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Baker County collected
$2.3 million
in total revenues in 2000. In 2004, the county received
$2.4 million,
an increase
of 6.3%.
Total revenue in 2004 equaled
$566 per capita.
The statewide revenue per capita for this same year was
$736.
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From 2000 to 2004, own source revenues for Baker County
rose
from $1.6 million
to $2.1 million,
an increase
of 28.9%.
Own source revenues include revenues from property taxes,
sales taxes, and excise and special use taxes.
Per capita own source revenues amounted
to $482 in 2004.
This compares to a statewide per capita amount of
$631.
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The county collected an average of
$285
per capita in property taxes during the past five years. This amount was
greater than
the average of
$249
per capita collected by counties with similarly-sized populations. For the same period,
the average per capita amount of county property tax collected in Georgia
was $288.
On average, property taxes accounted for
65.0% of the county's
own source revenue during the period of 2000 to 2004.
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General operating expenditures for Baker County in 2000
equaled $1.7 million,
or $421
per capita. By 2004, general operating expenditures
decreased
by 6.0%
to $1.6 million,
or $396 per capita.
General operating expenditures per capita for
counties with similarly-sized populations was
$485
in 2004. The statewide average was
$626
per capita during the same period.
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Historically, the top three expenditure categories for counties are
public safety, administration, and health and human services. In 2004,
Baker County spent
$319,279 or
16.3%
of total county spending on public safety which includes
law enforcement, fire services and jails. Expenditures for administration
totaled
$166,941, amounting to
8.5%
of total expenditures. The county expended
$416,462 or
21.3%
of total expenditures on health and human services.
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From 2000 to 2004, Baker County had an average of
$509,059 in
long-term debt outstanding,
resulting in an average per
capita debt of $25.
This amount was
less than
the $134
per capita average of counties with similarly-sized populations.
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