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These benchmarks compare statistics of Paulding County with the US, Georgia or with 49 other high growth suburban counties of similar size in the United States. Their purpose is to provide residents with facts about Paulding County and how it compares to other regions.

 

Benchmark

Business Ad Valorem Taxes per Resident 2002

Rank

Geographic Area

% Business Ad Valorem Taxes  ($’s)

Business Ad Valorem Taxes per Resident ($’s)

Residential & Other Ad Valorem Taxes per Resident ($’’s)

Total Ad Valorem Taxes per Resident  ($’s)

K-12 Local General Fund Revenues per FTE Student

K-12 Total General Fund Revenues per FTE Student

 

Fulton

47.0

858

968

1,825

5,178

8,026

 

Cobb

40.8

470

683

1,152

3,121

6,522

 

Gwinnett

42.3

456

622

1,078

3,155

6,706

 

Georgia

40.7

362

527

  889

2,700

6,661

1

Henry

33.2

339

680

1,019

2,498

6,017

2

Fayette

25.7

313

906

1,219

2,949

6,652

3

Douglas

37.4

307

514

   821

2,437

6,576

4

Forsyth

25.8

255

734

   989

3,367

6,453

 

Polk

38.7

201

317

   518

1,375

6,074

5

Coweta

28.2

197

501

   698

2,408

6,331

6

Cherokee

22.6

189

646

   835

2,670

6,775

7

Houston

31.7

173

374

   547

1,930

6,554

8

Columbia

23.4

145

474

   619

2,015

5,950

9

Paulding

15.7

  89

477

  566

1,751

5,882

 
 

Source: US Census

  • The Business Ad Valorem Tax Collections in Paulding County is only $89 per resident compared to $362 per resident for the State of Georgia.
  • Our limited businesses not only do NOT provide jobs for our residents, but result in lower dollars per full time equivalent student in our school system. In fact Paulding County ranks 9th among the peer communities that we are considering in Business Ad Valorem Tax Collections

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