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 2026-06-27.
| County | Population | Budget | $/resident | Sworn / 100k res | Custody / 100k res | Beds / 100k res |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appling County | 18,441 | — | — | 173.5 | 189.8 | — |
| Atkinson County | 8,265 | — | — | 242.0 | 0.0 | — |
| Bacon County | 11,138 | — | — | 116.7 | 107.7 | — |
| Baker County | 2,878 | — | — | 208.5 | 0.0 | — |
| Baldwin County | 43,778 | — | — | 105.1 | 125.6 | — |
| Banks County | 18,381 | — | — | 217.6 | 119.7 | — |
| Barrow County | 84,399 | $26,517,728 | $314 | 132.7 | 79.4 | — |
| Bartow County | 109,410 | — | — | 85.0 | 65.8 | — |
| Ben Hill County | 17,169 | — | — | 139.8 | 0.0 | — |
| Berrien County | 18,187 | — | — | 154.0 | 104.5 | — |
| Bibb County | 156,554 | $55,711,969 | $356 | — | — | — |
| Bleckley County | 12,413 | — | — | 153.1 | 185.3 | — |
| Brantley County | 18,105 | — | — | 93.9 | 132.6 | — |
| Brooks County | 16,275 | — | — | 98.3 | 110.6 | — |
| Bryan County | 44,995 | $10,262,800 | $228 | 108.9 | 51.1 | — |
| Bulloch County | 79,829 | $19,666,573P | $246 | 67.6 | 121.5 | — |
| Burke County | 24,337 | — | — | 279.4 | 156.1 | — |
| Butts County | 25,522 | — | — | 235.1 | 160.6 | — |
| Calhoun County | 5,594 | — | — | 89.4 | 125.1 | — |
| Camden County | 55,105 | $11,169,640 | $203 | 85.3 | 98.0 | — |
| Candler County | 10,946 | — | — | 127.9 | 82.2 | — |
| Carroll County | 120,060 | $21,490,900 | $179 | 87.5 | 86.6 | — |
| Catoosa County | 68,052 | $13,109,956 | $193 | 92.6 | 77.9 | — |
| Charlton County | 12,547 | — | — | 127.5 | 71.7 | — |
| Chatham County | 296,266 | $79,045,757 | $267 | 47.9 | 124.9 | — |
| Chattahoochee County | 9,402 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chattooga County | 24,902 | — | — | 152.6 | 88.3 | — |
| Cherokee County | 268,567 | $69,395,556 | $258 | 96.8 | 67.4 | — |
| Clarke County | 128,864 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Clay County | 2,855 | — | — | 210.2 | 0.0 | — |
| Clayton County | 296,312 | $57,267,776 | $193 | 137.0 | 78.0 | — |
| Clinch County | 6,713 | — | — | 134.1 | 0.0 | — |
| Cobb County | 765,813 | $123,093,591 | $161 | 81.5 | 63.5 | — |
| Coffee County | 43,056 | — | — | 141.7 | 111.5 | — |
| Colquitt County | 45,813 | — | — | 100.4 | 141.9 | — |
| Columbia County | 156,921 | $36,784,569 | $234 | 99.4 | 82.2 | — |
| Cook County | 17,242 | — | — | 162.4 | 0.0 | — |
| Coweta County | 147,449 | — | — | 182.4 | 41.4 | — |
| Crawford County | 12,156 | — | — | 106.9 | 65.8 | — |
| Crisp County | 20,255 | — | — | 232.0 | 138.2 | — |
| Dade County | 16,239 | — | — | 172.4 | 92.4 | — |
| Dawson County | 27,355 | — | — | 204.7 | 193.7 | — |
| Decatur County | 29,063 | $8,802,026 | $303 | 134.2 | 199.6 | — |
| DeKalb County | 761,209 | $106,135,804 | $139 | 115.1 | 51.1 | — |
| Dodge County | 19,977 | — | — | 160.2 | 135.2 | — |
| Dooly County | 11,236 | — | — | 284.8 | 240.3 | — |
| Dougherty County | 85,038 | — | — | 117.6 | 217.5 | — |
| Douglas County | 144,735 | — | — | 109.2 | 118.8 | — |
| Early County | 10,753 | — | — | 130.2 | 130.2 | — |
| Echols County | 3,707 | — | — | 242.8 | 0.0 | — |
| Effingham County | 65,314 | $18,801,617 | $288 | 102.6 | 142.4 | — |
| Elbert County | 19,570 | — | — | 163.5 | 127.7 | — |
| Emanuel County | 22,907 | — | — | 113.5 | 109.1 | — |
| Evans County | 10,759 | — | — | 130.1 | 46.5 | — |
| Fannin County | 25,436 | — | — | 94.4 | 98.3 | — |
| Fayette County | 119,259 | — | — | 77.1 | 69.6 | — |
| Floyd County | 98,541 | $16,244,360 | $165 | 152.2 | 107.6 | — |
| Forsyth County | 253,225 | $72,763,283 | $287 | 109.8 | 45.0 | — |
| Franklin County | 23,480 | — | — | 204.4 | 115.0 | — |
| Fulton County | 1,061,944 | $153,787,661P | $145 | 6.0 | 87.0 | — |
| Gilmer County | 31,519 | — | — | 120.6 | 101.5 | — |
| Glascock County | 2,903 | — | — | 172.2 | 0.0 | — |
| Glynn County | 84,566 | $19,826,136 | $234 | 115.9 | 119.4 | — |
| Gordon County | 57,785 | $16,335,220 | $283 | 136.7 | 84.8 | — |
| Grady County | 26,075 | — | — | 95.9 | 95.9 | — |
| Greene County | 19,020 | — | — | 131.4 | 99.9 | — |
| Gwinnett County | 957,977 | $179,652,962 | $188 | 79.3 | 53.7 | — |
| Habersham County | 46,326 | $10,266,324 | $222 | 90.7 | 71.2 | — |
| Hall County | 204,953 | $51,729,250 | $252 | 94.7 | 119.1 | — |
| Hancock County | 8,588 | — | — | 151.4 | 186.3 | — |
| Haralson County | 30,178 | — | — | 119.3 | 125.9 | — |
| Harris County | 34,914 | — | — | 128.9 | 160.4 | — |
| Hart County | 26,110 | — | — | 111.1 | 76.6 | — |
| Heard County | 11,489 | — | — | 148.0 | 182.8 | — |
| Henry County | 240,853 | — | — | 126.2 | 56.1 | — |
| Houston County | 164,117 | $31,917,040 | $194 | 71.9 | 74.3 | — |
| Irwin County | 9,487 | — | — | 168.7 | 0.0 | — |
| Jackson County | 77,033 | $16,940,244 | $220 | 114.2 | 115.5 | — |
| Jasper County | 14,882 | — | — | 174.7 | 100.8 | — |
| Jeff Davis County | 14,791 | — | — | 162.3 | 60.8 | — |
| Jefferson County | 15,591 | — | — | 160.3 | 250.1 | — |
| Jenkins County | 8,704 | — | — | 126.4 | 23.0 | — |
| Johnson County | 9,225 | — | — | 162.6 | 54.2 | — |
| Jones County | 28,382 | — | — | 172.6 | 91.6 | — |
| Lamar County | 18,676 | — | — | 182.1 | 91.0 | — |
| Lanier County | 9,964 | — | — | 120.4 | 0.0 | — |
| Laurens County | 49,407 | $9,521,108 | $193 | 95.1 | 56.7 | — |
| Lee County | 32,968 | $7,606,905 | $231 | 139.5 | 60.7 | — |
| Liberty County | 65,550 | $14,923,504 | $228 | 112.9 | 76.3 | — |
| Lincoln County | 7,726 | — | — | 155.3 | 168.3 | — |
| Long County | 16,804 | — | — | 166.6 | 0.0 | — |
| Lowndes County | 118,257 | $24,993,289 | $211 | 83.7 | 64.3 | — |
| Lumpkin County | 33,405 | $7,832,891 | $234 | 155.7 | 65.9 | — |
| Macon County | 12,099 | — | — | 57.9 | 49.6 | — |
| Madison County | 30,378 | — | — | 125.1 | 79.0 | — |
| Marion County | 7,508 | — | — | 213.1 | 13.3 | — |
| McDuffie County | 21,715 | — | — | 92.1 | 59.9 | — |
| McIntosh County | 11,183 | — | — | 429.2 | 232.5 | — |
| Meriwether County | 20,679 | — | — | 101.6 | 72.5 | — |
| Miller County | 5,923 | — | — | 135.1 | 118.2 | — |
| Mitchell County | 21,634 | — | — | 74.0 | 180.3 | — |
| Monroe County | 28,287 | — | — | 180.3 | 88.4 | — |
| Montgomery County | 8,687 | — | — | 69.1 | 0.0 | — |
| Morgan County | 20,171 | — | — | 208.2 | 74.4 | — |
| Murray County | 40,063 | — | — | 109.8 | 72.4 | — |
| Muscogee County | 204,572 | $39,772,608 | $194 | — | — | — |
| Newton County | 113,298 | $34,116,449 | $301 | 97.1 | 85.6 | — |
| Oconee County | 41,978 | $10,253,751P | $244 | 126.3 | 90.5 | — |
| Oglethorpe County | 14,974 | — | — | 146.9 | 167.0 | — |
| Paulding County | 169,898 | $36,281,350 | $214 | 104.8 | 28.8 | — |
| Peach County | 28,054 | — | — | 110.5 | 74.9 | — |
| Pickens County | 33,439 | — | — | 149.5 | 89.7 | — |
| Pierce County | 19,822 | — | — | 95.9 | 90.8 | — |
| Pike County | 19,145 | — | — | 114.9 | 57.5 | — |
| Polk County | 43,019 | $6,975,316 | $162 | 148.8 | 86.0 | — |
| Pulaski County | 9,887 | — | — | 171.9 | 101.1 | — |
| Putnam County | 22,206 | — | — | 144.1 | 67.5 | — |
| Quitman County | 2,180 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rabun County | 16,915 | — | — | 183.3 | 159.6 | — |
| Randolph County | 6,365 | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| Richmond County | 206,153 | $78,521,150 | $381 | — | — | — |
| Rockdale County | 93,641 | $32,602,576 | $348 | 132.4 | 124.9 | — |
| Schley County | 4,565 | — | — | 0.0 | 87.6 | — |
| Screven County | 14,026 | — | — | 64.2 | 106.9 | — |
| Seminole County | 9,117 | — | — | 153.6 | 142.6 | — |
| Spalding County | 67,415 | $25,184,649 | $374 | 77.1 | 183.9 | — |
| Stephens County | 26,732 | — | — | 280.6 | 3.7 | — |
| Stewart County | 5,121 | — | — | 136.7 | 0.0 | — |
| Sumter County | 29,378 | $7,654,565 | $261 | 115.7 | 228.1 | — |
| Talbot County | 5,793 | — | — | 258.9 | 34.5 | — |
| Taliaferro County | 1,635 | — | — | 611.6 | 0.0 | — |
| Tattnall County | 24,309 | — | — | 102.8 | 131.6 | — |
| Taylor County | 7,799 | — | — | 166.7 | 166.7 | — |
| Telfair County | 12,619 | — | — | 142.6 | 166.4 | — |
| Terrell County | 9,004 | — | — | 144.4 | 322.1 | — |
| Thomas County | 45,665 | — | — | 113.9 | 124.8 | — |
| Tift County | 41,247 | — | — | 121.2 | 113.9 | — |
| Toombs County | 26,946 | — | — | 92.8 | 144.7 | — |
| Towns County | 12,546 | — | — | 191.3 | 159.4 | — |
| Treutlen County | 6,411 | — | — | 78.0 | 93.6 | — |
| Troup County | 69,527 | $20,307,063 | $292 | 115.1 | 178.3 | — |
| Turner County | 8,894 | — | — | 0.0 | 247.4 | — |
| Twiggs County | 7,955 | — | — | 301.7 | 176.0 | — |
| Union County | 24,880 | — | — | 184.9 | 128.6 | — |
| Upson County | 27,638 | — | — | 97.7 | 0.0 | — |
| Walker County | 68,065 | $11,665,576 | $171 | 72.0 | 58.8 | — |
| Walton County | 97,752 | $29,591,197 | $303 | 108.4 | 77.7 | — |
| Ware County | 35,917 | $11,447,732 | $319 | 111.4 | 142.0 | — |
| Warren County | 5,197 | — | — | 115.5 | 0.0 | — |
| Washington County | 19,975 | — | — | 180.2 | 105.1 | — |
| Wayne County | 30,277 | $7,507,885 | $248 | 122.2 | 85.9 | — |
| Webster County | 2,354 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wheeler County | 7,550 | — | — | 92.7 | 53.0 | — |
| White County | 28,165 | $9,347,805 | $332 | 163.3 | 95.9 | — |
| Whitfield County | 103,033 | — | — | 98.0 | 108.7 | — |
| Wilcox County | 8,839 | — | — | 113.1 | 90.5 | — |
| Wilkes County | 9,610 | — | — | 135.3 | 208.1 | — |
| Wilkinson County | 8,852 | — | — | 214.6 | 0.0 | — |
| Worth County | 20,706 | — | — | 125.6 | 53.1 | — |
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.