,062,555 10,422,526 
3,429,447 5,196,048 19,032,281 12,952,187 97,227,134 20,809,548 2,572,048 
 
18,802,612 614,032 
58,708,739 35,487,734 
7,215,778 3,135,390 4,856,939 18,562,392 11,434,935 89,480,624 17,760,826 2,355,846 
 
540,907 0 
1,727,955 1,574,821 3,206,748 
294,057 339,110 469,889 1,517,252 7,746,510 3,048,722 216,202 
 
Per Capita Expenditures 
 
Total 
 
Current 
 
Capital 
 
Operations Expenditures 
 
164.84 2.81 86.64 
190.94 14.89 36.18 54.13 20.04 161.12 117.86 100.35 62.41 
 
160.23 2.81 84.16 
182.83 10.31 33.08 50.60 19.55 142.25 108.47 85.65 57.17 
 
4.61 0.00 2.48 8.11 4.58 3.10 3.53 0.49 18.87 9.39 14.70 5.25 
 
Source: DCA, Annual Report of Local Government Finances 
 
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