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15-6. Accommodations Tax Collections and Net Revenues in SC by County: 1995-96 & 1996-97 1/

                           ACCOMMODATIONS TAX COLLECTIONS                     NET REVENUES TO
                         (Less adm. fee & unallocated funds)                 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

                                                      PERCENT                                    PERCENT
  COUNTY                 1995-96         1996-97       CHANGE       1995-96         1996-97        CHANGE

Abbeville 7,422 8,877 19.6 98,455 103,590 5.2 Aiken 151,641 160,913 6.1 181,177 191,989 6.0 Allendale 6,881 6,368 -7.5 98,455 103,590 5.2 Anderson 205,280 205,855 0.3 234,816 236,931 0.9 Bamberg 8,765 8,384 -4.3 98,455 103,590 5.2 Barnwell 12,544 15,679 25.0 98,455 103,590 5.2 Beaufort 3,198,079 3,324,844 4.0 2,853,453 2,975,654 4.3 Berkeley 149,074 164,513 10.4 178,610 195,589 9.5 Calhoun 607 714 17.6 98,455 103,590 5.2 Charleston 3,680,277 4,129,456 12.2 3,276,260 3,684,203 12.5 Cherokee 59,216 68,191 15.2 98,455 103,590 5.2 Chester 50,452 49,137 -2.6 98,455 103,590 5.2 Chesterfield 30,105 36,401 20.9 98,455 103,590 5.2 Clarendon 95,957 97,351 1.5 125,493 128,427 2.3 Colleton 253,223 277,200 9.5 282,759 308,276 9.0 Darlington 44,116 53,075 20.3 98,455 103,590 5.2 Dillon 116,427 129,583 11.3 145,963 160,659 10.1 Dorchester 103,029 121,336 17.8 132,565 152,412 15.0 Edgefield 4,778 5,088 6.5 98,455 103,590 5.2 Fairfield 18,613 18,136 -2.6 98,455 103,590 5.2 Florence 558,359 620,273 11.1 538,854 593,974 10.2 Georgetown 670,732 679,778 1.3 637,387 646,375 1.4 Greenville 1,288,127 1,422,684 10.4 1,178,741 1,300,588 10.3 Greenwood 98,285 113,616 15.6 127,821 144,692 13.2 Hampton 17,744 18,815 6.0 98,455 103,590 5.2 Horry 9,130,292 9,435,624 3.3 8,055,026 8,356,882 3.7 Jasper 196,306 211,268 7.6 225,842 242,344 7.3 Kershaw 64,521 77,444 20.0 98,455 108,520 10.2 Lancaster 31,102 36,711 18.0 98,455 103,590 5.2 Laurens 62,867 58,599 -6.8 98,455 103,590 5.2 Lee 10,235 11,915 16.4 98,455 103,590 5.2 Lexington 511,906 551,420 7.7 498,123 533,342 7.1 McCormick 25,251 27,506 8.9 98,455 103,590 5.2 Marion 23,829 26,450 11.0 98,455 103,590 5.2 Marlboro 25,321 25,255 -0.3 98,455 103,590 5.2 Newberry 41,709 40,884 -2.0 98,455 103,590 5.2 Oconee 71,654 71,350 -0.4 101,190 103,590 2.4 Orangeburg 310,224 339,038 9.3 339,760 370,114 8.9 Pickens 166,994 190,014 13.8 196,530 221,090 12.5 Richland 933,282 1,071,410 14.8 867,600 991,252 14.3 Saluda 813 849 4.3 98,455 103,590 5.2 Spartanburg 462,585 487,835 5.5 454,876 477,348 4.9 Sumter 126,232 151,916 20.3 155,768 182,992 17.5 Union 12,377 14,873 20.2 98,455 103,590 5.2 Williamsburg 13,837 13,579 -1.9 98,455 103,590 5.2 York 416,352 450,428 8.2 414,343 444,414 7.3 Regional Allocation 483,969 525,566 8.6 483,969 525,566 8.6 GRAND TOTAL 23,951,392 25,556,203 6.7 23,951,392 25,556,203 6.7
1/: Represents Business Activity from June 1 to May 31.

Note: The collections reported above have just been adjusted for the 2% allocation to regional tourism offices mandated in the amended 1991 Accommodations Tax Act. For comparisons to prior years, multiply these figures by 1.02.

Source: S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism citing statistics provided by the S.C. Department of Revenue and Taxation and the S.C. State Treasurer's Office, February 1998.

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