| LEE COUNTY |
Revised 7/1/2008 |
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| Date
Formed: |
1902 |
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| Land Area (square miles): |
410 |
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| County Seat: |
Bishopville |
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| Other Cities and Towns: |
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| Lynchburg |
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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: |
Santee Lynches |
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| County History |
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| Lee County was named for Confederate General Robert E. Lee
(1807-1870). The county was formed in 1902 from parts of Darlington, Kershaw,
and Sumter counties. A Revolutionary War skirmish took place in 1781 at
Ratcliff's Bridge, and during the Civil War Confederate and Union troops
skirmished at Mount Elon and Spring Hill in 1865. Lee County was also the
site in 1880 of the last fatal duel fought in South Carolina. Cotton farming
has long been associated with this area. U.S. Senator Ellison Durant Smith (1864-1944),
a native of Lee County, was nicknamed "Cotton Ed" because of his
support for cotton farmers. |
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| Population Trends |
Value |
Rank |
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Value |
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| Population
1980: |
18,929 |
38 |
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Numeric Change
1980-2000: |
1,190 |
40 |
| Population
1990: |
18,437 |
38 |
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Numeric Change 2000-2007: |
-131 |
32 |
| Population
2000: |
20,119 |
41 |
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Avg. Ann. Growth
Rate 1980-2000: |
0.31% |
39 |
| Population Estimate 2006: |
20,161 |
41 |
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Avg. Ann. Growth
Rate 2000-2007: |
-0.09% |
32 |
| Population Estimate 2007: |
19,988 |
41 |
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Percent Change 2006-2007: |
-0.87% |
42 |
| Persons Per Square Mile 2007: |
48.8 |
35 |
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| Economic Data |
Value |
Rank |
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Value |
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| Jobs
1980: |
4,294 |
42 |
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Personal Income (PI) 2006: |
$435,496 |
43 |
| Jobs
1990: |
5,073 |
40 |
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Avg. Ann. Growth Rate (PI) 1969-2006: |
7.5% |
22 |
| Jobs
2000: |
4,928 |
43 |
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Per Capita Personal Income
2006: |
$21,601 |
43 |
| Jobs 2005: |
4,573 |
44 |
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% of U.S. PCPI 2006: |
59% |
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| Jobs 2006: |
4,466 |
45 |
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Average Wage Per Job 2006: |
$25,876 |
42 |
| Numeric Change Jobs
2005-2006: |
-107 |
37 |
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% of U.S. Avg.
Wage Per Job 2006: |
62% |
42 |
| Avg. Annual Growth Rate
1980-2000: |
0.74% |
34 |
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Unemployment Rate 2007: |
8.6% |
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| Avg. Annual Growth Rate
2000-2006: |
-0.36% |
40 |
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Avg. Unemployment
1998-2007: |
8.1% |
12 |
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| Tax Data |
Value |
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| Assessed Property 2005: |
$32,190,238 |
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Per Capita Assessed Property 2005: |
$1,600 |
46 |
| County Base Millage Rate
2007: |
0.15545 |
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Additional
Sales Tax (if applicable) |
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| Value of One Mil 2007: |
$30,247 |
44 |
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Local Option Sales Tax: |
1.0% |
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| Millage Cap FY09: |
2.9% |
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Capital Projects Sales Tax: |
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| Net Taxable Sales FY06: |
$52,547,506 |
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School District Sales Tax: |
1.0% |
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| Admissions Tax Collected
FY06: |
$2,385 |
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Transportation Sales Tax: |
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| Accommodations Tax Collected
FY06: |
$13,150 |
40 |
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| Financial & Employment
Data |
Value |
Rank |
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| Total Revenues FY06: |
$14,560,764 |
35 |
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Per Capita Revenues: |
$724 |
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| Total Expenditures FY06: |
$11,041,833 |
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Per Capita Expenditures: |
$549 |
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| General Fund Budget FY08: |
$10,889,426 |
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Per Capita General Fund Budget: |
$541 |
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| Total Debt Outstanding
FY07: |
$2,136,471 |
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Per Capita Debt Outstanding: |
$103 |
34 |
| Payroll FY 2008: |
$5,935,846 |
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Credit Rating(s) FY07 |
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| Full-Time Employees FY08: |
146 |
38 |
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Moody's: |
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| Part-Time Employees FY08 |
64 |
20 |
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Standard & Poor: |
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| Full Time Emp/1,000 Cnty
Residents: |
7.26 |
13 |
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Fitch: |
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