Berry, Alabama

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Population in July 2007: 1,189. Population change since 2000: -3.0%

Males: 558	(47.0%)
Females: 631	(53.0%)

Median resident age:	35.9 years
Alabama median age:	35.8 years

Zip codes: 35546.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $24,936 (it was $20,214 in 2000)

Berry:	$24,936
Alabama:	$40,554

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $57,808 (it was $37,600 in 2000)

Berry:	$57,808
Alabama:	$115,600

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $92,776; Detached houses: $104,389; Townhouses or other attached units: $34,070; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $336,302; Mobile homes: $44,414

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Races in Berry:

White Non-Hispanic (91.0%)
Black (6.4%)
Hispanic (1.7%)
Other race (1.1%)
Two or more races (0.8%)
American Indian (0.6%)

2008 cost of living index in Berry: 72.9 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (39.9%), Irish (6.5%), English (2.1%), French (1.3%), German (1.2%), Scottish (1.1%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 463 feet

Land area: 11.2 square miles.

Population density: 106 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Berry

High school or higher: 61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.2%
Graduate or professional degree: 3.2%
Unemployed: 10.4%
Mean travel time to work: 31.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Berry town

Never married: 23.2%
Now married: 48.6%
Separated: 3.8%
Widowed: 11.0%
Divorced: 13.5%

2 residents are foreign born

This town:	0.2%
Alabama:	2.0%

According to our research there were 7 registered sex offenders living in Berry, Alabama in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Berry to the number of sex offenders is 170 to 1.

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

Berry:	0.5% ($199)
Alabama:	0.4% ($289)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Tuscaloosa, AL (31.5 miles , pop. 77,906).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Birmingham, AL (46.6 miles , pop. 242,820).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Houston, TX (530.8 miles , pop. 1,953,631).

Nearest cities: North River, AL (3.3 miles ), Oakman, AL (3.6 miles ), Fayette, AL (3.6 miles ), Samantha, AL (3.7 miles ), Windham Springs, AL (4.1 miles ), Carbon Hill, AL (4.1 miles ), Townley, AL (4.1 miles ), Kansas, AL (4.1 miles ).

Latitude: 33.66 N, Longitude: 87.61 W

Area code: 205

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Population change in the 1990s: +18 (+1.5%).

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (16%)
Transportation equipment (12%)
Mining (11%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
Public administration (5%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)
Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (18%)
Educational services (15%)
Apparel (11%)
Transportation equipment (6%)
Food and beverage stores (6%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
Social assistance (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (8%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
Cashiers (6%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Registered nurses (5%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)

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Crime in Berry by Year
Type	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Murders	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rapes	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Robberies	0	1	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	81.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Assaults	0	0	1	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	81.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Burglaries	0	6	4	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	487.8	324.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Thefts	1	6	5	2	2	3
per 100,000	80.1	487.8	405.5	162.1	161.7	247.5
Auto thefts	0	2	2	0	1	1
per 100,000	0.0	162.6	162.2	0.0	80.8	82.5
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9)	3.2	91.1	68.1	6.5	12.9	16.5

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

Officers per 1,000 residents here:	2.52
US city average:	3.00

Average climate in Berry, Alabama

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Berry-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Alabama state average. It is 219% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/8/1998, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 22.1 miles away from the Berry town center killed 32 people and injured 259 people and caused $200 million in damages.

On 3/3/1966, a category 5 tornado 22.6 miles away from the town center killed 58 people and injured 518 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Berry:

FAYETTE MED CTR AND LONG TERM CARE UNI (about 13 miles; FAYETTE, AL)
WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER (about 20 miles; JASPER, AL)
MARY S HARPER GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY CTR (about 26 miles; TUSCALOOSA, AL)

Political contributions by individuals in Berry, AL

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Berry:

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA (about 25 miles; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Full-time enrollment: 17,453)
BEVILL STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 33 miles; SUMITON, AL; FT enrollment: 2,670)
SHELTON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 36 miles; TUSCALOOSA, AL; FT enrollment: 3,635)
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM (about 40 miles; BIRMINGHAM, AL; FT enrollment: 12,178)
JEFFERSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 47 miles; BIRMINGHAM, AL; FT enrollment: 3,279)
SAMFORD UNIVERSITY (about 49 miles; BIRMINGHAM, AL; FT enrollment: 4,106)
MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN (about 51 miles; COLUMBUS, MS; FT enrollment: 2,115)

Public high school in Berry:

BERRY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 276; Location: 18242 HIGHWAY 18 E; Grades: 07-12)

Public elementary/middle school in Berry:

BERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 327; Location: 341 SCHOOL AVENUE; Grades: 0K-06)

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Churches in Berry include: Calvary Church (A), Pleasant Hill Church (B), Pilgrim Chapel (C), Nazarene Church of Berry (D), Berry Baptist Church (E), Berry Church of Christ (F), Berry Methodist Church (G). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Tabernacle Cemetery (1), Berry City Cemetery (2), Pleasant Hill Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map

Creek: Ellis Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Post office: Berry Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

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

BERRY WATER WORKS (Address: 30 SCHOOL AVE, Population served: 3540, Surface_water):

Past monitoring violations:

One routine major monitoring violation

Average household size:

This town:	2.4 people
Alabama:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	68.4%
Whole state:	70.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	2.9%
Whole state:	3.4%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	32.1%
Whole state:	16.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	14.4%
Whole state:	7.3%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Berry, AL

Berry compared to Alabama state average:

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Median household income significantly below state average.
Median house value significantly below state average.
Black race population percentage above state average.
Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below 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 Berry (2009 data):

First National Bank: Bank Of Berry Branch at Depot Street, branch established on 1911-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $258.6 mil, Deposits: $222.9 mil, headquarters in Hamilton, AL, positive income, 10 total offices, Holding Company: Marion County Bancshares, Inc.

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School Enrollment by Level of School

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2004 Presidential Election results in Fayette County Alabama:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Electricity (41%) Utility gas (30%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%) Wood (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Religon statistics for Berry

Adherents

Name	Southern Baptist Convention	Churches of Christ	United Methodist Church	National Association of Free Will Baptists	Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)
Adherents	54.7%	17.1%	10.4%	5.6%	5.2%
Congregations	39.5%	24.4%	12.8%	4.7%	5.8%

Name	Church of the Nazarene	Assemblies of God	Catholic Church	Episcopal Church	Other religions
Adherents	2.2%	1.2%	1.2%	0.9%	1.5%
Congregations	4.7%	1.2%	1.2%	1.2%	4.7%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Financial Administration	1	$2,028	$24,336	0	$0
Other Government Administration	1	$3,251	$39,012	6	$899
Judicial and Legal	0	$0		1	$354
Police Protection - Officers	3	$9,155	$36,620	2	$301
Streets and Highways	1	$1,479	$17,748	0	$0
Sewerage	0	$0		1	$1,276
Water Supply	6	$19,036	$38,072	0	$0
Totals for Government	12	$34,949	$34,949	10	$2,830

Berry government finances in 2002:

Charges - Sewerage: $48,000
Current Operations - Water Utilities: $443,000
Police Protection: $112,000

General - Other: $93,000

Financial Administration: $85,000

Regular Highways: $29,000

Sewerage: $9,000

Fire Protection: $4,000
Federal Intergovernmental - Water Utilities: $243,000
General Support: $36,000
General - Interest on Debt: $533,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $7,611,000
Water Utilities: $1,613,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $6,765,000
Water Utilities: $1,533,000
Long Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $846,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $80,000
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $557,000
General Revenue, NEC: $176,000
Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $96,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $750,000
Revenue - Water Utilities: $481,000
Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $6,765,000
State Intergovernmental - Water Utilities: $243,000
General Support: $36,000
Tax - Total General Sales: $183,000
NEC: $42,000

Property: $19,000

Motor Vehicle License: $8,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $367,000
Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $65,000

4.59% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,377 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.59%
Alabama average:	6.81%

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 Tuscaloosa County, AL	1.02% ($36,948 average AGI)
from Lamar County, AL	0.51% ($32,379)
from Marion County, AL	0.49% ($26,536)

6.20% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,182 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.20%
Alabama average:	6.16%

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 Tuscaloosa County, AL	1.96% ($37,593 average AGI)
to Marion County, AL	0.80% ($24,261)
to Walker County, AL	0.52% ($30,267)

Strongest AM radio stations in Berry:

WJOX (690 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WAPI (1070 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WDJC (850 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
WKXM (1300 AM; 5 kW; WINFIELD, AL; Owner: AD-MEDIA MANAGEMENT CORP.)
WCPC (940 AM; 50 kW; HOUSTON, MS; Owner: WCPC BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
WLDX (990 AM; 1 kW; FAYETTE, AL; Owner: THOMLEY BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
WTSK (790 AM; 5 kW; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: APEX BROADCASTING INC.)
WSPZ (1150 AM; 5 kW; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: RADIO SOUTH, INC)
WCOC (1010 AM; 5 kW; DORA, AL; Owner: AZTECA COMMUNICATIONS OF ALABAMA, INC.)
WNSI (810 AM; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, AL; Owner: UNITED BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
WWPG (1280 AM; 5 kW; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: LAWSON OF TUSCALOOSA, INC.)
WVSA (1380 AM; 5 kW; VERNON, AL; Owner: LAMAR CTY. B/CING. CO., INC.)
WLOR (1550 AM; 50 kW; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: BCA RADIO, LLC)

Strongest FM radio stations in Berry:

WDXB (102.5 FM; JASPER, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WTXT (98.1 FM; FAYETTE, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WFFN (95.3 FM; CORDOVA, AL; Owner: NEW CENTURY RADIO, INC.)
WBHJ (95.7 FM; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
WYDE-FM (101.1 FM; CULLMAN, AL; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
WBEI (101.7 FM; REFORM, AL; Owner: APEX BROADCASTING INC.)
WODL (97.3 FM; HOMEWOOD, AL; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
WBHK (98.7 FM; WARRIOR, AL; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
WZZK-FM (104.7 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
WBPT (106.9 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
WYSF (94.5 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WMJJ (96.5 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WQOP-FM (92.5 FM; DORA, AL; Owner: QUEEN OF PEACE RADIO, INC.)
WQEN (103.7 FM; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WZBQ (94.1 FM; CARROLLTON, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WBHM (90.3 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: BD OF TRUSTEES/U OF AL AT BIRMINGHAM)
WTUG-FM (92.9 FM; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: APEX BROADCASTING INC.)
WZRR (99.5 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WDJC-FM (93.7 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
WANZ (100.7 FM; NORTHPORT, AL; Owner: APEX BRAODCASTING INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Berry:

WSFG-LP (Channel 63; BERRY, AL; Owner: ETTIE CLARK)
WSSF-LP (Channel 58; BERRY, AL; Owner: ETTIE CLARK)
WCFT-TV (Channel 33; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: TV ALABAMA, INCORPORATED)
WDBB (Channel 17; BESSEMER, AL; Owner: WDBB-TV, INC.)
W55BJ (Channel 55; JASPER, AL; Owner: COMBS BROADCASTING, INC.)
W66CN (Channel 66; JASPER, AL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)

Berry fatal accident list:
Feb 6, 1998 02:15 AM, 1450, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1

FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 4

JOSEPH E DUNNE, 3.7 Km W Sw Of Sr18, Type: Tower, Structure height: 74 m, Overall height: 74 m, , Licensee ID: L00378298
Registrant: 660 Cr 123, Berry, AL 35546, Phone: (205) 932-3648, Email:
JOSEPH E DUNNE, 3.7 Km W Sw Sr18, Type: Tower, Structure height: 74 m, Overall height: 74 m
Registrant: Attorney At Law, Durango, CO 81302-9203, Phone: (970) 385-7312, Email:
Thomas F Riley, 0.16 Miles East Of Cr 127, 0.10 Miles North Of Sr 18, Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 77.4 m
Registrant: 5 N. Mccormick Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73127, Phone: (405) 694-2100, Email:
Tim T Chism, 5 Mi E Of Hwy 69 Windham Sprs Rd, Type: Tower, Structure height: 85 m, Overall height: 97 m, , Licensee ID: L00173118
Registrant: 105-B East Hargrove Road, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, Phone: (205) 345-4773, Email:

FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 1

8.0 Miles Sse Of, Type: Pole, Structure height: 15 m, Call Sign: WPID883
851.912 MHz, 851.937 MHz, 852.337 MHz, 852.462 MHz, 852.712 MHz, 852.737 MHz, 853.137 MHz, 853.462 MHz, 853.512 MHz, 853.537 MHz... (+3 more)
Grant Date: 03/01/2001, Expiration Date: 10/27/2010
Registrant: Sprint Nextel Corporation, 2001 Edmund Halley Drive, Reston, VA 20191, Phone: (703) 433-4000, Fax: (703) 433-4142

FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1

Adj To Railroad 3.5 Mi E, Call Sign: KIT868, Licensee ID: L00008014
Assigned Frequencies : 160.950 MHz
Grant Date: 03/06/2002, Expiration Date: 03/29/2012
Registrant: Norfolk Southern Railway Company, 1200 Peachtree Street, Ne, Box 123, Atlanta, GA 30309, Phone: (404) 582-6224, Fax: (404) 582-6209, Email:

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 6

Call Sign: AA4UE, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01097381
Grant Date: 12/21/2005, Expiration Date: 03/21/2016, Certifier: William R Little
Registrant: William R Little, 167 Tuscaloosa Avenue, Berry, AL 35546
Call Sign: AB4PC, Previous Call Sign:
Grant Date: 04/16/1997, Expiration Date: 06/20/1999, Cancelation Date: 06/21/2001
Registrant: Charlie A Brown, 199 County Rd 128, Berry, AL 35546
Call Sign: KK4WD, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01448249
Grant Date: 11/27/2008, Expiration Date: 11/27/2018
Registrant: James D Pendley, 145 Mf Cannon Street, Berry, AL 35546
Call Sign: N4UFC, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00720335
Grant Date: 07/23/2003, Expiration Date: 10/19/2013
Registrant: Miriam B Brown, 199 County Rd 128, Berry, AL 35546
Call Sign: KI4MQZ, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01088674
Grant Date: 11/28/2005, Expiration Date: 11/28/2015, Certifier: David S Moore
Registrant: David S Moore, 2300 Co Rd 63 South, Berry, AL 35546
Call Sign: KI4PHS, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01154585
Grant Date: 05/23/2006, Expiration Date: 05/23/2016, Certifier: William S Moore
Registrant: William S Moore, 2300 County Road 63 South, Berry, AL 35546

FAA Registered Aircrafts: 1

Aircraft: PIPER PA28-151 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 80 mph), Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 41243 , Serial Number: 28-7415146, Year manufactured: 1974
Registrant (Individual): Larry W Johnson, Po Box 419, Berry, AL 35546

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:

Fire: 2

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