| 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 Lt. Col. 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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| Census Population 1990 |
54,516 |
21 |
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Numeric Change Census 1990-2010 |
22,136 |
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| Census Population 2000 |
61,351 |
21 |
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Numeric Change Pop. Est. 2010-2011 |
946 |
12 |
| Census Population 2010 |
76,652 |
17 |
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Percent Change Pop. Est. 2010-2011 |
1.2% |
8 |
| Population Estimate 2010 |
76,962 |
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Persons Per Square Mile |
139.6 |
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| Population Estimate 2011 |
77,908 |
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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 2008 |
17,521 |
23 |
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% of U.S. Per Capita PI 2010 |
63% |
42 |
| Avg. Ann. Growth Rate
Jobs 1990-2010 |
-0.6% |
30 |
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Average Wage Per Job 2010 |
$36,143 |
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| Percent Change Jobs
2009-2010 |
4.7% |
2 |
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% of U.S. Avg. Wage Per Job 2010 |
77% |
19 |
| Numeric Change Jobs
2009-2010 |
781 |
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Unemployment Rate 2011 |
13.9% |
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| Tax Data |
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| Assessed Property 2010 |
$281,779,833 |
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Per Capita Assessed Property 2010 |
$3,676 |
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| County Base Millage Rate
2011 |
0.083 |
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Additional Sales Tax, if applicable |
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| Value of One Mil 2011 |
$244,537 |
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Local Option Sales Tax |
1.0% |
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| Net Taxable Sales FY10 |
$392,757,048 |
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Capital Projects Sales Tax |
1.0% |
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| Admissions Tax Collected
FY10 |
$58,524 |
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School District Sales Tax |
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| Accommodations Tax
Collected FY10 |
$33,965 |
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Transportation Sales Tax |
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| County Finance &
Employment Data |
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| Total Revenues FY10 |
$46,905,445 |
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| Total Expenditures FY10 |
$65,134,550 |
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Per Capita Revenues FY10 |
$612 |
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| General Fund Budget FY12 |
$32,367,071 |
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Per Capita Expenditures FY10 |
$850 |
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| Total Debt Outstanding
FY11 |
$21,278,707 |
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Per Capita Gen. Fund Budget FY12 |
$422 |
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| Payroll FY12 |
$13,823,196 |
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Per Capita Debt Outstanding FY11 |
$283 |
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| Full-Time Employees FY12 |
376 |
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Credit Rating(s) FY11 |
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| Part-Time Employees FY12 |
356 |
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Moody's: |
Aa3 |
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| Full-Time Emp/1,000 Cnty
Residents |
4.91 |
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Standard & Poor: |
A |
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