| GREENWOOD COUNTY |
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| Date Formed: |
1897 |
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| Land Area (square
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456 |
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| County Seat: |
Greenwood |
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| Other Cities and Towns: |
Hodges, Ninety
Six, Troy, Ware Shoals |
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| Form of Government: |
Council-Manager |
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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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Upper Savannah |
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| County History |
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| Greenwood County takes its name from its county seat, Greenwood.
The town of Greenwood was named around 1824 for the plantation of an early
resident, John McGehee. Greenwood County was formed in 1897 from parts of
Abbeville and Edgefield counties, which were originally part of the old
Ninety Six District. This part of the backcountry was not settled until the
mid-eighteenth century. The town of Ninety Six was established as a frontier
trading post around 1730, and it was the site in November 1775 of one of the
first South Carolina battles of the American Revolution. In May 1781,
American forces besieged the British-held Star Fort at Ninety Six for over a
month, but were forced to withdraw when British reinforcements approached.
The arrival of the railroad in 1852 stimulated cotton growing and textile
manufacturing in this area. Local plantation owner Francis Salvador
(1747-1776), who was killed fighting Cherokees during the Revolutionary War,
was the first Jewish person elected to the state legislature. U.S.
Congressman Preston Smith Brooks (1819-1857) and educator Benjamin Mays
(1894-1984) were also residents of Greenwood County. |
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| Population Trends |
Value |
Rank |
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Value |
Rank |
| Census Population 1990 |
59,567 |
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Numeric Change Census 1990-2010 |
10,094 |
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| Census Population 2000 |
66,271 |
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Percent Change Census 1990-2010 |
16.9% |
26 |
| Census Population 2010 |
69,661 |
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Numeric Change Pop. Est. 2010-2011 |
112 |
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| Population Estimate 2010 |
69,723 |
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Percent Change Pop. Est. 2010-2011 |
0.2% |
20 |
| Population Estimate 2011 |
69,835 |
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Persons Per Square Mile |
152.8 |
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| Economic Data |
Value |
Rank |
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| Jobs 2010 |
30,065 |
17 |
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Personal Income 2010, in thousands |
$2,067,862 |
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| Jobs 2009 |
30,284 |
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Per Capita Personal Income 2010 |
$29,658 |
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| Jobs 2000 |
35,543 |
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% of U.S. Per Capita PI 2010 |
74% |
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| Jobs 1990 |
31,880 |
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Average Wage Per Job 2010 |
$36,761 |
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| Avg. Ann. Growth Rate
Jobs 1990-2010 |
-0.3% |
27 |
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% of U.S. Avg. Wage Per Job 2010 |
78% |
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| Percent Change Jobs
2009-2010 |
-0.7% |
17 |
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Unemployment Rate 2011 |
11.1% |
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| Numeric Change Jobs
2009-2010 |
-219 |
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Value |
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| Tax Data |
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Per Capita Assessed Property 2010 |
$3,624 |
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| Assessed Property 2010 |
$252,456,660 |
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Additional Sales Tax, if applicable: |
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| County Base Millage Rate
2011 |
0.0619 |
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Local Option Sales Tax |
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| Value of One Mil 2011 |
$165,279 |
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Capital Projects Sales Tax |
1.0% |
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| Net Taxable Sales FY10 |
$571,009,601 |
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School District Sales Tax |
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| Admissions Tax Collected
FY10 |
$338,914 |
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Transportation Sales Tax |
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| Accommodations Tax
Collected FY10 |
$158,136 |
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| County Finance &
Employment Data |
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Per Capita Revenues FY10 |
$741 |
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| Total Revenues FY10 |
$51,599,524 |
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Per Capita Expenditures FY10 |
$1,097 |
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| Total Expenditures FY10 |
$76,405,861 |
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Per Capita Gen. Fund Budget FY12 |
$281 |
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| General Fund Budget FY12 |
$19,544,203 |
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Per Capita Debt Outstanding FY11 |
$229 |
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| Total Debt Outstanding
FY11 |
$16,119,102 |
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Credit Rating(s) FY11, if applicable: |
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| Payroll FY12 |
$15,023,519 |
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Moody's |
Aa3 |
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| Full-Time Employees FY12 |
386 |
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Standard & Poor's |
AA- |
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| Part-Time Employees FY12 |
123 |
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Fitch |
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| Full-Time Emp/1,000 Cnty
Residents |
5.54 |
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