From The State Magazine, August 31, 1963. Printed with the permission of the publisher.

The State index The County home History

     566 square miles.

     45,091 population; 12 per cent non-white; 31.1 per cent urban; 9.8 per cent rural farm; $3,751 average family income; 38 per cent under $2,000; 4.7 per cent over $10,000. Net migration out, 7,731.

     485 retail establishments employing 1,300; 37 wholesale employing 481.

     109,000 acres farmland; 1,688 farms averaging 86 acres; 600 commercial farms; 11.5 per cent farm tenancy rate; $4 million annual farm income.

     310 firms report under Employment Security. The average total employment is 9,361, broken down as follows:

Construction-264
Manufacturing-7,002
Transportation, Public Utilities, Communications-315
Trade-1,285
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate-175 Service-314
Other-6

     41.9 average January temperature; 78.9 average July; 202 days growing season; 52.03 inches annual rainfall.

     $64,765,201 valuation; $1.59 tax rate; $2,186,297 school budget.

     $2,314,785 state taxes collected (1960-61).

     104 hospital beds; two radio stations; three newspapers; two golf courses; two libraries with branches; 4 banks; 3 savings & loans.