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Notable locations in Perry: Perry Plaza (A), Perry Square (B), City of Perry Wastewater Treatment Facility (C), Taylor County Historical Society (D), Taylor County Public Library (E), Perry Police Department (F), Taylor County Sheriff's Office (G), Perry Police Department (H), Perry Fire Department (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Shopping Center: Taylor Square Shopping Center (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Perry include: Wesleyan Church (A), Triumph Church (B), Stewart Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church (C), Solid Rock Family Christian Center (D), Saint Peter Primitive Baptist Church (E), Restoration Faith Center Church (F), New Home Baptist Church (G), Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church (H), First United Methodist Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Wilcox Cemetery (1), Pineview Memorial Gardens (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: Pimple Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Hotels: Chaparral Inn (2159 1/2 South Byron Butler Parkway), Best Budget Inn (2220 USHighway 19 North).
Courts: Third Judicial Circuit (215 North Washington), Judicial Court Reporting (115 West Green).
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Taylor County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Drinking water stations with addresses in Perry and their reported violations in the past:
JIFFY FOOD STORE #322 (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One regular monitoring violation
NAFEE CAMPGROUND (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JAN-1997, Contaminant: Coliform
Past monitoring violations:
- 4 routine major monitoring violations
- 5 minor monitoring violations
- One regular monitoring violation
GRAVES DRIVE-IN (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-2005, Contaminant: Coliform
Past monitoring violations:
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - Between APR-2005 and JUN-2005, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-01-2005)
- One routine major monitoring violation
- 2 minor monitoring violations
Drinking water stations with addresses in Perry that have no violations reported:
- QUICK STORE (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- WACO 8 BP - OLD TOWN (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 38.4%
(19.0% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 53.9% for Black residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for American Indian residents, 100.0% for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: | 2.5 people | | Florida: | 2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 64.9% | | Whole state: | 67.7% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 6.5% | | Whole state: | 5.8% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Perry, FL
142 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Perry compared to Florida state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in above state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Banks with branches in Perry (2011 data):
- Capital City Bank: Perry Branch at 115 West Green Street, branch established on 1996/12/07. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $2,617.3 mil, Deposits: $2,181.2 mil, headquarters in Tallahassee, FL, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 74 total offices, Holding Company: Capital City Bank Group, Inc.
- Citizens State Bank: at 2000 South Byron Butler Parkway, branch established on 1958/07/07. Info updated 2007/05/01: Bank assets: $101.4 mil, Deposits: $91.1 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 3 total offices, Holding Company: Perry Banking Company, Inc.
- Wells Fargo Bank, National Association: Perry Branch at 200 West Main Street, branch established on 1907/04/24. Info updated 2011/04/05: Bank assets: $1,161,490.0 mil, Deposits: $905,653.0 mil, headquarters in Sioux Falls, SD, positive income, 6395 total offices, Holding Company: Wells Fargo & Company
Fire-safe hotels and motels in Perry, Florida:
- Days Inn Perry Florida, 2277 S Byron Butler Pkwy, Perry, FL 32348
, Phone: (850) 584-5311, Fax: (850) 584-5311
- Chaparral Inn, 2159 Hwy 19 S, Perry, FL 32347

- Sun N Sand Motel, 1708 S Hwy 19, Perry, FL 32347

- Best Budget Inn, 2220 Hwy 19 S, Perry, FL 32348
, Phone: (850) 584-6231, Fax: (850) 584-3700
- Kingswood Inn Motel, 2755 S Byron Butler Pkwy, Perry, FL 32347

- Skylark Motel, 317 N Hwy 19, Perry, FL 32347

- Southern Inn, 2238 S Byron Butler Pkwy, Perry, FL 32347

- Bambi Motel, 1829 S Byron Butler Pkwy, Perry, FL 32347

- 6 other hotels and motels
All 14 fire-safe hotels and motels in Perry, Florida
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (47%)
- Utility gas (45%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Taylor County Florida:
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Religion statistics for Perry (based on Taylor County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 47.13%
| Here |  | 47.1% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Catholic Church | Churches of Christ | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
| Adherents | 72.2% | 6.9% | 4.1% | 3.8% | 3.4% |
| Congregations | 38.6% | 11.4% | 2.3% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
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| Name | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Assemblies of God | Church of God of Prophecy | Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) | Other |
| Adherents | 2.4% | 2.2% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 2.8% |
| Congregations | 2.3% | 2.3% | 4.5% | 2.3% | 18.2% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 2 | Taylor County: | 0.95 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 2.04 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 3 | This county: | 1.43 / 10,000 pop. | | Florida: | 1.28 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 13 | Taylor County: | 6.18 / 10,000 pop. | | Florida: | 3.04 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 11 | This county: | 5.23 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 7.45 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Taylor County: | 10.9% | | Florida: | 9.2% |
Adult obesity rate: | Taylor County: | 30.5% | | State: | 23.7% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
| 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 |
7 | $16,463 | $28,222 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
9 | $24,927 | $33,236 | 5 | $2,555 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
22 | $70,246 | $38,316 | 7 | $3,308 |
| Police - Other |
2 | $3,633 | $21,798 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
11 | $36,693 | $40,029 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
4 | $6,640 | $19,920 | 0 | $0 |
| Health |
1 | $4,273 | $51,276 | 0 | $0 |
| Solid Waste Management |
12 | $19,922 | $19,922 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
7 | $19,935 | $34,174 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
3 | $6,412 | $25,648 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
7 | $17,480 | $29,966 | 0 | $0 |
| Gas Supply |
5 | $12,764 | $30,634 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
2 | $5,048 | $30,288 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
92 | $244,436 | $31,883 | 12 | $5,863 |
Perry government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $783,000 ($112.02)
Solid Waste Management: $605,000 ($86.55)
- Current Operations - Gas Utilities: $1,515,000 ($216.74)
Police Protection: $1,337,000 ($191.27)
Solid Waste Management: $575,000 ($82.26)
Fire Protection: $562,000 ($80.40)
Central Staff Services: $516,000 ($73.82)
Sewerage: $459,000 ($65.67)
Water Utilities: $393,000 ($56.22)
Parks & Recreation: $370,000 ($52.93)
Regular Highways: $355,000 ($50.79)
Financial Administration: $250,000 ($35.77)
General - Other: $184,000 ($26.32)
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $94,000 ($13.45)
General Public Buildings: $80,000 ($11.44)
Judicial and Legal Services: $23,000 ($3.29)
- General - Interest on Debt: $16,000 ($2.29)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $95,000 ($13.59)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $3,780,000 ($540.77)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $260,000 ($37.20)
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $6,000 ($0.86)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $266,000 ($38.05)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $3,615,000 ($517.17)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $165,000 ($23.61)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $408,000 ($58.37)
Interest Earnings: $352,000 ($50.36)
- Other Capital Outlay - Parks & Recreation: $145,000 ($20.74)
Sewerage: $137,000 ($19.60)
Police Protection: $109,000 ($15.59)
Regular Highways: $24,000 ($3.43)
Gas Utilities: $15,000 ($2.15)
Water Utilities: $13,000 ($1.86)
Fire Protection: $5,000 ($0.72)
Financial Administration: $2,000 ($0.29)
Central Staff: $2,000 ($0.29)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $10,060,000 ($1439.20)
- Revenue - Gas Utilities: $2,185,000 ($312.59)
Water Utilities: $1,141,000 ($163.23)
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $438,000 ($62.66)
All Other: $235,000 ($33.62)
Highways: $84,000 ($12.02)
- Tax - Public Utilities: $1,130,000 ($161.66)
Property: $752,000 ($107.58)
Motor Fuels Sales: $259,000 ($37.05)
NEC: $128,000 ($18.31)
Other Selective Sales: $28,000 ($4.01)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $3,478,000 ($497.57)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $227,000 ($32.47)
6.32% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($56,256 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.32% | | Florida average: | 8.71% |
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:
5.28% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,041 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.28% | | Florida average: | 7.73% |
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:
Strongest AM radio stations in Perry:
- WPRY (1400 AM; 1 kW; PERRY, FL; Owner: WORLDLINK TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.)
- WFVR (910 AM; 50 kW; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: RAMA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WSTT (730 AM; 25 kW; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: MARION R. WILLIAMS)
- WOKV (690 AM; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, FL; Owner: COX RADIO, INC.)
- WFRF (1070 AM; daytime; 10 kW; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: FAITH RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
- WHGH (840 AM; daytime; 10 kW; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: H. G. H INVESTMENT CORP.)
- WFLF (540 AM; 50 kW; PINE HILLS, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WGSR (1570 AM; 50 kW; FERNANDINA BEACH, FL; Owner: RJM COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
- WJEP (1020 AM; daytime; 10 kW; OCHLOCKNEE, GA; Owner: LIFELINE MINISTRIES, INCORPORATED)
- WOBS (1530 AM; daytime; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, FL; Owner: WORD BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WQTM (740 AM; 50 kW; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WMGG (820 AM; 50 kW; LARGO, FL; Owner: MEGA COMMUNICATIONS OF ST. PETERSBURG LICENSEE)
- WDYZ (990 AM; 50 kW; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: ABC, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Perry:
- WNFK (92.1 FM; PERRY, FL; Owner: TAYLOR COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WGLF (104.1 FM; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WKVH (91.9 FM; MONTICELLO, FL; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
- WFSU-FM (88.9 FM; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY)
TV broadcast stations around Perry:
- W29CH (Channel 29; PERRY, FL; Owner: PERRY CHANNEL 69 TV, INC.)
- WCTV (Channel 6; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: WCTV LICENSEE CORP.)
- WTWC-TV (Channel 40; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: WTWC LICENSEE, LLC)
- WFXU (Channel 57; LIVE OAK, FL; Owner: WFXU LICENSE CORPORATION)
- WTXL-TV (Channel 27; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: MEDIA VENTURE MANAGEMENT, INC.)
Fatal road traffic accident statistics for 1975 - 2009 (per 100,000 population)
Perry, Florida:
- Fatal accident count: 45
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 62
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 18
- Fatalities: 49
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 110
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 8
Florida average:
- Fatal accident count: 155
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 237
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 50
- Fatalities: 168
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 414
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 27
See more detailed statistics of Perry fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2009 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 11
Total length: 11 meters (36ft)
Total average daily traffic: 43,207
Total average daily truck traffic: 2,200
Total future (year 2030) average daily traffic: 74,964
New bridges - Historical Statistics
- 1930-1939: 1
- 1940-1949: 1
- 1950-1959: 8
- 1960-1969: 1
See Full National Bridge Inventory Statistics for Perry, FL
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Perry, FL
| Most common first names in Perry, FL among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| James | 188 | 70.2 years |
| John | 134 | 73.7 years |
| William | 128 | 73.9 years |
| Mary | 99 | 79.7 years |
| Robert | 76 | 69.0 years |
| Willie | 75 | 70.7 years |
| Charles | 66 | 70.4 years |
| Annie | 61 | 77.9 years |
| George | 55 | 75.1 years |
| Henry | 44 | 73.4 years |
| Most common last names in Perry, FL among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Williams | 91 | 72.9 years |
| Johnson | 59 | 70.1 years |
| Brown | 53 | 77.9 years |
| Parker | 53 | 76.8 years |
| Jones | 53 | 75.5 years |
| Smith | 51 | 73.5 years |
| Jackson | 49 | 75.9 years |
| Davis | 45 | 72.9 years |
| Padgett | 37 | 71.7 years |
| Miller | 34 | 72.3 years |
| Businesses in Perry, FL |
| Name | Count | | Name | Count |
| Ace Hardware | 1 | | McDonald's | 1 |
| CVS | 1 | | Nike | 1 |
| Curves | 1 | | Payless | 1 |
| Days Inn | 1 | | Pizza Hut | 1 |
| Domino's Pizza | 1 | | RadioShack | 1 |
| FedEx | 1 | | SONIC Drive-In | 1 |
| H&R Block | 1 | | T-Mobile | 1 |
| Holiday Inn | 1 | | True Value | 1 |
| KFC | 1 | | U-Haul | 2 |
| Kmart | 1 | | UPS | 3 |
| Lane Furniture | 1 | | Walgreens | 1 |
| MasterBrand Cabinets | 1 | | Walmart | 1 |
- #3 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (population 5,000+)"
- #4 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Paper (population 5,000+)"
- #4 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Health technologists and technicians (population 5,000+)"
- #7 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Fuel dealers (population 5,000+)"
- #9 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (population 5,000+)"
- #12 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Food and beverage stores (population 5,000+)"
- #22 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the most fire safe hotels and motels per 100,000 population (pop 5,000+)"
- #29 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest maximum monthly morning or afternoon humidity (population 5,000+)"
- #30 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest number of assaults in 2006 per 10,000 residents, excludes tourist destinations and others with a lot of outsiders visiting based on city industries data"
- #40 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the most users submitting photos to our site per 10,000 residents (population 5000+)"
- #48 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the most fatal accidents per 100,000 population from 1975 to 2008 (pop 5,000+)"
- #59 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the most people below the poverty level, excluding cities with 15% or more of residents in college and with the median age below 28 (population 5,000+)"
- #60 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups) (population 5,000+)"
- #85 on the list of "Top 100 least-safe cities (highest city-data.com crime index) (pop. 5,000+)"
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