| GEORGETOWN COUNTY |
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| Date Formed: |
1769 |
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| Land Area (square
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815 |
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| County Seat: |
Georgetown |
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| Other Cities and Towns: |
Andrews, Pawleys
Island |
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| Form of Government: |
Council-Administrator |
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| Council Members: |
7 |
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| Method of Election |
Single Member |
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| Term Length |
4 years |
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| Council of
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Waccamaw |
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| County History |
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| Georgetown County and its county seat were named for King George
II of England. Spanish explorers are believed to have visited this coastal
area in 1526, but no permanent settlement was established. English planters
and their African slaves moved into the region in the early eighteenth
century, building large rice and indigo plantations. The town of Georgetown,
which was established around 1730, was a busy port serving the surrounding
plantations. Georgetown District was first named in 1769 and in 1785 the
district was divided into four counties: Liberty (which became Marion
District in 1800), Kingston (which became Horry District in 1801),
Williamsburg (which became a separate district in 1804), and Winyah (which
was renamed Georgetown in 1800). Many famous South Carolinians were residents
of Georgetown County, including Thomas Lynch, Jr. (1749-1779), a signer of
the Declaration of Independence; Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779-1851), U.S.
Congressman, Secretary of War, and Ambassador to Mexico, who introduced the
poinsettia to the U.S.; and Joseph Hayne Rainey (1832-1887), the first
African-American elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. |
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| Population Trends |
Value |
Rank |
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| Census Population 1990 |
46,302 |
22 |
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Numeric Change Census 1990-2010 |
13,856 |
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| Census Population 2000 |
55,797 |
22 |
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Numeric Change Pop. Est. 2010-2011 |
-149 |
29 |
| Census Population 2010 |
60,158 |
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Percent Change Pop. Est. 2010-2011 |
-0.2% |
28 |
| Population Estimate 2010 |
60,140 |
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Persons Per Square Mile |
73.8 |
25 |
| Population Estimate 2011 |
59,991 |
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| Economic Data |
Value |
Rank |
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| Jobs 2010 |
24,127 |
18 |
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Personal Income 2010, in thousands |
$2,245,630 |
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| Jobs 2009 |
24,683 |
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Per Capita Personal Income 2010 |
$37,340 |
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| Jobs 2008 |
24,127 |
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% of U.S. Per Capita PI 2010 |
94% |
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| Avg. Ann. Growth Rate
Jobs 1990-2010 |
1.3% |
8 |
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Average Wage Per Job 2010 |
$34,855 |
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| Percent Change Jobs
2009-2010 |
-2.3% |
33 |
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% of U.S. Avg. Wage Per Job 2010 |
74% |
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| Numeric Change Jobs
2009-2010 |
-556 |
35 |
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Unemployment Rate 2011 |
10.9% |
28 |
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| Tax Data |
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| Assessed Property 2010 |
$559,133,771 |
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Per Capita Assessed Property 2010 |
$9,294 |
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| County Base Millage Rate
2011 |
0.0529 |
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Additional Sales Tax, if applicable |
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| Value of One Mil 2011 |
$539,397 |
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Local Option Sales Tax |
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| Net Taxable Sales FY10 |
$516,278,069 |
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Capital Projects Sales Tax |
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| Admissions Tax Collected
FY10 |
$865,532 |
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School District Sales Tax |
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| Accommodations Tax
Collected FY10 |
$1,258,380 |
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Transportation Sales Tax |
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| County Finance &
Employment Data |
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| Total Revenues FY10 |
$78,292,981 |
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| Total Expenditures FY10 |
$84,367,719 |
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Per Capita Revenues FY10 |
$1,301 |
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| General Fund Budget FY12 |
$22,038,000 |
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Per Capita Expenditures FY10 |
$1,402 |
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| Total Debt Outstanding
FY11 |
$13,100,000 |
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Per Capita Gen. Fund Budget FY12 |
$366 |
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| Payroll FY12 |
$27,424,970 |
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Per Capita Debt Outstanding FY11 |
$207 |
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| Full-Time Employees FY12 |
580 |
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Credit Rating(s) FY11 |
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| Part-Time Employees FY12 |
95 |
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Moody's: |
Aa2 |
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| Full-Time Emp/1,000 Cnty
Residents |
9.64 |
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Standard & Poor: |
AA- |
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