Columbia County, Florida — Revenue

Revenue by source for Columbia County, Florida, from the same published figures as the county overview.

Where the money came from

Columbia County revenue by major source, FY2015 vs. FY2024
Revenue source	FY2015 revenue	FY2024 revenue	Change ($)	Change (%)
Property Taxes Show account codesHide account codes (1 account code) 311 — Ad Valorem Taxes: FY2015 $17,804,345; FY2024 $30,451,889	$17,804,345	$30,451,889	+$12,647,544	+71.0%
Other Taxes Show account codesHide account codes (10 account codes) 312.1 — Local Option Taxes: FY2015 $1,002,363; FY2024 not reported 312.13 — Tourist Development Taxes: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $2,202,540 312.3 — County Ninth-Cent Voted Fuel Tax: FY2015 $618,464; FY2024 $844,359 312.41 — First Local Option Fuel Tax (1 to 6 Cents Local Option Fuel Tax): FY2015 $2,449,795; FY2024 $3,475,541 312.6 — Discretionary Sales Surtaxes: FY2015 $6,866,217; FY2024 not reported 312.64 — Small County Surtax: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $12,287,885 315 — Communications Services Taxes (Chapter 202, F.S.): FY2015 $323,726; FY2024 not reported 315.1 — State Communications Services Taxes: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $1,222,847 316 — Local Business Tax (Chapter 205, F.S.): FY2015 $18,150; FY2024 $50,501 319.9 — Other General Taxes: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $336,489	$11,278,715	$20,420,162	+$9,141,447	+81.1%
Permits, Fees and Special Assessments Show account codesHide account codes (7 account codes) 322 — Building Permits (Buildling Permit Fees): FY2015 $200,309; FY2024 $611,933 322.9 — Permits - Other: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $94,407 323.7 — Franchise Fee - Solid Waste: FY2015 $120,292; FY2024 $112,090 325.1 — Special Assessments - Capital Improvement: FY2015 $39,921; FY2024 $1,837 325.2 — Special Assessments - Charges for Public Services: FY2015 $8,522,597; FY2024 $11,511,438 329 — Other Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments: FY2015 $166,160; FY2024 not reported 329.1 — Inspection Fee: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $154,950	$9,049,279	$12,486,655	+$3,437,376	+38.0%
Intergovernmental Show account codesHide account codes (32 account codes) 331.1 — Federal Grant - General Government: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $59,838 331.2 — Federal Grant - Public Safety: FY2015 $430,262; FY2024 $1,969,399 331.49 — Federal Grant - Transportation - Other Transportation: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $1,065,980 331.5 — Federal Grant - Economic Environment: FY2015 $169,906; FY2024 not reported 331.65 — Federal Grant - Human Services - Child Support Reimbursement: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $79,305 331.69 — Federal Grant - Human Services - Other Human Services: FY2015 $100,621; FY2024 not reported 331.7 — Federal Grant - Culture / Recreation: FY2015 $500; FY2024 not reported 331.9 — Federal Grant - Other Federal Grants: FY2015 $3,275; FY2024 not reported 333 — Federal Payments in Lieu of Taxes: FY2015 $267,661; FY2024 $116,589 334.1 — State Grant - General Government: FY2015 $1,340; FY2024 not reported 334.2 — State Grant - Public Safety: FY2015 $260,717; FY2024 $378,918 334.34 — State Grant - Physical Environment - Garbage / Solid Waste: FY2015 $0; FY2024 $0 334.35 — State Grant - Physical Environment - Sewer / Wastewater: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $0 334.39 — State Grant - Physical Environment - Other Physical Environment: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $3,501,874 334.49 — State Grant - Transportation - Other Transportation: FY2015 $3,237,007; FY2024 $5,567,088 334.5 — State Grant - Economic Environment: FY2015 $365,230; FY2024 $872,062 334.62 — State Grant - Human Services - Public Welfare: FY2015 $31,540; FY2024 $93,083 334.7 — State Grant - Culture / Recreation: FY2015 $376,245; FY2024 $476,696 335.12 — State Shared Revenues - General Government - Revenue Sharing Proceeds: FY2015 $1,609,332; FY2024 not reported 335.121 — State Shared Revenues - General Government - County Revenue Sharing Program: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $2,682,555 335.13 — State Shared Revenues - General Government - Insurance License Tax: FY2015 $24,752; FY2024 $35,223 335.14 — State Shared Revenues - General Government - Mobile Home License Tax: FY2015 $24,800; FY2024 $55,737 335.15 — State Shared Revenues - General Government - Alcoholic Beverage License Tax: FY2015 $14,086; FY2024 $21,486 335.16 — State Shared Revenues - General Government - Distribution of Sales and Use Taxes to Counties: FY2015 $223,250; FY2024 $223,250 335.18 — State Shared Revenues - General Government - Local Government Half-Cent Sales Tax Program: FY2015 $4,108,782; FY2024 $7,122,760 335.19 — State Shared Revenues - General Government - Other General Government: FY2015 $2,500,567; FY2024 $4,109,255 335.29 — State Shared Revenues - Public Safety - Other Public Safety: FY2015 $2,980; FY2024 $2,520 335.48 — State Shared Revenues - Transportation - Other Transportation: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $2,737,374 335.49 — State Shared Revenues - Transportation - Other Transportation: FY2015 $2,156,222; FY2024 not reported 337.1 — Grants from Other Local Units - General Government: FY2015 $111,201; FY2024 $171,454 337.3 — Grants from Other Local Units - Physical Environment: FY2015 $0; FY2024 not reported 337.5 — Grants from Other Local Units - Economic Environment: FY2015 $10,000; FY2024 not reported	$16,030,276	$31,342,446	+$15,312,170	+95.5%
Charges for Services Show account codesHide account codes (39 account codes) 341.1 — General Government - Recording Fees: FY2015 $152,336; FY2024 $955 341.15 — General Government - Public Records Modernization Trust Fund: FY2015 $88,494; FY2024 $125,362 341.51 — General Government - Fees Remitted to County from Tax Collector: FY2015 $235,645; FY2024 not reported 341.52 — General Government - Fees Remitted to County from Sheriff: FY2015 $98,033; FY2024 $72,169 341.8 — General Government - County Officer Commission and Fees: FY2015 $1,742,045; FY2024 not reported 341.9 — General Government - Other General Government Charges and Fees: FY2015 $1,155,185; FY2024 $3,614,419 342.1 — Public Safety - Law Enforcement Services: FY2015 $365,864; FY2024 $1,615,234 342.3 — Public Safety - Housing for Prisoners: FY2015 $3,374; FY2024 $3,857 342.4 — Public Safety - Emergency Management Service Fees / Charges: FY2015 $247,708; FY2024 $344,064 342.5 — Public Safety - Protective Inspection Fees: FY2015 $15,050; FY2024 $31,100 342.9 — Public Safety - Other Public Safety Charges and Fees: FY2015 $251,838; FY2024 $1,950 343.3 — Physical Environment - Water Utility: FY2015 $0; FY2024 not reported 343.4 — Physical Environment - Garbage / Solid Waste: FY2015 $0; FY2024 $0 343.5 — Physical Environment - Sewer / Wastewater Utility: FY2015 $0; FY2024 $0 344.9 — Transportation - Other Transportation Charges: FY2015 $7,179; FY2024 $3,135 346.4 — Human Services - Animal Control and Shelter Fees: FY2015 $1,914; FY2024 $5,783 347.1 — Culture / Recreation - Libraries: FY2015 $2,432; FY2024 $5,827 347.5 — Culture / Recreation - Special Recreation Facilities: FY2015 $55,520; FY2024 not reported 347.9 — Culture / Recreation - Other Culture / Recreation Charges: FY2015 $6,932; FY2024 $42,650 348.11 — Court-Related Revenues - County Court Criminal - Filing Fees: FY2015 $15,790; FY2024 $214,184 348.12 — Court-Related Revenues - County Court Criminal - Service Charges: FY2015 $7,596; FY2024 $3,901 348.13 — Court-Related Revenues - County Court Criminal - Court Costs: FY2015 $129; FY2024 $284 348.14 — Court-Related Revenues - County Court Criminal - Non-Local Fines and Forfeitures: FY2015 $176,807; FY2024 $127,109 348.22 — Court-Related Revenues - Circuit Court Criminal - Service Charges: FY2015 $4,598; FY2024 $44,907 348.23 — Court-Related Revenues - Circuit Court Criminal - Court Costs: FY2015 $90,239; FY2024 $142,400 348.31 — Court-Related Revenues - County Court Civil - Filing Fees: FY2015 $239,934; FY2024 $425,167 348.32 — Court-Related Revenues - County Court Civil - Service Charges: FY2015 $6,002; FY2024 $188,215 348.33 — Court-Related Revenues - County Court Civil - Court Costs: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $139,673 348.34 — Court-Related Revenues - County Court Civil - Non-Local Fines and Forfeitures: FY2015 $210,290; FY2024 not reported 348.52 — Court-Related Revenues - Traffic Court - Service Charges: FY2015 $71,320; FY2024 $60,968 348.53 — Court-Related Revenues - Traffic Court - Court Costs: FY2015 $625,069; FY2024 $285,124 348.62 — Court-Related Revenues - Juvenile Court - Service Charges: FY2015 $1,739; FY2024 $2,086 348.64 — Court-Related Revenues - Juvenile Court - Non-Local Fines and Forfeitures: FY2015 $1,218; FY2024 not reported 348.71 — Court-Related Revenues - Probate Court - Filing Fees: FY2015 $50,690; FY2024 $56,880 348.72 — Court-Related Revenues - Probate Court - Service Charges: FY2015 $7,027; FY2024 $4,859 348.85 — Court-Related Revenues - Court Service Reimbursement - State Reimbursement: FY2015 $14,829; FY2024 not reported 348.924 — Court-Related Revenues - Restricted Board Revenue - Juvenile Alternative Programs: FY2015 $30,380; FY2024 not reported 348.99 — Court-Related Revenues - Restricted Board Revenue - Other Collections Transferred to BOCC: FY2015 $470,777; FY2024 not reported 349 — Other Charges for Services (Not Court-Related): FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $443,086	$6,453,983	$8,005,348	+$1,551,365	+24.0%
Judgments, Fines and Forfeits Show account codesHide account codes (7 account codes) 351.7 — Court-Ordered Judgments and Fines - Intergovernmental Radio Communication Program: FY2015 $111,209; FY2024 $42,237 351.8 — Court-Ordered Judgments and Fines - 10% of Fines to Public Records Modernization TF: FY2015 $129,220; FY2024 $109,130 351.9 — Court-Ordered Judgments and Fines - Other Court-Ordered: FY2015 $125,289; FY2024 not reported 352 — Fines - Library: FY2015 $27,474; FY2024 $7,579 354 — Fines - Local Ordinance Violations: FY2015 $824; FY2024 $8,541 358.2 — Sale of Contraband Property Seized by Law Enforcement: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $44,788 359 — Other Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits: FY2015 $620; FY2024 $517	$394,636	$212,792	−$181,844	−46.1%
Miscellaneous Show account codesHide account codes (7 account codes) 361.1 — Interest and Other Earnings - Interest: FY2015 $167,982; FY2024 $3,458,883 361.4 — Interest and Other Earnings - Gain (Loss) on Sale of Investments: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $0 362 — Rents and Royalties: FY2015 $50,589; FY2024 $495,723 364 — Sales - Disposition of Fixed Assets: FY2015 $151,608; FY2024 $22,530 365 — Sales - Sale of Surplus Materials and Scrap: FY2015 $10,034; FY2024 not reported 366 — Contributions and Donations from Private Sources: FY2015 $41,442; FY2024 $10,350 369.9 — Other Miscellaneous Revenues - Other: FY2015 $857,333; FY2024 $3,021,753	$1,278,988	$7,009,239	+$5,730,251	+448.0%
Other Sources Show account codesHide account codes (1 account code) 383.1 — Proceeds - Leases: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $1,186,422	$0	$1,186,422	+$1,186,422	n/a
Proprietary Non-Operating Sources Show account codesHide account codes (0 account codes) No account codes are currently unclassified for this year.	$0	$0	$0	n/a
Residual Account codes not yet assigned to a major revenue source. Show account codesHide account codes (0 account codes) No account codes are currently unclassified for this year.	$0	$0	$0	n/a
Total revenue	$62,290,222	$111,114,953	+$48,824,731	+78.4%

Revenue per resident, FY2024: $1,502.02

Source How total revenue is defined (ADR-0008)How revenue sources are grouped (ADR-0009)

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-columbia-expenditures
Ten-year spending change: fl-edr-columbia-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-columbia-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-columbia-expenditures
Category spending: census-pep-v2024-co-est2024-alldata, fl-edr-columbia-expenditures
Revenue: census-pep-v2020-co-est2020-alldata, census-pep-v2024-co-est2024-alldata, fl-edr-columbia-revenues
Property tax: census-pep-v2020-co-est2020-alldata, census-pep-v2024-co-est2024-alldata, fl-edr-columbia-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
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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

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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
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Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024 county population totals (co-est2024-alldata)

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Florida EDR county government expenditures by account code and fund type (compiled workbook)

Agency: Florida EDR
File: columbiacountyexpenditures.xlsx
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Florida EDR county government revenues by account code and fund type (compiled workbook)

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See how each figure is defined: Total expenditures (ADR-0001), Population and inflation (ADR-0005), and Total revenue (ADR-0008).