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Cusseta-Chattahoochee County collected
$1.6 million
in total revenues in 2000. In 2004, the county received
$2.5 million,
an increase
of 61.5%.
Total revenue in 2004 equaled
$192 per capita.
The statewide revenue per capita for this same year was
$736.
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Cusseta-Chattahoochee County reported no own source revenues in 2000. In
2004, the county reported a total of
$2.3 million
in own source revenues.
Own source revenues include revenues from property taxes,
sales taxes, and excise and special use taxes.
Per capita own source revenues amounted to
$177
in 2004. This compares to a statewide per capita amount of
$631.
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The county collected an average of
$22
per capita in property taxes during the past five years. This amount was
less than
the average of
$217
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
20.0% of the county's
own source revenue during the period of 2000 to 2004.
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General operating expenditures for Cusseta-Chattahoochee County in 2000
equaled $1.6 million,
or $106
per capita. By 2004, general operating expenditures
increased
by 27.3%
to $2.0 million,
or $135 per capita.
General operating expenditures per capita for
counties with similarly-sized populations was
$505
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,
Cusseta-Chattahoochee County spent
$328,630 or
16.3%
of total county spending on public safety which includes
law enforcement, fire services and jails. Expenditures for administration
totaled
$454,103, amounting to
22.6%
of total expenditures. The county expended
$96,538 or
4.8%
of total expenditures on health and human services.
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From 2000 to 2004, Cusseta-Chattahoochee County had an average of
$288,000 in
long-term debt outstanding,
resulting in an average per
capita debt of $107.
This amount was
less than
the $118
per capita average of counties with similarly-sized populations.
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