| LANCASTER COUNTY |
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| Date Formed: |
1785 |
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| Land Area (square
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549 |
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| County Seat: |
Lancaster |
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| Other Cities and Towns: |
Heath Springs,
Kershaw |
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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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Catawba |
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| County History |
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| Lancaster County and its county seat were named for Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania. The county was formed in 1785, and it was originally
part of Camden District. A part of Lancaster County was removed in 1791 to
form Kershaw County. Scotch-Irish settlers from Pennsylvania began moving
into this upstate region in the 1750s. The Waxhaws settlement on the border
with North Carolina was the birthplace of President Andrew Jackson
(1767-1845). During the Revolutionary War British Lieutenant Colonel Banastre
Tarleton earned his nickname of "Bloody" Tarleton by massacring
American troops in this area on May 29, 1780; the Battle of Hanging Rock was
also fought in the county later the same year. Although Lancaster County has
been primarily agricultural, gold mining began there in the 1820s and textile
manufacturing sprang up following the Civil War. Governor and U.S. Senator
Stephen Decatur Miller (1787-1838), surgeon J. Marion Sims (1813-1883),
industrialist Elliott White Springs (1896-1959), and astronaut Charles M.
Duke, Jr. were all Lancaster County residents. |
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| Population Trends |
Value |
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Value |
Rank |
| Census Population 1990 |
54,516 |
21 |
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Numeric Change Census 1990-2010 |
22,136 |
15 |
| Census Population 2000 |
61,351 |
21 |
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Percent Change Census 1990-2010 |
40.6% |
10 |
| Census Population 2010 |
76,652 |
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Numeric Change Pop. Est. 2010-2011 |
946 |
12 |
| Population Estimate 2010 |
76,962 |
17 |
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Percent Change Pop. Est. 2010-2011 |
1.2% |
8 |
| Population Estimate 2011 |
77,908 |
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Persons Per Square Mile |
139.6 |
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| Economic Data |
Value |
Rank |
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| Jobs 2010 |
17,521 |
23 |
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Personal Income 2010, in thousands |
$1,926,356 |
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| Jobs 2009 |
16,740 |
24 |
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Per Capita Personal Income 2010 |
$25,030 |
42 |
| Jobs 2000 |
21,756 |
23 |
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% of U.S. Per Capita PI 2010 |
63% |
42 |
| Jobs 1990 |
19,862 |
21 |
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Average Wage Per Job 2010 |
$36,143 |
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| Avg. Ann. Growth Rate
Jobs 1990-2010 |
-0.6% |
30 |
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% of U.S. Avg. Wage Per Job 2010 |
77% |
19 |
| Percent Change Jobs
2009-2010 |
4.7% |
2 |
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Unemployment Rate 2011 |
13.9% |
12 |
| Numeric Change Jobs
2009-2010 |
781 |
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Value |
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| Tax Data |
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Per Capita Assessed Property 2010 |
$3,676 |
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| Assessed Property 2010 |
$281,779,833 |
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Additional Sales Tax, if applicable: |
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| County Base Millage Rate
2011 |
0.0830 |
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Local Option Sales Tax |
1.0% |
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| Value of One Mil 2011 |
$244,537 |
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Capital Projects Sales Tax |
1.0% |
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| Net Taxable Sales FY10 |
$392,757,048 |
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School District Sales Tax |
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| Admissions Tax Collected
FY10 |
$58,524 |
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Transportation Sales Tax |
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| Accommodations Tax
Collected FY10 |
$33,965 |
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| County Finance &
Employment Data |
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Per Capita Revenues FY10 |
$612 |
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| Total Revenues FY10 |
$46,905,445 |
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Per Capita Expenditures FY10 |
$850 |
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| Total Expenditures FY10 |
$65,134,550 |
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Per Capita Gen. Fund Budget FY12 |
$422 |
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| General Fund Budget FY12 |
$32,367,071 |
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Per Capita Debt Outstanding FY11 |
$283 |
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| Total Debt Outstanding
FY11 |
$21,278,707 |
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Credit Rating(s) FY11, if applicable: |
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| Payroll FY12 |
$13,823,196 |
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Moody's |
Aa3 |
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| Full-Time Employees FY12 |
376 |
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Standard & Poor's |
A |
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| Part-Time Employees FY12 |
356 |
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Fitch |
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| Full-Time Emp/1,000 Cnty
Residents |
4.91 |
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