| ANDERSON COUNTY |
Revised 7/1/2008 |
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| Date
Formed: |
1826 |
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| Land Area (square miles): |
718 |
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| County Seat: |
Anderson |
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| Other Cities and Towns: |
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| Belton, Clemson, Honea Path, Iva, Pelzer, Pendleton, Starr, West
Pelzer, Williamston |
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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 |
2 years |
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| Council of Government: |
Appalachian |
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| County History |
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| Anderson County and its county seat were named for Revolutionary
War general Robert Anderson (1741-1812). This region was occupied by the
Cherokee Indians until 1777, when it was ceded by treaty to the state. Part
of the "Indian Land" became Pendleton District (also called
Washington District at one time). The area was given its present name in
1826, when Pendleton District was split into Anderson and Pickens. Most of
the early settlers of this area were Scotch-Irish farmers who moved south from
Pennsylvania and Virginia in the eighteenth century. The oldest town in the
county is Pendleton, which was founded around 1790; it became a popular
summer resort for lowcountry planters in the nineteenth century. Some famous
residents of Anderson County were U.S. Senator and South Carolina Governor
Olin D. Johnston (1896-1965), business leader Charles E. Daniel (1895-1964),
and composer Lily Strickland (1884-1958). |
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| Population Trends |
Value |
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Value |
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| Population
1980: |
133,235 |
6 |
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Numeric Change
1980-2000: |
32,505 |
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| Population
1990: |
145,196 |
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Numeric Change 2000-2007: |
14,241 |
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| Population
2000: |
165,740 |
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Avg. Ann. Growth
Rate 1980-2000: |
1.21% |
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| Population Estimate 2006: |
177,086 |
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Avg. Ann. Growth
Rate 2000-2007: |
1.23% |
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| Population Estimate 2007: |
179,981 |
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Percent Change 2006-2007: |
1.61% |
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| Persons Per Square Mile 2007: |
250.7 |
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| Economic Data |
Value |
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| Jobs
1980: |
51,991 |
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Personal Income (PI) 2006: |
$4,950,354 |
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| Jobs
1990: |
58,653 |
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Avg. Ann. Growth Rate (PI) 1969-2006: |
7.8% |
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| Jobs
2000: |
69,913 |
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Per Capita Personal Income
2006: |
$27,955 |
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| Jobs 2005: |
64,974 |
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% of U.S. PCPI 2006: |
76% |
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| Jobs 2006: |
65,346 |
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Average Wage Per Job 2006: |
$30,094 |
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| Numeric Change Jobs
2005-2006: |
372 |
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% of U.S. Avg.
Wage Per Job 2006: |
72% |
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| Avg. Annual Growth Rate
1980-2000: |
1.72% |
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Unemployment Rate 2007: |
6.0% |
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| Avg. Annual Growth Rate
2000-2006: |
0.09% |
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Avg. Unemployment
1998-2007: |
5.5% |
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| Tax Data |
Value |
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| Assessed Property 2005: |
$568,803,009 |
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Per Capita Assessed Property 2005: |
$3,432 |
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| County Base Millage Rate
2007: |
0.0847 |
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Additional
Sales Tax (if applicable) |
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| Value of One Mil 2007: |
$528,000 |
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Local Option Sales Tax: |
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| Millage Cap FY09: |
4.5% |
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Capital Projects Sales Tax: |
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| Net Taxable Sales FY06: |
$1,759,174,394 |
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School District Sales Tax: |
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| Admissions Tax Collected
FY06: |
$440,764 |
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Transportation Sales Tax: |
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| Accommodations Tax Collected
FY06: |
$377,544 |
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| Financial & Employment
Data |
Value |
Rank |
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| Total Revenues FY06: |
$89,653,162 |
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Per Capita Revenues: |
$541 |
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| Total Expenditures FY06: |
$93,884,014 |
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Per Capita Expenditures: |
$566 |
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| General Fund Budget FY08: |
$39,564,995 |
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Per Capita General Fund Budget: |
$239 |
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| Total Debt Outstanding
FY07: |
$56,609,418 |
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Per Capita Debt Outstanding: |
$316 |
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| Payroll FY 2008: |
$27,341,150 |
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Credit Rating(s) FY07 |
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| Full-Time Employees FY08: |
864 |
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Moody's: |
Aa3 |
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| Part-Time Employees FY08 |
0 |
45 |
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Standard & Poor: |
AA |
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