Compare Georgia sheriff department costs
Sheriff department cost and staffing across all 159 counties. Click a column header to sort. Hover a column header to see what it measures. Data as of 2026-08-12.
| County | Population | Budget | $/resident | Sworn / 100k res | Custody / 100k res | Beds / 100k res |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appling County | 18,441 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Atkinson County | 8,265 | $1,783,772 | $216 | — | — | — |
| Bacon County | 11,138 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Baker County | 2,878 | $713,245 | $248 | — | — | — |
| Baldwin County | 43,778 | $9,380,000P | $214 | — | — | — |
| Banks County | 18,381 | $7,137,854 | $388 | — | — | — |
| Barrow County | 84,399 | $26,517,728 | $314 | — | — | — |
| Bartow County | 109,410 | $40,033,500 | $366 | — | — | — |
| Ben Hill County | 17,169 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Berrien County | 18,187 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bibb County | 156,554 | $55,711,969 | $356 | — | — | — |
| Bleckley County | 12,413 | $2,944,100P | $237 | — | — | — |
| Brantley County | 18,105 | $4,099,991 | $226 | — | — | — |
| Brooks County | 16,275 | $4,595,050 | $282 | — | — | — |
| Bryan County | 44,995 | $10,262,800 | $228 | — | — | — |
| Bulloch County | 79,829 | $19,666,573P | $246 | — | — | — |
| Burke County | 24,337 | $13,032,800 | $536 | — | — | — |
| Butts County | 25,522 | $10,187,998 | $399 | — | — | — |
| Calhoun County | 5,594 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Camden County | 55,105 | $11,169,640 | $203 | — | — | — |
| Candler County | 10,946 | $3,483,855P | $318 | — | — | — |
| Carroll County | 120,060 | $21,490,900 | $179 | — | — | — |
| Catoosa County | 68,052 | $13,109,956 | $193 | — | — | — |
| Charlton County | 12,547 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chatham County | 296,266 | $79,045,757 | $267 | — | — | — |
| Chattahoochee County | 9,402 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chattooga County | 24,902 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cherokee County | 268,567 | $69,395,556 | $258 | — | — | — |
| Clarke County | 128,864 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Clay County | 2,855 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Clayton County | 296,312 | $57,267,776 | $193 | — | — | — |
| Clinch County | 6,713 | $1,394,130 | $208 | — | — | — |
| Cobb County | 765,813 | $122,643,591 | $160 | — | — | — |
| Coffee County | 43,056 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Colquitt County | 45,813 | $9,285,225 | $203 | — | — | — |
| Columbia County | 156,921 | $36,784,569 | $234 | — | — | — |
| Cook County | 17,242 | $5,554,460 | $322 | — | — | — |
| Coweta County | 147,449 | $37,461,825P | $254 | — | — | — |
| Crawford County | 12,156 | $2,153,695 | $177 | — | — | — |
| Crisp County | 20,255 | $9,869,836 | $487 | — | — | — |
| Dade County | 16,239 | $5,003,400P | $308 | — | — | — |
| Dawson County | 27,355 | $15,820,277 | $578 | — | — | — |
| Decatur County | 29,063 | $8,802,026 | $303 | — | — | — |
| DeKalb County | 761,209 | $106,135,804P | $139 | — | — | — |
| Dodge County | 19,977 | $4,103,757 | $205 | — | — | — |
| Dooly County | 11,236 | $5,752,885 | $512 | — | — | — |
| Dougherty County | 85,038 | $24,129,919 | $284 | — | — | — |
| Douglas County | 144,735 | $39,826,142P | $275 | — | — | — |
| Early County | 10,753 | $2,974,140P | $277 | — | — | — |
| Echols County | 3,707 | $566,862P | $153 | — | — | — |
| Effingham County | 65,314 | $18,801,617 | $288 | — | — | — |
| Elbert County | 19,570 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Emanuel County | 22,907 | $5,093,800 | $222 | — | — | — |
| Evans County | 10,759 | $1,734,550 | $161 | — | — | — |
| Fannin County | 25,436 | $5,480,206 | $215 | — | — | — |
| Fayette County | 119,259 | $31,734,449 | $266 | — | — | — |
| Floyd County | 98,541 | $16,244,360 | $165 | — | — | — |
| Forsyth County | 253,225 | $72,763,283 | $287 | — | — | — |
| Franklin County | 23,480 | $7,544,955P | $321 | — | — | — |
| Fulton County | 1,061,944 | $153,787,661P | $145 | — | — | — |
| Gilmer County | 31,519 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Glascock County | 2,903 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Glynn County | 84,566 | $19,826,136 | $234 | — | — | — |
| Gordon County | 57,785 | $16,335,220 | $283 | — | — | — |
| Grady County | 26,075 | $5,675,700 | $218 | — | — | — |
| Greene County | 19,020 | $7,713,663 | $406 | — | — | — |
| Gwinnett County | 957,977 | $177,037,445P | $185 | — | — | — |
| Habersham County | 46,326 | $10,266,324 | $222 | — | — | — |
| Hall County | 204,953 | $51,729,250 | $252 | — | — | — |
| Hancock County | 8,588 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Haralson County | 30,178 | $6,611,199 | $219 | — | — | — |
| Harris County | 34,914 | $10,213,105 | $293 | — | — | — |
| Hart County | 26,110 | $5,187,759 | $199 | — | — | — |
| Heard County | 11,489 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Henry County | 240,853 | $34,284,053P | $142 | — | — | — |
| Houston County | 164,117 | $31,917,040 | $194 | — | — | — |
| Irwin County | 9,487 | $1,500,000 | $158 | — | — | — |
| Jackson County | 77,033 | $16,940,244 | $220 | — | — | — |
| Jasper County | 14,882 | $4,610,080 | $310 | — | — | — |
| Jeff Davis County | 14,791 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jefferson County | 15,591 | $4,902,700 | $314 | — | — | — |
| Jenkins County | 8,704 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Johnson County | 9,225 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jones County | 28,382 | $7,424,340P | $262 | — | — | — |
| Lamar County | 18,676 | $4,534,302P | $243 | — | — | — |
| Lanier County | 9,964 | $2,001,500P | $201 | — | — | — |
| Laurens County | 49,407 | $9,521,108 | $193 | — | — | — |
| Lee County | 32,968 | $7,606,905 | $231 | — | — | — |
| Liberty County | 65,550 | $14,923,504 | $228 | — | — | — |
| Lincoln County | 7,726 | $1,920,393P | $249 | — | — | — |
| Long County | 16,804 | $4,195,357 | $250 | — | — | — |
| Lowndes County | 118,257 | $25,282,842 | $214 | — | — | — |
| Lumpkin County | 33,405 | $7,832,891 | $234 | — | — | — |
| Macon County | 12,099 | $1,891,119P | $156 | — | — | — |
| Madison County | 30,378 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marion County | 7,508 | $930,620P | $124 | — | — | — |
| McDuffie County | 21,715 | $5,089,705 | $234 | — | — | — |
| McIntosh County | 11,183 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meriwether County | 20,679 | $4,116,304P | $199 | — | — | — |
| Miller County | 5,923 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mitchell County | 21,634 | $7,267,400P | $336 | — | — | — |
| Monroe County | 28,287 | $7,934,355 | $280 | — | — | — |
| Montgomery County | 8,687 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Morgan County | 20,171 | $7,086,784P | $351 | — | — | — |
| Murray County | 40,063 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Muscogee County | 204,572 | $39,772,608 | $194 | — | — | — |
| Newton County | 113,298 | $34,116,449 | $301 | — | — | — |
| Oconee County | 41,978 | $10,253,751P | $244 | — | — | — |
| Oglethorpe County | 14,974 | $3,230,241 | $216 | — | — | — |
| Paulding County | 169,898 | $36,281,350 | $214 | — | — | — |
| Peach County | 28,054 | $5,367,306 | $191 | — | — | — |
| Pickens County | 33,439 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pierce County | 19,822 | $5,486,053P | $277 | — | — | — |
| Pike County | 19,145 | $4,686,769 | $245 | — | — | — |
| Polk County | 43,019 | $6,975,316 | $162 | — | — | — |
| Pulaski County | 9,887 | $2,517,088P | $255 | — | — | — |
| Putnam County | 22,206 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quitman County | 2,180 | $900,233P | $413 | — | — | — |
| Rabun County | 16,915 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Randolph County | 6,365 | $1,728,624P | $272 | — | — | — |
| Richmond County | 206,153 | $78,521,150 | $381 | — | — | — |
| Rockdale County | 93,641 | $32,602,576 | $348 | — | — | — |
| Schley County | 4,565 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Screven County | 14,026 | $1,592,811P | $114 | — | — | — |
| Seminole County | 9,117 | $1,850,100P | $203 | — | — | — |
| Spalding County | 67,415 | $25,184,649 | $374 | — | — | — |
| Stephens County | 26,732 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stewart County | 5,121 | $691,246P | $135 | — | — | — |
| Sumter County | 29,378 | $7,654,565 | $261 | — | — | — |
| Talbot County | 5,793 | $1,755,215 | $303 | — | — | — |
| Taliaferro County | 1,635 | $1,300,000P | $795 | — | — | — |
| Tattnall County | 24,309 | $7,117,007 | $293 | — | — | — |
| Taylor County | 7,799 | $1,724,981 | $221 | — | — | — |
| Telfair County | 12,619 | $2,617,788P | $207 | — | — | — |
| Terrell County | 9,004 | $1,762,432 | $196 | — | — | — |
| Thomas County | 45,665 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tift County | 41,247 | $10,421,322 | $253 | — | — | — |
| Toombs County | 26,946 | $3,588,399P | $133 | — | — | — |
| Towns County | 12,546 | $4,317,350 | $344 | — | — | — |
| Treutlen County | 6,411 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Troup County | 69,527 | $20,307,063 | $292 | — | — | — |
| Turner County | 8,894 | $3,544,467P | $399 | — | — | — |
| Twiggs County | 7,955 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Union County | 24,880 | $8,015,536 | $322 | — | — | — |
| Upson County | 27,638 | $7,354,950 | $266 | — | — | — |
| Walker County | 68,065 | $11,665,576 | $171 | — | — | — |
| Walton County | 97,752 | $29,591,197 | $303 | — | — | — |
| Ware County | 35,917 | $11,447,732 | $319 | — | — | — |
| Warren County | 5,197 | $983,398 | $189 | — | — | — |
| Washington County | 19,975 | $3,611,200P | $181 | — | — | — |
| Wayne County | 30,277 | $7,507,885 | $248 | — | — | — |
| Webster County | 2,354 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wheeler County | 7,550 | $806,937P | $107 | — | — | — |
| White County | 28,165 | $9,347,805 | $332 | — | — | — |
| Whitfield County | 103,033 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wilcox County | 8,839 | $1,254,368 | $142 | — | — | — |
| Wilkes County | 9,610 | $3,940,573 | $410 | — | — | — |
| Wilkinson County | 8,852 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Worth County | 20,706 | $3,771,210 | $182 | — | — | — |
Sheriff operating budgets are sourced from each county's adopted budget book or Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), with capital outlay, debt service, reserves, and separately-itemized E-911/Communications excluded. In the five counties with a separate County Police Department (Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb, Athens-Clarke, Glynn) the figure is the Sheriff's courts + jail operations only and excludes the County PD; the budget label on each county page records this explicitly. Sheriff names were collected from the Georgia Sheriffs' Association county directory and machine-verified against that source in July 2026.