| NEWBERRY COUNTY |
5/14/12 |
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| Date Formed: |
1785 |
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| Land Area (square miles): |
631 |
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| County Seat: |
Newberry |
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| Other Cities and Towns: |
Little Mountain,
Peak, Pomaria, Prosperity, Silverstreet, Whitmire |
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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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Central Midlands |
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| County History |
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| 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). |
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| Population Trends |
Value |
Rank |
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Rank |
| Census Population 1990 |
33,172 |
29 |
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Numeric Change Census 1990-2010 |
4,336 |
30 |
| Census Population 2000 |
36,108 |
28 |
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Numeric Change Pop. Est. 2010-2011 |
133 |
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| Census Population 2010 |
37,508 |
27 |
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Percent Change Pop. Est. 2010-2011 |
0.4% |
16 |
| Population Estimate 2010 |
37,588 |
27 |
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Persons Per Square Mile |
59.4 |
28 |
| Population Estimate 2011 |
37,721 |
27 |
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| Economic Data |
Value |
Rank |
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Rank |
| Jobs 2010 |
14,192 |
25 |
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Personal Income 2010, in thousands |
$1,094,427 |
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| Jobs 2009 |
14,161 |
25 |
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Per Capita Personal Income
2010 |
$29,116 |
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| Jobs 2008 |
14,192 |
25 |
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% of U.S. Per Capita PI 2010 |
73% |
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| Avg. Ann. Growth Rate Jobs
1990-2010 |
0.6% |
12 |
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Average Wage Per Job 2010 |
$32,614 |
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| Percent Change Jobs
2009-2010 |
0.2% |
9 |
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% of U.S. Avg. Wage Per Job 2010 |
69% |
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| Numeric Change Jobs
2009-2010 |
31 |
9 |
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Unemployment Rate 2011 |
9.9% |
33 |
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| Tax Data |
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| Assessed Property 2010 |
$129,459,629 |
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Per Capita Assessed Property 2010 |
$3,452 |
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| County Base Millage Rate
2011 |
0.139 |
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Additional Sales Tax, if applicable |
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| Value of One Mil 2011 |
$113,283 |
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Local Option Sales Tax |
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| Net Taxable Sales FY10 |
$228,704,020 |
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Capital Projects Sales Tax |
1.0% |
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| Admissions Tax Collected
FY10 |
$11,194 |
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School District Sales Tax |
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| Accommodations Tax
Collected FY10 |
$91,767 |
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Transportation Sales Tax |
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| County Finance &
Employment Data |
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| Total Revenues FY10 |
$29,790,322 |
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| Total Expenditures FY10 |
$22,810,401 |
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Per Capita Revenues FY10 |
$794 |
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| General Fund Budget FY12 |
$20,756,855 |
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Per Capita Expenditures FY10 |
$608 |
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| Total Debt Outstanding
FY11 |
$14,234,722 |
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Per Capita Gen. Fund Budget FY12 |
$553 |
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| Payroll FY12 |
$7,063,238 |
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Per Capita Debt Outstanding FY11 |
$368 |
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| Full-Time Employees FY12 |
205 |
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Credit Rating(s) FY11 |
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| Part-Time Employees FY12 |
17 |
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Moody's: |
Aa3 |
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| Full-Time Emp/1,000 Cnty
Residents |
5.47 |
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Standard & Poor: |
A+ |
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