| OCONEE COUNTY |
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| Date Formed: |
1868 |
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| Land Area (square miles): |
625 |
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| County Seat: |
Walhalla |
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| Other Cities and Towns: |
Salem, Seneca,
West Union, Westminster |
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| Form of Government: |
Council-Administrator |
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| Council Members: |
5 |
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| Method of Election |
Single Member |
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| Term Length |
4 years |
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| Council of
Government: |
Appalachian |
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| County History |
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| Oconee County, which was formed in 1868 from Pickens County,
takes its name from an Indian word. This area in the northwest corner of the
state on the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains was home to several Indian
tribes, including the Creeks and the Cherokees, but the Indians gave up their
lands in treaties signed in 1777 and 1785. After the American Revolution,
settlers from other parts of the state began moving in, including the Germans
from Charleston who founded the town of Walhalla in 1850. In 1856 work began
on a tunnel for the Blue Ridge Railroad that would have linked Charleston
with Knoxville, Tennessee, but the Civil War ended that project; the
unfinished Stumphouse Tunnel can still be seen today. Several Revolutionary
War heroes moved to present day Oconee County after the war, including Andrew
Pickens (1739-1817), Robert Anderson (1741-1813), and Benjamin Cleveland
(1738-1806). |
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| Population Trends |
Value |
Rank |
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| Census Population 1990 |
57,494 |
20 |
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Numeric Change Census 1990-2010 |
16,779 |
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| Census Population 2000 |
66,215 |
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Numeric Change Pop. Est. 2010-2011 |
14 |
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| Census Population 2010 |
74,273 |
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Percent Change Pop. Est. 2010-2011 |
0.0% |
22 |
| Population Estimate 2010 |
74,404 |
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Persons Per Square Mile |
118.8 |
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| Population Estimate 2011 |
74,418 |
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| Economic Data |
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| Jobs 2010 |
23,281 |
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Personal Income 2010, in thousands |
$2,345,709 |
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| Jobs 2009 |
22,970 |
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Per Capita Personal Income
2010 |
$31,527 |
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| Jobs 2008 |
23,281 |
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% of U.S. Per Capita PI 2010 |
79% |
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| Avg. Ann. Growth Rate Jobs
1990-2010 |
-0.7% |
35 |
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Average Wage Per Job 2010 |
$41,954 |
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| Percent Change Jobs
2009-2010 |
1.4% |
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% of U.S. Avg. Wage Per Job 2010 |
89% |
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| Numeric Change Jobs
2009-2010 |
311 |
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Unemployment Rate 2011 |
10.1% |
31 |
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| Tax Data |
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| Assessed Property 2010 |
$514,602,648 |
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Per Capita Assessed Property 2010 |
$6,929 |
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| County Base Millage Rate
2011 |
0.069 |
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Additional Sales Tax, if applicable |
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| Value of One Mil 2011 |
$509,276 |
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Local Option Sales Tax |
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| Net Taxable Sales FY10 |
$449,174,277 |
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Capital Projects Sales Tax |
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| Admissions Tax Collected
FY10 |
$216,705 |
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School District Sales Tax |
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| Accommodations Tax
Collected FY10 |
$108,114 |
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Transportation Sales Tax |
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| County Finance &
Employment Data |
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| Total Revenues FY10 |
$47,140,606 |
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| Total Expenditures FY10 |
$40,053,470 |
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Per Capita Revenues FY10 |
$635 |
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| General Fund Budget FY12 |
$43,142,640 |
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Per Capita Expenditures FY10 |
$539 |
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| Total Debt Outstanding
FY11 |
$26,577,659 |
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Per Capita Gen. Fund Budget FY12 |
$581 |
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| Payroll FY12 |
$17,885,347 |
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Per Capita Debt Outstanding FY11 |
$358 |
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| Full-Time Employees FY12 |
461 |
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Credit Rating(s) FY11 |
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| Part-Time Employees FY12 |
63 |
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Moody's: |
Aa2 |
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| Full-Time Emp/1,000 Cnty
Residents |
6.21 |
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Standard & Poor: |
AA- |
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