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Lamar County collected
$6.4 million
in total revenues in 2000. In 2004, the county received
$7.5 million,
an increase
of 17.0%.
Total revenue in 2004 equaled
$455 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 Lamar County
rose
from $5.5 million
to $6.1 million,
an increase
of 11.1%.
Own source revenues include revenues from property taxes,
sales taxes, and excise and special use taxes.
Per capita own source revenues amounted
to $373 in 2004.
This compares to a statewide per capita amount of
$631.
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The county collected an average of
$187
per capita in property taxes during the past five years. This amount was
less than
the average of
$240
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
56.0% of the county's
own source revenue during the period of 2000 to 2004.
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General operating expenditures for Lamar County in 2000
equaled $5.3 million,
or $334
per capita. By 2004, general operating expenditures
increased
by 26.8%
to $6.7 million,
or $424 per capita.
General operating expenditures per capita for
counties with similarly-sized populations was
$533
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,
Lamar County spent
$2.4 million or
35.2%
of total county spending on public safety which includes
law enforcement, fire services and jails. Expenditures for administration
totaled
$642,864, amounting to
9.5%
of total expenditures. The county expended
$760,076 or
11.2%
of total expenditures on health and human services.
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From 2000 to 2004, Lamar County had no
long-term debt outstanding.
Counties with similarly-sized populations held an average of
$192.82
per capita during the period.
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