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: | 68.7% | | Whole state: | 66.4% |
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):
- Citizens State Bank: at 2000 South Byron Butler Parkway, branch established on 07/07/1958. Info updated 05/01/2007: Bank assets: $9.5 mil, Deposits: $8.6 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 04/24/1907. Info updated 12/01/2010: Bank assets: $1,070,489.0 mil, Deposits: $811,027.0 mil, headquarters in Sioux Falls, SD, positive income, 6537 total offices, Holding Company: Wells Fargo & Company
- Capital City Bank: Perry Branch at 115 West Green Street, branch established on 12/07/1996. Info updated 11/03/2006: Bank assets: $2,554.9 mil, Deposits: $2,140.0 mil, headquarters in Tallahassee, FL, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 74 total offices, Holding Company: Capital City Bank Group, Inc.
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:
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 ($117.41)
Solid Waste Management: $605,000 ($90.72)
- Current Operations - Gas Utilities: $1,515,000 ($227.17)
Police Protection: $1,337,000 ($200.48)
Solid Waste Management: $575,000 ($86.22)
Fire Protection: $562,000 ($84.27)
Central Staff Services: $516,000 ($77.37)
Sewerage: $459,000 ($68.83)
Water Utilities: $393,000 ($58.93)
Parks & Recreation: $370,000 ($55.48)
Regular Highways: $355,000 ($53.23)
Financial Administration: $250,000 ($37.49)
General - Other: $184,000 ($27.59)
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $94,000 ($14.10)
General Public Buildings: $80,000 ($12.00)
Judicial and Legal Services: $23,000 ($3.45)
- General - Interest on Debt: $16,000 ($2.40)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $95,000 ($14.25)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $3,780,000 ($566.80)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $260,000 ($38.99)
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $6,000 ($0.90)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $266,000 ($39.89)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $3,615,000 ($542.06)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $165,000 ($24.74)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $408,000 ($61.18)
Interest Earnings: $352,000 ($52.78)
- Other Capital Outlay - Parks & Recreation: $145,000 ($21.74)
Sewerage: $137,000 ($20.54)
Police Protection: $109,000 ($16.34)
Regular Highways: $24,000 ($3.60)
Gas Utilities: $15,000 ($2.25)
Water Utilities: $13,000 ($1.95)
Fire Protection: $5,000 ($0.75)
Financial Administration: $2,000 ($0.30)
Central Staff: $2,000 ($0.30)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $10,060,000 ($1508.47)
- Revenue - Gas Utilities: $2,185,000 ($327.64)
Water Utilities: $1,141,000 ($171.09)
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $438,000 ($65.68)
All Other: $235,000 ($35.24)
Highways: $84,000 ($12.60)
- Tax - Public Utilities: $1,130,000 ($169.44)
Property: $752,000 ($112.76)
Motor Fuels Sales: $259,000 ($38.84)
NEC: $128,000 ($19.19)
Other Selective Sales: $28,000 ($4.20)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $3,478,000 ($521.52)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $227,000 ($34.04)
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 |
| CVS | 1 | | McDonald's | 1 |
| Days Inn | 1 | | Payless | 1 |
| Domino's Pizza | 1 | | Pizza Hut | 1 |
| FedEx | 1 | | RadioShack | 1 |
| H&R Block | 1 | | SONIC Drive-In | 1 |
| Holiday Inn | 1 | | T-Mobile | 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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