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These figures cover ALL incorporated municipalities in Charleston County combined, not just this city. SC Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office only publishes a county-wide cities aggregate; per-city budgets are filed but not released to the public. Every city in the same county shows the same totals.
Property Tax Revenuei
$13.2M 1.2% of revenue
Revenue Sources — vs prior year i
Revenues from Local Sources
+3.5% 90.3% $971.6M
Licenses, Fees, Charges, & Bonds
+9.5% 46.3% $498.9M
Current Property Taxes
-5.4% 29.7% $319.8M
Current Real & Personal Property Taxes
-13.7% 22% $236.5M
Licenses & Permits
+10.3% 17.6% $189.6M
Bonds & Leases
-1.7% 11% $118.7M
Service Revenue & Charges
+77.5% 9% $97.4M
Miscellaneous
-13.6% 8.7% $93.3M
Local Option Sales Tax
+4% 7.1% $76.3M
All Other Property Taxes
+39.5% 6.5% $70.1M
Revenues from State Sources
+16.4% 5.2% $56.3M
Local Hospitality Tax
+7.5% 4.8% $51.4M
State-Shared Taxes (Aid to Subdivisions)
+2.8% 3.9% $42.2M
Revenues from Other Local Sources
+17% 3% $32.5M
Local Accommodations Tax
+4.9% 2.4% $25.3M
Revenues from Federal Sources
-22.9% 1.5% $15.9M
Fee In Lieu of Property Tax
-2.8% 1.2% $13.2M
State Grants
+234.3% 0.8% $8.4M
Homestead Exemption
+24.5% 0.3% $3.6M
Manufacturer's Depreciation Reimbursement
+8.3% 0.2% $2.1M
Capital Projects & Other Local Taxes
-24.8% 0% $4K
Expenditure Categories — vs prior year i
Public Safety
+9.8% 31.6% $265.9M
Purchase of Land & Facility Construction
-7.9% 19.3% $162.4M
Administration
+4.1% 17.1% $144.2M
Debt Service & Interest on Debt
-4.3% 11.9% $100.5M
Recreation & Culture
+8.4% 8.5% $71.7M
Environment & Housing
-15.2% 7.2% $61.0M
Transportation
+6.5% 2.9% $24.1M
All Other Expenditures
+47.3% 1.4% $11.9M
Health & Human Services
+9.8% 0.1% $845K