NEWBERRY COUNTY 5/14/12
Newberry,Newberry,Newberry,Newberry
Date Formed:  1785
Land Area (square miles): 631
County Seat: Newberry
Other Cities and Towns: Little Mountain, Peak, Pomaria, Prosperity, Silverstreet, Whitmire
Form of Government: Council-Administrator
Council Members: 7
Method of Election Single Member
Term Length 4 years
Council of Government:  Central Midlands
County History
The origin of the name Newberry is unknown. The county was formed in 1785 as a part of Ninety Six District. This part of the upcountry was settled largely by Scotch-Irish, English, and German immigrants in the mid-eighteenth century. Germans were so prevalent in part of Newberry County that it become known as Dutch Fork, with Dutch meaning Deutsch (German). Large scale cotton farming replaced small farms in the nineteenth century, and the coming of the railroad made Newberry a leading cotton market. Historians John Belton O'Neall (1795-1863) and David Duncan Wallace (1874-1951) were Newberry County natives, as was South Carolina Governor and U.S. Senator Coleman L. Blease (1868-1942).
Population Trends Value Rank Value Rank
Census Population 1990 33,172 29 Numeric Change Census 1990-2010 4,336 30
Census Population 2000 36,108 28 Numeric Change Pop. Est. 2010-2011 133 18
Census Population 2010 37,508 27 Percent Change Pop. Est. 2010-2011 0.4% 16
Population Estimate 2010 37,588 27 Persons Per Square Mile 59.4 28
Population Estimate 2011 37,721 27
Economic Data Value Rank Value Rank
Jobs 2010 14,192 25 Personal Income 2010, in thousands $1,094,427 27
Jobs 2009 14,161 25 Per Capita Personal Income  2010 $29,116 21
Jobs 2008 14,192 25 % of U.S. Per Capita PI 2010 73% 21
Avg. Ann. Growth Rate Jobs 1990-2010 0.6% 12 Average Wage Per Job 2010 $32,614 32
Percent Change Jobs 2009-2010 0.2% 9 % of U.S. Avg. Wage Per Job 2010 69% 32
Numeric Change Jobs 2009-2010 31 9 Unemployment Rate 2011 9.9% 33
Tax Data Value Value
Assessed Property 2010 $129,459,629 Per Capita Assessed Property 2010 $3,452
County Base Millage Rate 2011 0.139 Additional Sales Tax, if applicable
Value of One Mil 2011 $113,283 Local Option Sales Tax  
Net Taxable Sales FY10 $228,704,020 Capital Projects Sales Tax 1.0%
Admissions Tax Collected FY10 $11,194 School District Sales Tax  
Accommodations Tax Collected FY10 $91,767 Transportation Sales Tax  
County Finance & Employment Data Value
Total Revenues FY10 $29,790,322 Value
Total Expenditures FY10 $22,810,401 Per Capita Revenues FY10 $794
General Fund Budget FY12 $20,756,855 Per Capita Expenditures FY10 $608
Total Debt Outstanding FY11 $14,234,722 Per Capita Gen. Fund Budget FY12 $553
Payroll FY12 $7,063,238 Per Capita Debt Outstanding FY11 $368
Full-Time Employees FY12 205 Credit Rating(s) FY11
Part-Time Employees FY12 17 Moody's: Aa3
Full-Time Emp/1,000 Cnty Residents 5.47 Standard & Poor: A+
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