| LANCASTER COUNTY |
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| Date
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1785 |
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| Land Area (square miles): |
549 |
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| County Seat: |
Lancaster |
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| Lancaster |
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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 Government: |
Catawba |
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| County History |
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| Lancaster County and its county seat were named for Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania. The county was formed in 1785, and it was originally
part of Camden District. A part of Lancaster County was removed in 1791 to
form Kershaw County. Scotch-Irish settlers from Pennsylvania began moving
into this upstate region in the 1750s. The Waxhaws settlement on the border
with North Carolina was the birthplace of President Andrew Jackson
(1767-1845). During the Revolutionary War British Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton
earned his nickname of "Bloody" Tarleton by massacring American
troops in this area on May 29, 1780; the Battle of Hanging Rock was also
fought in the county later the same year. Although Lancaster County has been
primarily agricultural, gold mining began there in the 1820s and textile
manufacturing sprang up following the Civil War. Governor and U.S. Senator
Stephen Decatur Miller (1787-1838), surgeon J. Marion Sims (1813-1883),
industrialist Elliott White Springs (1896-1959), and astronaut Charles M.
Duke, Jr. were all Lancaster County residents. |
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| Population Trends |
Value |
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Value |
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| Population
1980: |
53,361 |
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Numeric Change
1980-2000: |
7,990 |
23 |
| Population
1990: |
54,516 |
21 |
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Numeric Change 2000-2007: |
12,042 |
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| Population
2000: |
61,351 |
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Avg. Ann.
Growth Rate 1980-2000: |
0.74% |
30 |
| Population Estimate 2006: |
71,723 |
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Avg. Ann.
Growth Rate 2000-2007: |
2.80% |
5 |
| Population Estimate 2007: |
73,393 |
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Percent Change 2006-2007: |
2.28% |
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| Persons Per Square Mile 2007: |
133.7 |
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| Economic Data |
Value |
Rank |
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Value |
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| Jobs
1980: |
20,136 |
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Personal Income (PI) 2006: |
$1,541,800 |
23 |
| Jobs
1990: |
19,862 |
21 |
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Avg. Ann. Growth Rate (PI) 1969-2006: |
7.1% |
31 |
| Jobs
2000: |
21,756 |
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Per Capita Personal Income 2006: |
$21,497 |
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| Jobs 2005: |
19,165 |
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% of U.S. PCPI 2006: |
59% |
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| Jobs 2006: |
19,299 |
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Average Wage Per Job 2006: |
$32,307 |
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| Numeric Change Jobs
2005-2006: |
134 |
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% of U.S. Avg.
Wage Per Job 2006: |
77% |
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| Avg. Annual Growth Rate
1980-2000: |
0.40% |
38 |
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Unemployment Rate 2007: |
9.5% |
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| Avg. Annual Growth Rate
2000-2006: |
0.10% |
28 |
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Avg. Unemployment
1998-2007: |
6.9% |
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| Tax Data |
Value |
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| Assessed Property 2005: |
$228,891,689 |
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Per Capita Assessed Property 2005: |
$3,731 |
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| County Base Millage Rate
2007: |
0.0759 |
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Additional
Sales Tax (if applicable) |
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| Value of One Mil 2007: |
$202,926 |
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Local Option Sales Tax: |
1.0% |
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| Millage Cap FY09: |
5.2% |
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Capital Projects Sales Tax: |
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| Net Taxable Sales FY06: |
$447,528,846 |
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School District Sales Tax: |
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| Admissions Tax Collected
FY06: |
$44,466 |
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Transportation Sales Tax: |
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| Accommodations Tax Collected
FY06: |
$43,715 |
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| Financial &
Employment Data |
Value |
Rank |
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| Total Revenues FY06: |
$34,556,542 |
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Per Capita Revenues: |
$563 |
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| Total Expenditures FY06: |
$32,496,830 |
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Per Capita Expenditures: |
$530 |
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| General Fund Budget FY08: |
$29,180,450 |
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Per Capita General Fund Budget: |
$476 |
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| Total Debt Outstanding
FY07: |
$65,794,026 |
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Per Capita Debt Outstanding: |
$571 |
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| Payroll FY 2008: |
$12,835,396 |
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Credit Rating(s) FY07 |
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| Full-Time Employees FY08: |
362 |
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Moody's: |
A2 |
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| Part-Time Employees FY08 |
141 |
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Standard & Poor: |
A |
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| Full Time Emp/1,000 Cnty
Residents: |
5.90 |
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Fitch: |
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