ALLENDALE COUNTY
Date Formed:  1919
Land Area (square miles): 408
County Seat: Allendale
Other Cities and Towns:
Fairfax, Sycamore, Ulmer
Form of Government: Council
Council Members: 5
Method of Election Single Member
Term Length 4 years
Council of Government:  Lower Savannah
County History According to the South Carolina State Library Reference Room
Allendale County and its county seat were named for the Allen family, one of whose members, Paul Allen, was the town's first postmaster. The county is South Carolina's youngest; it was formed in 1919 from parts of Barnwell and Hampton counties. The area was settled in the mid-eighteenth century by English, German, and Scotch-Irish farmers, and it remains primarily agricultural. The plantation of Confederate general Johnson Hagood (1829-1898) was in what is now Allendale County, and the artist Jasper Johns spent his childhood years in Allendale.
Population Trends Value Rank Value Rank
Population 1980: 10,700 45 Numeric Change 1980-2000: 511 41
Population 1990: 11,722 45 Avg. Ann. Growth Rate 1980-2000: 0.23% 40
Population 2000:  11,211 45 Percent Change 2005-2006: -1.0% 43
Population Estimate 2006: 10,577 45 Persons Per Square Mile 2006: 25.7 46
Population Estimate 2007: 10,475 45
Link to SC Office of Research and Statistics - Community Profile Demographic Data
Link to SC Office of Research and Statistics - Kids Count
Economic Data Value Rank Value Rank
Jobs 1980: 3,672 44 Personal Income 2006: $238,077 45
Jobs 1990: 4,048 44 Per Capita Pers. Income (PCPI) 2006: $22,509 36
Jobs 2000: 4,411 45 % of U.S. PCPI 2006: 61% 36
Avg. Annual Growth Rate 1980-2000:  1.01% 27 Average Wage Per Job 2006:  $36,397 5
Jobs 2005: 3,675 45 % of U.S. Avg. Wage Per Job 2006:  87% 5
Jobs 2006: 4,694 44 Avg. Unemployment 1998-2007:  8.2% 10
Numeric Change 2005-2006: 1,019 12 Unemployment Rate 2007 Ann. Avg: 11.4% 2
Tax Data Value Rank Value Rank
Assessed Property 2006: $22,369,446 46 Per Capita Assessed Property 2005: $1,995 44
County Base Millage Rate* 2007: 0.226 1 Additional Sales Tax (if applicable)
Value of One Mil 2007: $19,639 46 Local Option Sales Tax: 1.0%
Net Taxable Sales FY 2006: $24,402,708 46 Capital Projects Sales Tax: 1% 
Admissions Taxes Collected FY 2006: ***  * School District Sales Tax:  
Accomodations Taxes Collected FY 2006: $7,854 43 Transportation Sales Tax:  
* County Base Millage Rate reflects county mils only and does not include millages charged by other taxing entities (cities, schools, etc.)
Link to SC Employment Security Commission - Top Employers by County
Link to SC Office of Research and Statistics - Community Profile Demographic Data
Financial and Employment Data Value Rank Value Rank
Total Revenues FY 2006: $5,730,696 46 Per Capital Revenues: $511 32
Total Expenditures FY 2006: $5,237,574 46 Per Capita Expenditures: $467 32
General Fund Budget FY 2008: $7,012,895 44 Per Capita General Fund Budget: $626 8
Total Debt Outstanding FY 2007: *** ###### Per Capita Debt Outstanding: *** ######
Credit Ratings(s) FY 2007: Payroll FY 2008: $2,617,538 45
 Moodys:   Full-Time Employees FY 2008:  93 45
Standard & Poor:   Part-Time Employees FY 2008: 21 38
Fitch:   Full Time Emp/1,000 Cnty Residents:   8.30 8
Link to SC Office of Research and Statistics - Local Government Finance Report (Full document in Excel)
Sources:  County histories obtained from the South Carolina State Library Reference Room at http://www.state.sc.us/scsl/cnties.html. All other sources are listed in the appendix tables.
Updated 5/6/2008 16:45