Bay County, Florida — Spending

Category-by-category spending for Bay County, Florida, from the same published figures as the county overview.

Where did the money go?

Bay County spending by major category, FY2015 vs. FY2024
	FY2015 spending
General Government Show account codesHide account codes (6 account codes) 511 — Legislative: FY2015 $819,339; FY2024 $1,009,168 512 — Executive: FY2015 $1,051,127; FY2024 $1,279,423 513 — Financial and Administrative: FY2015 $8,899,142; FY2024 $17,499,126 514 — Legal Counsel: FY2015 $604,870; FY2024 $901,886 515 — Comprehensive Planning: FY2015 $899,192; FY2024 $1,502,623 519 — Other General Government Services: FY2015 $5,424,669; FY2024 $111,251,158	$17,698,339	$133,443,384	+$115,745,045	+654.0%	$668.16
Debt Service Show account codesHide account codes (1 account code) 585 — Payment to Refunded Bond Escrow Agent: FY2015 $40,125,166; FY2024 not reported	$40,125,166	$0	−$40,125,166	−100.0%	$0.00
Public Safety Show account codesHide account codes (8 account codes) 521 — Law Enforcement: FY2015 $27,672,046; FY2024 $49,683,576 522 — Fire Control: FY2015 $6,801,108; FY2024 $17,184,110 523 — Detention and/or Correction: FY2015 $16,565,295; FY2024 $28,028,549 524 — Protective Inspections: FY2015 $5,405,181; FY2024 $1,686,999 525 — Emergency and Disaster Relief Services: FY2015 $3,206,578; FY2024 $8,268,670 526 — Ambulance and Rescue Services: FY2015 $0; FY2024 $13,553,026 527 — Medical Examiners: FY2015 $828,147; FY2024 $1,334,990 529 — Other Public Safety: FY2015 $4,127,985; FY2024 $8,865,456	$64,606,340	$128,605,376	+$63,999,036	+99.1%	$643.93
Physical Environment Show account codesHide account codes (6 account codes) 533 — Water Utility Services: FY2015 $0; FY2024 $4,240,428 534 — Garbage / Solid Waste Control Services: FY2015 $0; FY2024 $0 536 — Water-Sewer Combination Services: FY2015 $0; FY2024 $1,779,535 537 — Conservation and Resource Management: FY2015 $218,307; FY2024 $504,048 538 — Flood Control / Stormwater Management: FY2015 $239,559; FY2024 $1,102,722 539 — Other Physical Environment: FY2015 $92,129; FY2024 $417,461	$549,995	$8,044,194	+$7,494,199	+1,362.6%	$40.28
Transportation Show account codesHide account codes (2 account codes) 541 — Road and Street Facilities: FY2015 $19,722,096; FY2024 $71,871,588 544 — Mass Transit Systems: FY2015 $5,351,825; FY2024 $0	$25,073,921	$71,871,588	+$46,797,667	+186.6%	$359.87
Economic Environment Show account codesHide account codes (4 account codes) 552 — Industry Development: FY2015 $20,467,217; FY2024 $52,329,227 553 — Veteran's Services: FY2015 $246,349; FY2024 $405,351 554 — Housing and Urban Development: FY2015 $303,434; FY2024 $9,407,854 559 — Other Economic Environment: FY2015 $12,359,248; FY2024 $5,271,386	$33,376,248	$67,413,818	+$34,037,570	+102.0%	$337.55
Human Services Show account codesHide account codes (2 account codes) 562 — Health Services: FY2015 $1,227,037; FY2024 $1,705,648 569 — Other Human Services: FY2015 $4,418,204; FY2024 $22,106,249	$5,645,241	$23,811,897	+$18,166,656	+321.8%	$119.23
Culture / Recreation Show account codesHide account codes (2 account codes) 571 — Libraries: FY2015 $2,964,061; FY2024 $3,861,179 572 — Parks and Recreation: FY2015 $2,141,639; FY2024 $8,696,760	$5,105,700	$12,557,939	+$7,452,239	+146.0%	$62.88
Other Uses and Non-Operating Show account codesHide account codes (0 account codes) No account codes are currently unclassified for this year.	$0	$0	$0	n/a	$0.00
Court-Related Show account codesHide account codes (27 account codes) 601 — General Administration - Court Administration: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $169,137 602 — General Administration - State Attorney Administration: FY2015 $290,758; FY2024 $472,512 603 — General Administration - Public Defender Administration: FY2015 $123,614; FY2024 $256,163 604 — General Administration - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $1,236,834; FY2024 $3,400,200 605 — General Administration - Judicial Support: FY2015 $67,271; FY2024 $103,253 608 — General Administration - Jury Management: FY2015 $573,384; FY2024 $1,086,089 614 — Circuit Court - Criminal - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $1,570,943; FY2024 $1,135,891 622 — Circuit Court - Criminal - Drug Court: FY2015 $25,574; FY2024 $42,374 623 — Circuit Court - Criminal - Pre-Trial Release: FY2015 $69,198; FY2024 $103,208 624 — Circuit Court - Criminal - Community Service Programs: FY2015 $254,065; FY2024 $325,402 631 — Circuit Court - Civil - Court Administration: FY2015 $196,218; FY2024 not reported 634 — Circuit Court - Civil - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $301,699; FY2024 $432,874 654 — Circuit Court - Family - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $415,782 664 — Circuit Court - Family - Domestic Violence Court: FY2015 $10,849; FY2024 not reported 674 — Circuit Court - Juvenile - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $150,253; FY2024 $83,391 684 — Circuit Court - Juvenile - Drug Court: FY2015 $56,643; FY2024 not reported 685 — Circuit Court - Juvenile - Guardian Ad Litem: FY2015 $14,713; FY2024 $21,546 694 — Circuit Court - Probate - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $121,278; FY2024 $177,717 712 — General Court-Related Operations - Courthouse Facilities: FY2015 $1,017,141; FY2024 $8,436,152 713 — General Court-Related Operations - Information Systems: FY2015 $438,999; FY2024 $849,584 714 — General Court-Related Operations - Public Law Library: FY2015 $108,410; FY2024 $73,734 715 — General Court-Related Operations - Legal Aid: FY2015 $15,819; FY2024 $135,390 719 — General Court-Related Operations - Other Costs: FY2015 $191,864; FY2024 $255,080 724 — County Court - Criminal - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $313,741; FY2024 $376,017 732 — County Court - Criminal - Community Service Programs: FY2015 $67,026; FY2024 $87,863 744 — County Court - Civil - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $213,002; FY2024 $75,571 764 — County Court - Traffic - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $318,848; FY2024 $435,478	$7,748,144	$18,950,408	+$11,202,264	+144.6%	$94.89
Residual Account codes not yet assigned to a major category. Show account codesHide account codes (0 account codes) No account codes are currently unclassified for this year.	$0	$0	$0	n/a	$0.00
Total spending	$199,929,094	$464,698,604	+$264,769,510	+132.4%	$2,326.77

Source How spending categories are defined (ADR-0009)

Reported separately — not included in total spending

These totals are tracked and published but are not part of the headline spending figures above.

Fiscal year	Enterprise and internal service funds	Fiduciary and custodial funds	Component units
FY2015	$60,683,012	$0	$12,390,408
FY2016	$67,205,588	$0	$20,114,367
FY2017	$63,866,480	$0	$16,409,488
FY2018	$67,380,182	$0	$16,405,780
FY2019	$216,138,099	$0	$19,909,666
FY2020	$87,866,300	$0	$13,762,911
FY2021	$267,593,936	$0	$20,443,985
FY2022	$95,676,432	$389,352,253	$23,812,950
FY2023	$73,487,224	$425,351,158	$28,346,051
FY2024	$73,958,072	$500,692,100	$31,094,396

How total spending is defined (ADR-0001)

Where these numbers come from

Every figure on this page is traced to the government file, census dataset, or price index it was computed from.

Latest spending: fl-edr-bay-expenditures
Ten-year spending change: fl-edr-bay-expenditures
Population change: census-pep-v2020-co-est2020-alldata, census-pep-v2024-co-est2024-alldata
Inflation: bls-cpi-cuur0000sa0-2014-2023, bls-cpi-cuur0000sa0-2024-2024
Real spending change: bls-cpi-cuur0000sa0-2014-2023, bls-cpi-cuur0000sa0-2024-2024, fl-edr-bay-expenditures
Real spending per resident: bls-cpi-cuur0000sa0-2014-2023, bls-cpi-cuur0000sa0-2024-2024, census-pep-v2020-co-est2020-alldata, census-pep-v2024-co-est2024-alldata, fl-edr-bay-expenditures
Category spending: census-pep-v2024-co-est2024-alldata, fl-edr-bay-expenditures
Revenue: census-pep-v2020-co-est2020-alldata, census-pep-v2024-co-est2024-alldata, fl-edr-bay-revenues
Property tax: census-pep-v2020-co-est2020-alldata, census-pep-v2024-co-est2024-alldata, fl-edr-bay-revenues

BLS Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city average, all items, not seasonally adjusted (CUUR0000SA0), 2014–2023 API response

Agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
File: cuur0000sa0-2014-2023.json
Retrieved: September 24, 2026
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BLS Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city average, all items, not seasonally adjusted (CUUR0000SA0), 2024–2024 API response

Agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
File: cuur0000sa0-2024-2024.json
Retrieved: September 24, 2026
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Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2020 county population totals (co-est2020-alldata)

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau
File: co-est2020-alldata.csv
Retrieved: September 24, 2026
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Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024 county population totals (co-est2024-alldata)

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau
File: co-est2024-alldata.csv
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Florida EDR county government expenditures by account code and fund type (compiled workbook)

Agency: Florida EDR
File: baycountyexpenditures.xlsx
Retrieved: September 22, 2026
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Florida EDR county government revenues by account code and fund type (compiled workbook)

Agency: Florida EDR
File: baycountyrevenues.xlsx
Retrieved: September 22, 2026
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See how each figure is defined: Total expenditures (ADR-0001), Population and inflation (ADR-0005), and Total revenue (ADR-0008).