Highlands County, Florida — Spending

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

Where did the money go?

Highlands County spending by major category, FY2015 vs. FY2024
	FY2015 spending
General Government Show account codesHide account codes (6 account codes) 511 — Legislative: FY2015 $399,397; FY2024 $586,230 512 — Executive: FY2015 $514,679; FY2024 $822,448 513 — Financial and Administrative: FY2015 $11,203,431; FY2024 $18,404,701 514 — Legal Counsel: FY2015 $266,734; FY2024 $625,322 515 — Comprehensive Planning: FY2015 $582,849; FY2024 $862,655 519 — Other General Government Services: FY2015 $9,296,677; FY2024 $4,258,164	$22,263,767	$25,559,520	+$3,295,753	+14.8%	$232.83
Debt Service Show account codesHide account codes (0 account codes) No account codes are currently unclassified for this year.	$0	$0	$0	n/a	$0.00
Public Safety Show account codesHide account codes (8 account codes) 521 — Law Enforcement: FY2015 $16,936,276; FY2024 $29,280,557 522 — Fire Control: FY2015 $2,136,848; FY2024 $10,200,122 523 — Detention and/or Correction: FY2015 $11,609,044; FY2024 $17,853,042 524 — Protective Inspections: FY2015 $990,040; FY2024 $2,076,581 525 — Emergency and Disaster Relief Services: FY2015 $2,672,773; FY2024 $6,314,986 526 — Ambulance and Rescue Services: FY2015 $5,359,951; FY2024 $9,063,895 527 — Medical Examiners: FY2015 $326,378; FY2024 $489,302 529 — Other Public Safety: FY2015 $476,814; FY2024 $954,524	$40,508,124	$76,233,009	+$35,724,885	+88.2%	$694.43
Physical Environment Show account codesHide account codes (5 account codes) 534 — Garbage / Solid Waste Control Services: FY2015 $0; FY2024 $0 535 — Sewer / Wastewater Services: FY2015 $4,711; FY2024 $2,285 537 — Conservation and Resource Management: FY2015 $1,386,728; FY2024 $1,917,009 538 — Flood Control / Stormwater Management: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $287,027 539 — Other Physical Environment: FY2015 $31,562; FY2024 $99,435	$1,423,001	$2,305,756	+$882,755	+62.0%	$21.00
Transportation Show account codesHide account codes (3 account codes) 541 — Road and Street Facilities: FY2015 $14,377,857; FY2024 $21,413,417 542 — Airports: FY2015 $234,334; FY2024 not reported 549 — Other Transportation Systems / Services: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $243,909	$14,612,191	$21,657,326	+$7,045,135	+48.2%	$197.28
Economic Environment Show account codesHide account codes (4 account codes) 552 — Industry Development: FY2015 $2,457,781; FY2024 $3,543,512 553 — Veteran's Services: FY2015 $150,374; FY2024 $272,848 554 — Housing and Urban Development: FY2015 $456,040; FY2024 $943,654 559 — Other Economic Environment: FY2015 $38,715; FY2024 not reported	$3,102,910	$4,760,014	+$1,657,104	+53.4%	$43.36
Human Services Show account codesHide account codes (5 account codes) 561 — Hospital Services: FY2015 $-9,669; FY2024 $13,554 562 — Health Services: FY2015 $509,527; FY2024 $427,107 563 — Mental Health Services: FY2015 $438,818; FY2024 $612,577 564 — Public Assistance Services: FY2015 $1,809,082; FY2024 $2,524,414 569 — Other Human Services: FY2015 $1,998,956; FY2024 $702,712	$4,746,714	$4,280,364	−$466,350	−9.8%	$38.99
Culture / Recreation Show account codesHide account codes (3 account codes) 571 — Libraries: FY2015 $943,494; FY2024 $1,200,267 572 — Parks and Recreation: FY2015 $1,920,337; FY2024 $1,955,634 579 — Other Culture / Recreation: FY2015 $400; FY2024 $480	$2,864,231	$3,156,381	+$292,150	+10.2%	$28.75
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 (24 account codes) 601 — General Administration - Court Administration: FY2015 $4,186; FY2024 $11,183 602 — General Administration - State Attorney Administration: FY2015 $4,560; FY2024 $18,285 603 — General Administration - Public Defender Administration: FY2015 $4,350; FY2024 $3,424 604 — General Administration - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $539,448; FY2024 $388,059 608 — General Administration - Jury Management: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $117,419 614 — Circuit Court - Criminal - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $304,611; FY2024 $495,135 623 — Circuit Court - Criminal - Pre-Trial Release: FY2015 $97,763; FY2024 $154,328 634 — Circuit Court - Civil - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $117,282; FY2024 $68,001 654 — Circuit Court - Family - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $433,842; FY2024 $769,685 663 — Circuit Court - Family - Pro Se Services: FY2015 $70,329; FY2024 $150,262 674 — Circuit Court - Juvenile - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $152,871; FY2024 $178,087 682 — Circuit Court - Juvenile - Alternative Dispute Resolution: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $0 685 — Circuit Court - Juvenile - Guardian Ad Litem: FY2015 $743; FY2024 $18,434 694 — Circuit Court - Probate - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $143,550; FY2024 $143,997 711 — General Court-Related Operations - Courthouse Security: FY2015 $780,794; FY2024 $1,350,194 712 — General Court-Related Operations - Courthouse Facilities: FY2015 $546,490; FY2024 $824,303 713 — General Court-Related Operations - Information Systems: FY2015 $347,926; FY2024 $766,522 714 — General Court-Related Operations - Public Law Library: FY2015 $120,060; FY2024 $138,710 716 — General Court-Related Operations - Clerk of Court-Related Technology: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $0 719 — General Court-Related Operations - Other Costs: FY2015 $140,142; FY2024 $65,745 724 — County Court - Criminal - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $146,595; FY2024 $112,694 733 — County Court - Criminal - Misdemeanor Probation: FY2015 not reported; FY2024 $155,360 744 — County Court - Civil - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $53,543; FY2024 $98,440 764 — County Court - Traffic - Clerk of Court Administration: FY2015 $364,572; FY2024 $309,192	$4,373,657	$6,337,459	+$1,963,802	+44.9%	$57.73
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	$93,894,595	$144,289,829	+$50,395,234	+53.7%	$1,314.38

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	$18,279,403	$0	$173,297
FY2016	$20,507,433	$0	$267,787
FY2017	$24,944,349	$0	$0
FY2018	$25,374,256	$0	$0
FY2019	$27,634,920	$0	$0
FY2020	$31,858,390	$0	$0
FY2021	$32,564,113	$0	$0
FY2022	$32,000,394	$0	$0
FY2023	$32,944,388	$82,517,869	$0
FY2024	$35,115,683	$101,492,434	$0

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-highlands-expenditures
Ten-year spending change: fl-edr-highlands-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-highlands-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-highlands-expenditures
Category spending: census-pep-v2024-co-est2024-alldata, fl-edr-highlands-expenditures
Revenue: census-pep-v2020-co-est2020-alldata, census-pep-v2024-co-est2024-alldata, fl-edr-highlands-revenues
Property tax: census-pep-v2020-co-est2020-alldata, census-pep-v2024-co-est2024-alldata, fl-edr-highlands-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
Retrieved: September 24, 2026
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Florida EDR county government expenditures by account code and fund type (compiled workbook)

Agency: Florida EDR
File: highlandscountyexpenditures.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: highlandscountyrevenues.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).