| YORK COUNTY |
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| Date Formed: |
1785 |
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| Land Area (square
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682 |
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| County Seat: |
York |
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| Other Cities and Towns: |
Clover, Fort
Mill, Hickory Grove, McConnells, Rock Hill, Sharon, Smyrna, Tega Cay |
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| Form of Government: |
Council-Manager |
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| Council Members: |
7 |
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| Method of Election |
Single Member |
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| Term Length |
2 years |
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| Council of
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Catawba |
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| County History |
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| York County and its county seat were named for York County,
Pennsylvania. The county was first established in 1785 as part of Camden
District. From 1791 to 1800 it was part of Pinckney District, and it became a
separate district when Pinckney was dissolved in 1800. Part of the county
went to form Cherokee County in 1897. When European settlers arrived, this
part of the state was inhabited by the Catawba Indians. The Catawbas signed a
treaty with the English in 1763, relinquishing their rights to much of their
land. This treaty opened up the area to Scotch-Irish settlers moving down
from Pennsylvania and up from the lowcountry. The Catawba Nation is now the
only federally-recognized Indian tribe in the state. Two battles were fought
in this area during the Revolutionary War, Williamson's Plantation (July 12,
1780) and Kings Mountain (October 7, 1780); the latter battle was a major
victory for the Americans. Small-scale cotton farming was prevalent in the
county in the nineteenth century, but textile mills became important in the
twentieth century, contributing to the growth of the county's largest city,
Rock Hill. |
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| Population Trends |
Value |
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| Census Population 1990 |
131,497 |
8 |
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Numeric Change Census 1990-2010 |
94,576 |
5 |
| Census Population 2000 |
164,614 |
8 |
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Numeric Change Pop. Est. 2010-2011 |
3,569 |
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| Census Population 2010 |
226,073 |
7 |
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Percent Change Pop. Est. 2010-2011 |
1.5% |
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| Population Estimate 2010 |
226,959 |
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Persons Per Square Mile |
331.5 |
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| Population Estimate 2011 |
230,528 |
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| Economic Data |
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| Jobs 2010 |
79,786 |
7 |
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Personal Income 2010, in thousands |
$7,468,372 |
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| Jobs 2009 |
79,448 |
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Per Capita Personal Income 2010 |
$32,906 |
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| Jobs 2008 |
79,786 |
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% of U.S. Per Capita PI 2010 |
64% |
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| Avg. Ann. Growth Rate
Jobs 1990-2010 |
2.5% |
5 |
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Average Wage Per Job 2010 |
$38,939 |
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| Percent Change Jobs
2009-2010 |
0.4% |
7 |
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% of U.S. Avg. Wage Per Job 2010 |
83% |
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| Numeric Change Jobs
2009-2010 |
338 |
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Unemployment Rate 2011 |
13.6% |
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| Tax Data |
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| Assessed Property 2010 |
$1,060,433,663 |
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Per Capita Assessed Property 2010 |
$4,691 |
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| County Base Millage Rate
2011 |
0.0625 |
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Additional Sales Tax, if applicable |
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| Value of One Mil 2011 |
$1,107,591 |
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Local Option Sales Tax |
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| Net Taxable Sales FY10 |
$1,689,643,874 |
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Capital Projects Sales Tax |
1.0% |
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| Admissions Tax Collected
FY10 |
$1,530,817 |
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School District Sales Tax |
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| Accommodations Tax
Collected FY10 |
$522,623 |
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Transportation Sales Tax |
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| County Finance &
Employment Data |
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| Total Revenues FY10 |
$135,611,847 |
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| Total Expenditures FY10 |
$149,488,538 |
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Per Capita Revenues FY10 |
$600 |
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| General Fund Budget FY12 |
$81,413,199 |
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Per Capita Expenditures FY10 |
$661 |
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| Total Debt Outstanding
FY11 |
$81,360,000 |
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Per Capita Gen. Fund Budget FY12 |
$360 |
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| Payroll FY12 |
$39,212,504 |
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Per Capita Debt Outstanding FY11 |
*** |
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| Full-Time Employees FY12 |
927 |
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Credit Rating(s) FY11 |
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| Part-Time Employees FY12 |
118 |
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Moody's: |
Aa2 |
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| Full-Time Emp/1,000 Cnty
Residents |
4.10 |
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Standard & Poor: |
AA |
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Fitch: |
AA |
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