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COLUMBUS CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT finances

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COLUMBUS CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT

City or town in Georgia (Muscogee County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 06/30); population 196,442.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$161.3 millionT
Charges and fees$134.8 millionA
Other general revenue$33.5 millionU
From the federal government$35.2 millionB
From the state government$9.8 millionC
From local governments$115.9 millionD
Spending: current operations$344.9 millionE
Spending: construction$65.3 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$10.0 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$20.9 millionL M Q S
General revenue$490.4 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$420.1 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$444.5 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
Police Protection$68.5 million
General NEC$49.4 million
Regular Highways$38.8 million
Local Fire Protection$38.1 million
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$36.1 million
Correction Insts$30.1 million
Solid Waste Mgt$26.3 million
Judicial$19.8 million
Health$18.2 million
Sewerage$17.7 million
Water Utilities$16.7 million
Financial Adm$14.5 million
Parks & Rec$12.9 million
Central Staff$7.8 million
Air Trans$7.7 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$4.6 million
Protective Inspection$1.6 million
Welfare NEC$955,000
Misc Comm Act$270,000
Natural Resources NEC$134,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$284.0 million
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$178.9 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$20.9 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$442.0 million
61VShort Term Debt O/S-Beginning$2.8 million
64VShort Term Debt O/S-End of FY$2.5 million
A01Air Transportation Charges$5.8 million
A44Regular Highway Charges$1.1 million
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$5.3 million
A80Sewerage Charges$35.2 million
A81Solid Waste Charges$13.2 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$30.6 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$42.8 million
A94Transit Utilities Revenue$645,000
B89Federal IG Other$35.2 million
C89State IG Other$9.8 million
D89Local IG Other$115.9 million
E01Air Trans Current Operation$5.7 million
E03Misc Comm Act-Current Oper$270,000
E04Correction Insts-Current Oper$29.7 million
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$14.0 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$31.9 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$19.8 million
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$7.8 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$7.5 million
E32Health-Current Operation$18.2 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$25.3 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$4.4 million
E59Natural Resources NEC-Cur Op$134,000
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$12.3 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$63.4 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$1.4 million
E79Welfare NEC-Current Operation$955,000
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$14.7 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$24.6 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$47.5 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$15.2 million
F01Air Trans Construction$2.0 million
F04Correction Insts-Construction$476,000
F23Financial Adm-Construction$439,000
F24Local Fire Protection Construction$6.2 million
F25Judicial-Construction$11,000
F31General Public Bldg-Constr$28.5 million
F44Regular Highways-Construction$13.5 million
F50Housing & Comm Dev-Constr$177,000
F61Parks & Rec-Construction$537,000
F62Police Protection-Construction$5.2 million
F66Protective Inspection-Constr$181,000
F80Sewerage-Construction$3.0 million
F81Solid Waste Mgt-Construction$1.7 million
F89General NEC-Construction$1.9 million
F91Water Utilities-Construction$1.5 million
I89General Interest on Debt$4.4 million
I91Water Utilities-Interest$5.6 million
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$20.9 million
T01Property Tax$96.0 million
T09Total General Sales Taxes$173,000
T10Alcoholic Beverage Sales Tax$3.8 million
T12Insurance Premium Tax$15.8 million
T15Public Utilities Tax$18.6 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$6.6 million
T20Alcoholic Beverage License Tax$636,000
T28Occup & Business License, NEC$16.1 million
T29Other License Tax$2.7 million
T99Taxes, NEC$939,000
U01Special Assessments$3.4 million
U11Sale of Property 2/$430,000
U20Interest Earnings$15.1 million
U30Fines & Forfeits$2.4 million
U40Rents$3.4 million
U50Donations From Private Sources$377,000
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$8.3 million

Source: State and local government finances 2022, Census of Governments: every local government (U.S. Census Bureau) (U.S. Census Bureau). Collected Nov 14, 2026 11:48 PM CST. Amounts as published (thousands of dollars in the file; shown in dollars). Group totals are sums of item codes by letter. Item code list: Census technical documentation. Government ID 132215161944.