Budget Explorer · City of Milledgeville
Comparable revenue, spending, and debt for City of Milledgeville, on the same Census classification used for every city, county, and state in the Library — so the figures line up with peers rather than with the government's own budget book. Latest year: FY ending Jun 30, 2024. City of Milledgeville's own FY2026 budget, in its own structure, follows below.
Total revenue
$25M
$1,465 per resident
Total spending
$15M
$872 per resident
Spending per resident
$872
1st percentile of 71
Debt outstanding
$12M
$711 per resident · 6th percentile of 70
Own-source share
82%
54th percentile of 71
Capital share
0%
1st percentile of 71
Own-source revenue (taxes, charges, interest) versus aid from other governments. Utility and trust revenue are shown alongside general revenue but run on their own books.
Own-source share of general revenue 82% · federal aid 0% · property tax is 53% of taxes
Current operations plus capital outlay, grouped by Census function. Interest on debt and transfers to other governments are broken out so they are not hidden inside services.
| Function | Category | Operating | Capital | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Police protection | Public safety | $4.7M | — | $4.7M |
| Fire protection | Public safety | $3.7M | — | $3.7M |
| Highways | Transportation | $1.5M | — | $1.5M |
| Central staff services | General government | $1.0M | — | $1.0M |
| General (unallocable) | General government | $958K | — | $958K |
| Financial administration | General government | $561K | — | $561K |
| Misc. commercial activities | General government | $468K | — | $468K |
| Parks & recreation | Culture & recreation | $375K | — | $375K |
| Judicial & legal | General government | $371K | — | $371K |
| Libraries | Culture & recreation | $247K | — | $247K |
| General public buildings | General government | $183K | — | $183K |
| Protective inspection & regulation | Public safety | $125K | — | $125K |
Nominal dollars. The Census Bureau cautions that single-government series are edited only for aggregates — read direction, not decimals.
Revenue
-6% over 2 yrs
$26M → $25M
Spending
-54% over 2 yrs
$32M → $15M
Debt outstanding
-7% over 2 yrs
$13M → $12M
Percentile within the cohort on each place's latest Census year. Higher is not better — the last column says what a high reading means so you can decide whether it matters here.
| Measure | City of Milledgeville | Cohort median | Percentile | Higher means |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spending per resident | $872 | $3,741 | 1st | more spent per resident |
| Revenue per resident | $1,465 | $3,548 | 1st | more raised per resident |
| Taxes per resident | $624 | $1,328 | 6th | heavier own-tax load |
| Debt per resident | $711 | $3,865 | 6th | more borrowed per resident |
| Own-source share of revenue | 82% | 81% | 54th | less dependent on aid |
| Federal aid share of revenue | 0% | 7% | 4th | more exposed to federal cuts |
| Capital share of spending | 0% | 18% | 1st | more building, less operating |
| Interest share of spending | 3% | 4% | 37th | more spend servicing debt |
| Debt ÷ annual revenue | 0.49× | 1.05× | 16th | more leveraged |
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Adopted budget · FY2026
City of Milledgeville's own budget, in its own structure, read from its published budget book and checked against the total the document itself prints. This is the current year — more recent than the Census series above, but only comparable to this city's own history. Totals cover 22 departments.
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