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Counties raise over $775 billion each year to provide a wide array of services to over 300 million county residents throughout the U.S. Operating
within the diverse legal frameworks each state imposes to regulate county and municipal revenue generation, county governments generate over two-thirds of our revenue, whether from local taxes, charges for services or other sources, which we invest in key service areas from public health and human services to justice, public safety and infrastructure
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