Alamo, Tennessee

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Population (year 2000): 2,392. Estimated population in July 2006: 2,355 (-1.5% change)

Males: 1,077	(45.0%)
Females: 1,315	(55.0%)

Crockett County

Median resident age:	39.0 years
Tennessee median age:	35.9 years

Zip codes: 38001.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $25,100 (it was $25,750 in 2000)

Alamo	$25,100
Tennessee:	$38,874

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $70,500 (it was $68,900 in 2000)

Alamo	$70,500
Tennessee:	$114,000

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Races in Alamo:

White Non-Hispanic (75.3%)
Black (21.3%)
Hispanic (2.3%)
Other race (1.4%)
Two or more races (0.8%)

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Ancestries: United States (15.3%), Irish (6.9%), German (4.6%), English (2.9%), Scotch-Irish (1.8%), Scottish (1.1%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Incorporated in 1911

Elevation: 367 feet

Land area: 2.15 square miles.

Population density: 1100 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Alamo

High school or higher: 65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.6%
Graduate or professional degree: 4.2%
Unemployed: 4.4%
Mean travel time to work: 18.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Alamo town

Never married: 18.5%
Now married: 57.5%
Separated: 2.4%
Widowed: 11.6%
Divorced: 10.0%

15 residents are foreign born

This town:	0.6%
Tennessee:	2.8%

According to our research there were 9 registered sex offenders living in Alamo, Tennessee in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Alamo to the number of sex offenders is 263 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Alamo:	0.7% ($498)
Tennessee:	0.8% ($715)

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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Jackson, TN (22.8 miles , pop. 59,643).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Memphis, TN (74.7 miles , pop. 650,100).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (430.3 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Bells, TN (5.0 miles ), Holly Grove-Belle Eagle, TN (7.7 miles ), Maury City, TN (7.7 miles ), Gadsden, TN (8.6 miles ), Brazil-Gibson Wells, TN (10.7 miles ), Friendship, TN (12.3 miles ), Humboldt, TN (14.3 miles ), Huntersville, TN (15.5 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 0 buildings
1997: 5 buildings, average cost: $42,600
1998: 4 buildings, average cost: $42,600
1999: 3 buildings, average cost: $66,700
2000: 7 buildings, average cost: $84,300
2001: 8 buildings, average cost: $66,100
2002: 4 buildings, average cost: $88,500
2003: 1 building, cost: $125,000
2004: 0 buildings
2005: 10 buildings, average cost: $82,800
2006: 3 buildings, average cost: $70,700

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Average cost (in 1000s)

Latitude: 35.78 N, Longitude: 89.12 W

119 people in nursing homes
56 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)

Area code: 731

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Population change in the 1990s: -255 (-9.6%).

Most common industries for males:

Construction (18%)
Metal and metal products (5%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
Machinery (4%)
Truck transportation (4%)
Food (3%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (18%)
Educational services (16%)
Public administration (5%)
Apparel (5%)
Food and beverage stores (5%)
Apparel, piece goods, and notions merchant wholesalers (4%)
Finance and insurance (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Cashiers (5%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)

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Crime in Alamo by Year
Type	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Murders	0	0	1	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	41.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rapes	0	1	1	0	1	0
per 100,000	0.0	41.0	41.5	0.0	41.6	0.0
Robberies	0	5	3	4	2	0
per 100,000	0.0	205.2	124.6	166.0	83.3	0.0
Assaults	11	17	13	3	19	2
per 100,000	455.9	697.6	539.9	124.5	791.0	83.0
Burglaries	6	26	25	11	12	17
per 100,000	248.7	1066.9	1038.2	456.6	499.6	705.4
Thefts	26	41	40	16	31	21
per 100,000	1077.5	1682.4	1661.1	664.2	1290.6	871.4
Auto thefts	4	5	1	3	3	2
per 100,000	165.8	205.2	41.5	124.5	124.9	83.0
Arson	0	0	1	0	1	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	41.5	0.0	41.6	0.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 239.8)	164.9	392.3	404.1	143.2	313.1	107.5

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 3 (3 officers).

Officers per 1,000 residents here:	1.27
US city average:	3.00

Average climate in Alamo, Tennessee

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Alamo-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Tennessee state average. It is 130% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/21/1952, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 17.3 miles away from the Alamo town center killed 2 people and injured 10 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 5/4/2003, a category 4 tornado 19.2 miles away from the town center killed 11 people and injured 86 people and caused $40 million in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Alamo:

HUMBOLDT GENERAL HOSPITAL INC (about 15 miles; HUMBOLDT, TN)
METHODIST HEALTHCARE-BROWNSVILLE HOSP (about 16 miles; BROWNSVILLE, TN)
GIBSON GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; TRENTON, TN)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Alamo:

MC KELLAR-SIPES REGIONAL (about 21 miles; JACKSON, TN; ID: MKL)
MILLINGTON MUNI (about 60 miles; MILLINGTON, TN; ID: NQA)
MEMPHIS INTL (about 79 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; ID: MEM)

Other public-use airports nearest to Alamo:

THORNTON (about 10 miles; BROWNSVILLE, TN; ID: 47M)
HUMBOLDT MUNI (about 18 miles; HUMBOLDT, TN; ID: M53)
ARNOLD FIELD (about 21 miles; HALLS, TN; ID: M31)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Alamo:

UNION UNIVERSITY (about 23 miles; JACKSON, TN; Full-time enrollment: 2,144)
JACKSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 24 miles; JACKSON, TN; FT enrollment: 2,534)
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE-MARTIN (about 44 miles; MARTIN, TN; FT enrollment: 5,131)
SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-MACON CAMPUS (about 66 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; FT enrollment: 6,979)
UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS (about 72 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; FT enrollment: 15,831)
SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-UNION CAMPUS (about 72 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; FT enrollment: 6,979)
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER (about 72 miles; MEMPHIS, TN; FT enrollment: 2,019)

Public high school in Alamo:

CROCKETT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 733; Location: 2014 HWY 88; Grades: 09 - 12)

Public elementary/middle schools in Alamo:

CROCKETT COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 655; Location: 497 NORTH CAVALIER DR; Grades: 06 - 08)
ALAMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 486; Location: 264 E PARK ST; Grades: KG - 06)

Library in Alamo:

CROCKETT COUNTY LIBRARY (Operating income: $67,306; Location: 258 E. CHURCH STREET; 28,843 books; 263 audio materials; 557 video materials; 43 serial subscriptions)

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Notable location: Crockett County Courthouse (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Church in Alamo: Alamo First Baptist Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Tourist attractions: TENN Wildlife Resource Agency (Recreation Areas; 18 East Main Street), Blue Monkey Skating Rink & Fun Center (Amusement & Theme Parks; 507 South Bells Street).

Courts: Crockett County - Juvenile Court (14 South Johnson Street), Crockett County - Circuit Court Clerk (1 South Bells Street), Crockett County - Chancery Court Clerk (1 South Bells Street), County Government - County Court Clerk (1 South Bells Street).

Drinking water stations with addresses in Alamo and their reported violations in the past:

COUNTY WIDE U. D. (Population served: 8258, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

7 regular monitoring violations

ALAMO WATER DEPT (Population served: 2993, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUL-1999, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (AUG-12-1999), St Public Notif requested (AUG-25-1999), St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-25-1999)

Average household size:

This town:	2.4 people
Tennessee:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	64.1%
Whole state:	69.3%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	3.3%
Whole state:	4.2%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	20.5%
Whole state:	13.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	8.4%
Whole state:	5.8%

Alamo compared to Tennessee state average:

Alamo, Tennessee environmental map by EPA

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Median household income below state average.
Median house value significantly below state average.
Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Median age above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Length of stay since moving in above state average.
Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
Number of college students below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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Banks with branches in Alamo (2007 data):

McKenzie Banking Company: West Church Street Branch at 1467 West Church Street, branch established on 2003-05-01; Alamo Branch at 9 North Bells Street, branch established on 2003-03-24. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $83.4 mil, Deposits: $72.7 mil, headquarters in Mc Kenzie, TN, positive income, 7 total offices, Holding Company: Progressive Financial Services, Inc.
Bank of Crockett: South Bells Branch at 380 South Bells Street, branch established on 1989-10-10; Alamo Branch at 524 South Bells Street, branch established on 1935-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $110.4 mil, Deposits: $98.5 mil, headquarters in Bells, TN, positive income, 5 total offices, Holding Company: Security Bancorp Of Tennessee, Inc.
BancorpSouth Bank: Alamo Branch at 533 South Bells, branch established on 1919-11-06. Info updated 2006-11-08: Bank assets: $12,045.1 mil, Deposits: $9,678.6 mil, headquarters in Tupelo, MS, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 268 total offices, Holding Company: Bancorpsouth, Inc.

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School Enrollment by Level of School

Alamo mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Crockett County Tennessee:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Other Government Administration	3	$5,758	$23,032	5	$830
Other and Unallocable	0	$0		1	$300
Elementary and Secondary - Other Total	12	$21,289	$21,289	8	$1,566
Elementary and Secondary - Instruction	55	$123,556	$26,958	0	$0
Water Supply	2	$4,416	$26,496	0	$0
Sewerage	2	$4,323	$25,938	0	$0
Streets and Highways	6	$10,545	$21,090	0	$0
Firefighters	0	$0		1	$150
Police Protection - Officers	3	$7,503	$30,012	1	$721
Judicial and Legal	0	$0		1	$250
Totals for Government	83	$177,389	$25,647	17	$3,817

6.69% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($29,107 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.69%
Tennessee average:	7.52%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Madison County, TN	1.43% ($31,611 average AGI)
from Dyer County, TN	0.79% ($23,550)
from Gibson County, TN	0.79% ($24,150)

7.07% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($26,126 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.07%
Tennessee average:	6.67%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Madison County, TN	1.84% ($27,086 average AGI)
to Gibson County, TN	1.09% ($25,273)
to Dyer County, TN	0.51% ($25,462)

Strongest AM radio stations in Alamo:

WCTA (810 AM; daytime; 0 kW; ALAMO, TN; Owner: BILLY H. WILLIAMS)
WCRV (640 AM; 50 kW; COLLIERVILLE, TN; Owner: BOTT BROADCASTING COMPANY/TENNESSEE)
WGSF (1030 AM; 50 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: FLINN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WDIA (1070 AM; 50 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WMQM (1600 AM; 50 kW; LAKELAND, TN; Owner: WMQM, INC.)
WDXI (1310 AM; 5 kW; JACKSON, TN; Owner: LIBERTY RADIO II, INC.)
WTJS (1390 AM; 5 kW; JACKSON, TN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WCPC (940 AM; 50 kW; HOUSTON, MS; Owner: WCPC BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
WSM (650 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY)
WJCE (680 AM; 10 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: ENTERCOM MEMPHIS LICENSE, LLC)
KOTC (830 AM; daytime; 10 kW; KENNETT, MO; Owner: EAGLE BLUFF ENTERPRISES)
KLCN (910 AM; 5 kW; BLYTHEVILLE, AR; Owner: SUDBURY SERVICES, INC.)
KWAM (990 AM; 10 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: CONCORD MEDIA GROUP, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Alamo:

WWGM (93.1 FM; ALAMO, TN; Owner: GRACE BROADCASTING SERVICES, INC.)
WYNU (92.3 FM; MILAN, TN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WWYN (106.9 FM; MCKENZIE, TN; Owner: RAINBOW MEDIA, INC.)
WTNV (104.1 FM; JACKSON, TN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WTBG (95.3 FM; BROWNSVILLE, TN; Owner: THE WIRELESS GROUP, INC.)
WKNP (90.1 FM; JACKSON, TN; Owner: MID-SOUTH PUBLIC COMMUNICTNS FOUNDTN)
WASL (100.1 FM; DYERSBURG, TN; Owner: DR PEPPER PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO.)
WMXX-FM (103.1 FM; JACKSON, TN; Owner: GERALD W. HUNT)
WZDQ (102.3 FM; HUMBOLDT, TN; Owner: THOMAS RADIO, LLC)
WLSZ (105.3 FM; HUMBOLDT, TN; Owner: BOYD ENTERPRISES, INC.)
WAPO (90.5 FM; MOUNT VERNON, IL; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
WAUV (89.7 FM; RIPLEY, TN; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
W205BN (88.9 FM; DYERSBURG, TN; Owner: WAY-FM MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
WLSQ-FM (94.3 FM; DYER, TN; Owner: F. DARRELL BOYD)
WNWS-FM (101.5 FM; JACKSON, TN; Owner: RADIOCORP OF JACKSON, INC.)
WKVZ (94.9 FM; RIPLEY, TN; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
WTNE-FM (97.7 FM; TRENTON, TN; Owner: GIBSON COUNTY BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Alamo:

WJKT (Channel 16; JACKSON, TN; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WBBJ-TV (Channel 7; JACKSON, TN; Owner: TENNESSEE BROADCASTING PARTNERS)
WJTE-LP (Channel 19; JACKSON, TN; Owner: TIGER EYE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
W22BR (Channel 22; JACKSON, TN; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
W52CZ (Channel 52; JACKSON, TN; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
W64BZ (Channel 64; JACKSON, TN; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
W26CJ (Channel 26; JACKSON, TN; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
W25BY (Channel 25; JACKSON, TN; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
W38BY (Channel 38; JACKSON, TN; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
W54BU (Channel 54; JACKSON, TN; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
W35AH (Channel 35; JACKSON, TN; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
WDYR-CA (Channel 33; DYERSBURG, TN; Owner: TRI-STATE CHRISTIAN TV, INC.)

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