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Quick
Facts
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2000
Population
588,448
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2002 Job
Tax Credit Tier
4
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2001 Tax
Millage Rate
21.220
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Legal
Organ
Gwinnett Daily Post
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Form of
Government
Commission-Administrator
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Service
Delivery Region
Region 3 - Atlanta
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- Gwinnett
County collected $358.2 million in total revenues in 1996. In 2000,
the county received $490.5 million, an increase of 36.9%. Total
revenue in 2000 equaled $834 per capita. The statewide revenue per
capita for this same year was $679.
- From
1996 to 2000, own source revenues for Gwinnett County rose from
$338.5 million to $459.6 million, an increase of 35.8%. Own source
revenues include revenues from property taxes, sales taxes, excise
and special use taxes, and service charges and fees. Per capita own
source revenues amounted to $781 in 2000. This compares to a
statewide per capita amount of $611.
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county collected an average of $345 per capita in property taxes
during the past five years. This amount was greater than the average
of $266 per capita collected by similarly-sized counties. For the
same period, the average per capita amount of county property tax
collected in Georgia was $190. On average, property taxes accounted
for 48.3% of the county's own source revenue during the period of
1996 to 2000.
- General
operating expenditures for Gwinnett County in 1996 equaled $196.6
million, or $412 per capita. In 2000, general operating expenditures
rose by 34.0% to $263.8 million, which was $448 per capita. General
operating expenditures per capita for similarly-sized counties was
$503 in 2000. The statewide average was $404 per capita during the
same period.
- Historically,
the top three expenditure categories for counties are public safety,
administration, and health and human services. In 2000, Gwinnett
County spent $102.8 million or 28.0% of total county spending on
public safety which includes spending for law enforcement, fire
services and jails. Spending for administration totaled $87 million,
amounting to 23.7% of total expenditures. The county spent $18.7
million or 5.1% of total spending on health and human services.
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1996 to 2000, Gwinnett County had no long-term debt outstanding each
year. Similarily-sized counties held an average of $600.08 per
capita during the period.
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