ALLENDALE COUNTY 2/2/2010
Date Formed:  1919
Land Area (square miles): 408
County Seat: Allendale
Other Cities and Towns:
Fairfax, Sycamore, Ulmer
Form of Government: Council
Council Members: 5
Method of Election Single Member
Term Length 4 years
Council of Government:  Lower Savannah
County History
Allendale County and its county seat were named for the Allen family, one of whose members, Paul Allen, was the town's first postmaster. The county is South Carolina's youngest; it was formed in 1919 from parts of Barnwell and Hampton counties. The area was settled in the mid-eighteenth century by English, German, and Scotch-Irish farmers, and it remains primarily agricultural. The plantation of Confederate general Johnson Hagood (1829-1898) was in what is now Allendale County, and the artist Jasper Johns spent his childhood years in Allendale.
Population Trends Value Rank Value Rank
Population 1980:  10,700 45 Numeric Change 1980-2000:  511 41
Population 1990:  11,722 45 Numeric Change 2000-2008: -764 40
Population 2000:  11,211 45 Avg. Ann. Growth Rate 1980-2000:  0.23% 40
Population Estimate 2007:  10,453 45 Avg. Ann. Growth Rate 2000-2008:  -0.85% 44
Population Estimate 2008: 10,447 45 Percent Change 2006-2008: -0.06% 35
Persons Per Square Mile 2008:  25.6 46
Economic Data Value Rank Value Rank
Jobs 1980:  3,672 44 Personal Income (PI) 2007: $229,214 46
Jobs 1990:  4,048 44 Avg. Ann. Growth Rate (PI) 1969-2007: 6.6% 41
Jobs 2000:  4,411 45 Per Capita Personal Income  2007: $21,928 43
Jobs 2006: 4,694 44 % of U.S. PCPI 2007: 57% 40
Jobs 2007: 4,224 45 Average Wage Per Job 2007: $37,693 6
Numeric Change Jobs 2006-2007: -470 43 % of U.S. Avg. Wage Per Job 2007:  86% 6
Avg Ann Growth Rate Jobs 1980-2000:  1.01% 27 Unemployment Rate 2007: 17.0% 1
Avg Ann Growth Rate Jobs 2000-2007: -0.61% 24 Avg. Unemployment 1998-2007:  8.7% 9
Tax Data Value Rank Value Rank
Assessed Property 2007: $22,230,951 46 Per Capita Assessed Property 2007: $1,983 44
County Base Millage Rate 2009: 0.216 2 Additional Sales Tax (if applicable) 
Value of One Mil 2009: $18,357 46 Local Option Sales Tax: 1.0%
Millage Cap FY10: 3.8% 34 Capital Projects Sales Tax: Ended 01-07
Net Taxable Sales FY07: $22,016,492 46 School District Sales Tax:  
Admissions Tax Collected FY07: ***  ##### Transportation Sales Tax:  
Accommodations Tax Collected FY07:  $7,399 43
Financial & Employment Data Value Rank Value Rank
Total Revenues FY08: $9,161,588 44 Per Capita Revenues FY08: $817 11
Total Expenditures FY08: $8,032,587 44 Per Capita Expenditures FY08: $716 16
General Fund Budget FY10:  $6,726,160 45 Per Capita General Fund Budget FY10: $600 9
Total Debt Outstanding FY08: $0 46 Per Capita Debt Outstanding FY08: $0 *
Payroll FY 2008: $2,849,777 44 Credit Rating(s) FY08
Full-Time Employees FY10:  95 44 Moody's:  
Part-Time Employees FY10: 21 39 Standard & Poor:  
Full Time Emp/1,000 Cnty Residents:   8.47 8 Fitch:  
updated  2/2/2010