|
Demographics |
|
| LAND |
| LAND
AREA |
214.30 Square Miles |
|
| WATER
AREA |
6.51 |
|
| TOTAL
AREA |
220.81 Square
Miles |
|
| |
|
|
| FOREST
LAND |
110,096 Acres |
80.4% |
| NONFOREST
LAND |
26,806 |
19.6% |
| TOTAL
LAND |
136,902 Square
Miles |
100% |
|
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| POPULATION |
Population
as of
July 2004 |
9,499 |
96th
in State Ranking |
| 2000
Census Population |
8,775 |
96th |
Population
Change
1990-2000
|
22.6% |
30th |
| |
Projected
Population |
|
| |
April 2010 |
10,596 |
| |
July 2015 |
11,280 |
| |
April 2020 |
11,916 |
| |
July 2025 |
12,450 |
|
| |
| EMPLOYMENT |
| Employment
as of March 2005 |
4,340 |
96th |
| Unemployed,
March 2005 |
160 |
100th (3.6%) |
| |
%
of County Employment |
|
| |
Government |
24% |
| |
Retail Trade |
24% |
| |
Services |
20% |
| |
Manufacturing |
13% |
| |
Construction |
13% |
| |
Fire |
3% |
| |
Whole Trade |
2% |
| |
Agriculture |
1% |
| |
Utilities |
0% |
| |
|
|
| Employment
& Wages |
|
|
| |
Total
All Industries |
$465
Weekly Wages |
| Largest
Employers |
|
|
| |
Board
of Education |
219 |
| |
County
Employees |
142 |
| |
Care
Center |
109 |
| |
Coleman
Cable |
72 |
| |
Advanced
Digital |
56 |
| |
Ingles
Market |
48 |
| |
Mountain
Home Nursing |
39 |
| |
Kelley's
Home Health |
39 |
| |
Jacky
Jones Ford |
36 |
| |
|
|
| Labor
Force in 1999 |
4,000 |
(47.6%) |
|
| |
| TAXES |
| Property
Taxes/$100 Value |
$0.4000 |
|
| Hayesville
Town Tax Rate |
$0.3800 |
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