| BAMBERG COUNTY |
5/14/12 |
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| Date Formed: |
1897 |
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| Land Area (square
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393 |
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| County Seat: |
Bamberg |
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| Other Cities and Towns: |
Denmark,
Ehrhardt, Govan, Olar |
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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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Lower Savannah |
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| County History |
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| Bamberg County and its county seat were named for local resident
William Seaborn Bamberg (1820-1858) and other members of the Bamberg family.
The area was a part of Barnwell County until 1897 when the new county was
established. Although the area has been primarily agricultural, several towns
developed along the route of the South Carolina Railroad in the
mid-nineteenth century. In February 1865 Confederate soldiers fought an
unsuccessful skirmish against General Sherman's troops at Rivers Bridge, now
the site of a state park. The plantation of author William Gilmore Simms
(1806-1870) was in what is now Bamberg County, and artist Jim Harrison is
also a native of the county. |
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| Population Trends |
Value |
Rank |
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Rank |
| Census Population 1990 |
16,902 |
41 |
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Numeric Change Census 1990-2010 |
-915 |
43 |
| Census Population 2000 |
16,658 |
43 |
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Numeric Change Pop. Est. 2010-2011 |
-4 |
24 |
| Census Population 2010 |
15,987 |
43 |
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Percent Change Pop. Est. 2010-2011 |
0.0% |
24 |
| Population Estimate 2010 |
15,979 |
43 |
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Persons Per Square Mile |
40.7 |
38 |
| Population Estimate 2011 |
15,975 |
43 |
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| Economic Data |
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Rank |
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| Jobs 2010 |
5,400 |
40 |
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Personal Income 2010, in thousands |
$417,745 |
44 |
| Jobs 2009 |
5,459 |
40 |
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Per Capita Personal Income 2010 |
$26,143 |
36 |
| Jobs 2008 |
5,400 |
40 |
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% of U.S. Per Capita PI 2010 |
65% |
36 |
| Avg. Ann. Growth Rate
Jobs 1990-2010 |
0.4% |
16 |
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Average Wage Per Job 2010 |
$27,205 |
46 |
| Percent Change Jobs
2009-2010 |
-1.1% |
24 |
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% of U.S. Avg. Wage Per Job 2010 |
58% |
46 |
| Numeric Change Jobs
2009-2010 |
-59 |
15 |
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Unemployment Rate 2011 |
15.3% |
7 |
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| Tax Data |
Value |
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| Assessed Property 2010 |
$30,625,679 |
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Per Capita Assessed Property 2010 |
$1,916 |
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| County Base Millage Rate
2011 |
0.1287 |
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Additional Sales Tax, if applicable |
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| Value of One Mil 2011 |
$27,620 |
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Local Option Sales Tax |
1.0% |
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| Net Taxable Sales FY10 |
$61,541,691 |
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Capital Projects Sales Tax |
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| Admissions Tax Collected
FY10 |
$2,262 |
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School District Sales Tax |
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| Accommodations Tax
Collected FY10 |
*** |
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Transportation Sales Tax |
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| County Finance &
Employment Data |
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| Total Revenues FY10 |
$6,458,209 |
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| Total Expenditures FY10 |
$6,757,804 |
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Per Capita Revenues FY10 |
$404 |
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| General Fund Budget FY12 |
$7,552,350 |
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Per Capita Expenditures FY10 |
$423 |
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| Total Debt Outstanding
FY11 |
$2,163,612 |
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Per Capita Gen. Fund Budget FY12 |
$472 |
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| Payroll FY12 |
$2,991,961 |
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Per Capita Debt Outstanding FY11 |
$143 |
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| Full-Time Employees FY12 |
86 |
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Credit Rating(s) FY11 |
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| Part-Time Employees FY12 |
19 |
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Moody's: |
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| Full-Time Emp/1,000 Cnty
Residents |
5.38 |
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