| COLLETON COUNTY |
5/14/12 |
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| Date Formed: |
1800 |
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| Land Area (square
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1,056 |
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| County Seat: |
Walterboro |
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| Other Cities and Towns: |
Cottageville,
Edisto Beach, Lodge, Smoaks, Williams |
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| Form of Government: |
Council-Administrator |
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| Council Members: |
5 |
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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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Lowcountry |
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| County History |
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| Colleton County was named for one of the Lords Proprietors, Sir
John Colleton (1608-1666). The county was first created in 1682 under the
proprietary government, but the designation was seldom used in the colonial
period. Instead, the area was known by its parish names: St. Bartholomew, St.
Paul, and St. George Dorchester. In 1769 these parishes became part of
Charleston District, where they remained until Colleton District was formed
in 1800. A portion of the county was
removed in 1897 to form Dorchester County. Several Revolutionary War
skirmishes took place in Colleton County, and the state legislature met in
the town of Jacksonboro in 1782 while Charleston was occupied by the British.
This part of the lowcountry was known for its extensive rice and cotton
plantations, many of which were bought by Northerners after the Civil War for
use as hunting preserves; some of those lands are now being incorporated into
the ACE Basin, a nature preserve bounded by the Ashepoo, Combahee, and Edisto
rivers. The Revolutionary War hero Isaac Hayne (1745-1781) was a Colleton
resident, as were politicians Rawlins Lowndes (1721-1800) and William Lowndes
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| Population Trends |
Value |
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Rank |
| Census Population 1990 |
34,377 |
27 |
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Numeric Change Census 1990-2010 |
4,515 |
29 |
| Census Population 2000 |
38,264 |
26 |
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Numeric Change Pop. Est. 2010-2011 |
-301 |
41 |
| Census Population 2010 |
38,892 |
26 |
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Percent Change Pop. Est. 2010-2011 |
-0.8% |
36 |
| Population Estimate 2010 |
38,912 |
26 |
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Persons Per Square Mile |
36.8 |
43 |
| Population Estimate 2011 |
38,611 |
26 |
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| Economic Data |
Value |
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| Jobs 2010 |
10,827 |
27 |
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Personal Income 2010, in thousands |
$1,104,145 |
26 |
| Jobs 2009 |
10,907 |
27 |
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Per Capita Personal Income 2010 |
$28,375 |
25 |
| Jobs 2008 |
10,827 |
27 |
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% of U.S. Per Capita PI 2010 |
71% |
25 |
| Avg. Ann. Growth Rate
Jobs 1990-2010 |
-0.4% |
28 |
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Average Wage Per Job 2010 |
$31,151 |
37 |
| Percent Change Jobs
2009-2010 |
-0.7% |
18 |
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% of U.S. Avg. Wage Per Job 2010 |
66% |
37 |
| Numeric Change Jobs
2009-2010 |
-80 |
16 |
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Unemployment Rate 2011 |
13.0% |
19 |
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| Tax Data |
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| Assessed Property 2010 |
$177,463,595 |
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Per Capita Assessed Property 2010 |
$4,563 |
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| County Base Millage Rate
2011 |
0.11327 |
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Additional Sales Tax, if applicable |
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| Value of One Mil 2011 |
$172,393 |
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Local Option Sales Tax |
1.0% |
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| Net Taxable Sales FY10 |
$260,811,629 |
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Capital Projects Sales Tax |
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| Admissions Tax Collected
FY10 |
$53,491 |
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School District Sales Tax |
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| Accommodations Tax
Collected FY10 |
$528,734 |
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Transportation Sales Tax |
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| County Finance &
Employment Data |
Value |
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| Total Revenues FY10 |
$32,893,073 |
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| Total Expenditures FY10 |
$43,360,975 |
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Per Capita Revenues FY10 |
$846 |
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| General Fund Budget FY12 |
$26,854,149 |
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Per Capita Expenditures FY10 |
$1,115 |
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| Total Debt Outstanding
FY11 |
$10,048,950 |
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Per Capita Gen. Fund Budget FY12 |
$690 |
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| Payroll FY12 |
$17,009,746 |
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Per Capita Debt Outstanding FY11 |
$250 |
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| Full-Time Employees FY12 |
373 |
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Credit Rating(s) FY11 |
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| Part-Time Employees FY12 |
66 |
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Moody's: |
Aa3 |
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| Full-Time Emp/1,000 Cnty
Residents |
9.59 |
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Standard & Poor: |
A+ |
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