Aiken County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends (lower is better)
AQI
SO2
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2008 was 24.3. This is significantly better than average.
Lead (Pb) [µ/m3] level in 2003 was 0.00170. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 15.5 miles away from the city center.
Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) [ppb] level in 2007 was 2.48. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 23.0 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2007 was 19.9. This is better than average. Closest monitor was 15.5 miles away from the city center.
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2008 was 0.972. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 23.0 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2001 was 14.6. This is about average. Closest monitor was 15.5 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Perry and their reported violations in the past:
PERRY TOWN OF (Population served: 832, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Average - Between OCT-2004 and DEC-2004, Contaminant: Combined Radium (-226 & -228). Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (2 times from NOV-30-2004 to NOV-30-2004), St Public Notif requested (JAN-09-2005), St Public Notif received (JAN-24-2005), St Compliance achieved (MAY-01-2005)
- MCL, Average - Between JUL-2004 and SEP-2004, Contaminant: Combined Radium (-226 & -228). Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-20-2004), St Public Notif received (NOV-29-2004), St Compliance achieved (MAY-01-2005)
- MCL, Average - Between JUL-2004 and SEP-2004, Contaminant: Combined Radium (-226 & -228). Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-20-2004), St Public Notif received (NOV-29-2004), St Compliance achieved (MAY-01-2005)
- MCL, Average - Between JUL-2004 and SEP-2004, Contaminant: Combined Radium (-226 & -228). Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-20-2004), St Public Notif received (NOV-29-2004), St Compliance achieved (MAY-01-2005)
- MCL, Average - Between JUL-2004 and SEP-2004, Contaminant: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon & U. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-20-2004), St Compliance achieved (MAY-01-2005)
- MCL, Average - Between APR-2004 and JUN-2004, Contaminant: Combined Radium (-226 & -228). Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-25-2004), St Public Notif received (SEP-02-2004), St Compliance achieved (MAY-01-2005)
- 22 other older health violations
Past monitoring violations:
- Notification, Public - Between OCT-2004 and DEC-2004, Contaminant: Combined Radium (-226 & -228). Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-14-2005), St Compliance achieved (JAN-24-2005), St Public Notif received (JAN-24-2005), St Public Notif requested (FEB-08-2005)
- Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JUL-2004 and SEP-2004, Contaminant: Chlorine
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 18.3%
(16.5% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 25.0% for Black residents)
Average household size:
| This town: | 2.5 people | | South Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 67.0% | | Whole state: | 69.9% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 5.3% | | Whole state: | 4.6% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Perry, SC
Perry compared to South Carolina state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage significantly above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- House age below state average.
- Number of college students significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (53%)
- Utility gas (34%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Aiken County South Carolina:
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Religion statistics for Perry:
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 51.36%
| Here |  | 51.4% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Catholic Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
| Adherents | 59.4% | 10.7% | 7.9% | 3.8% | 3.4% |
| Congregations | 44.0% | 10.3% | 2.2% | 1.6% | 7.1% |
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| Name | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Episcopal Church | International Pentecostal Holiness Church | LDS (Mormon) Church | Other |
| Adherents | 2.7% | 2.4% | 2.1% | 1.3% | 6.4% |
| Congregations | 2.2% | 3.3% | 5.4% | 1.1% | 22.8% |
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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: 27 | Aiken County: | 1.77 / 10,000 pop. | | South Carolina: | 1.99 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 2 | This county: | 0.13 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.15 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 12 | Aiken County: | 0.79 / 10,000 pop. | | South Carolina: | 0.85 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 75 | Aiken County: | 4.92 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 5.38 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 72 | Here: | 4.73 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 7.75 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 10.7% | | South Carolina: | 10.6% |
Adult obesity rate: | Aiken County: | 31.2% | | South Carolina: | 29.4% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 19.9% | | State: | 13.4% |
| 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 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 6 | $1,714 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
1 | $2,086 | $25,032 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $709 |
| Totals for Government |
1 | $2,086 | $25,032 | 7 | $2,423 |
Perry government finances in 2002:
- Charges - All Other: $10,000 ($40.98)
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $53,000 ($217.21)
Central Staff Services: $23,000 ($94.26)
Police Protection: $19,000 ($77.87)
Judicial and Legal Services: $11,000 ($45.08)
Regular Highways: $3,000 ($12.30)
General - Other: $3,000 ($12.30)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $259,000 ($1061.48)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $223,000 ($913.93)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $36,000 ($147.54)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $13,000 ($53.28)
Interest Earnings: $12,000 ($49.18)
- Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $11,000 ($45.08)
General - Other: $6,000 ($24.59)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $184,000 ($754.10)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $75,000 ($307.38)
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $0 ($0.00)
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $32,000 ($131.15)
- Tax - NEC: $8,000 ($32.79)
Property: $7,000 ($28.69)
Public Utilities: $4,000 ($16.39)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $57,000 ($233.61)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $16,000 ($65.57)
6.71% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($44,224 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.71% | | South Carolina average: | 8.00% |
0.10% of residents moved from foreign countries ($404 average AGI)| Aiken County: | 0.10% | | South Carolina average: | 0.15% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.94% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($42,671 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.94% | | South Carolina average: | 6.88% |
0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($316 average AGI)| Aiken County: | 0.05% | | South Carolina average: | 0.11% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Perry:
- WBAJ (890 AM; daytime; 50 kW; BLYTHEWOOD, SC; Owner: FAMILY FIRST)
- WCEO (840 AM; daytime; 50 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
- WLGO (1170 AM; daytime; 10 kW; LEXINGTON, SC; Owner: LEVAS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- WVOC (560 AM; 5 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WBLR (1430 AM; 5 kW; BATESBURG, SC; Owner: BARINOWSKI INVESTMENT COMPANY)
- WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WBCU (1460 AM; 50 kW; UNION, SC)
- WISW (1320 AM; 5 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WAGL (1560 AM; daytime; 50 kW; LANCASTER, SC; Owner: PALMETTO BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.)
- WRDW (1480 AM; 10 kW; AUGUSTA, GA; Owner: WCHZ LICENSE, LLC)
- WGAC (580 AM; 5 kW; AUGUSTA, GA; Owner: WGAC LICENSE, LLC)
- WBT (1110 AM; 50 kW; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATNS CO. OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WCSZ (1070 AM; 50 kW; SANS SOUCI, SC; Owner: WHYZ RADIO, L.P.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Perry:
- WAAW (94.7 FM; WILLISTON, SC; Owner: FRANK NEELY)
- WMHK (89.7 FM; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: COLUMBIA BIBLE COLLEGE B/CING CO.)
- WAFJ (88.3 FM; BELVEDERE, SC; Owner: RADIO TRAINING NETWORK, INC.)
- WBAW-FM (99.1 FM; BARNWELL, SC; Owner: BULLIE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WZNY (105.7 FM; AUGUSTA, GA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WTCB (106.7 FM; ORANGEBURG, SC; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WZMJ (93.1 FM; BATESBURG, SC; Owner: URBAN RADIO OF SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC)
- WKSP (96.3 FM; AIKEN, SC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WBBQ-FM (104.3 FM; AUGUSTA, GA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WWDM (101.3 FM; SUMTER, SC; Owner: URBAN RADIO OF SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC)
- WCOS-FM (97.5 FM; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WIGL (102.9 FM; ORANGEBURG, SC; Owner: MILLER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WHXT (103.9 FM; ORANGEBURG, SC; Owner: URBAN RADIO OF SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC)
- WNOK (104.7 FM; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WLXC (98.5 FM; LEXINGTON, SC; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WQKI-FM (93.9 FM; ST. MATTHEWS, SC; Owner: MILLER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WFMV (95.3 FM; SOUTH CONGAREE, SC; Owner: GLORY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WKXC-FM (99.5 FM; AIKEN, SC; Owner: WGAC LICENSE, LLC)
- WAJY (102.7 FM; NEW ELLENTON, SC; Owner: WGAC LICENSE, LLC)
- WKSX-FM (92.7 FM; JOHNSTON, SC; Owner: EDGEFIELD-SALUDA RADIO COMPANY, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Perry:
- WJBF (Channel 6; AUGUSTA, GA; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WAGT (Channel 26; AUGUSTA, GA; Owner: WAGT TELEVISION, INC.)
- WRDW-TV (Channel 12; AUGUSTA, GA; Owner: WRDW LICENSEE CORP.)
- WOLO-TV (Channel 25; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA BROADCASTING PARTNERS)
- WLTX (Channel 19; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: PACIFIC AND SOUTHERN COMPANY, INC.)
- WFXG (Channel 54; AUGUSTA, GA; Owner: FISHER BROADCASTING - GEORGIA, L.L.C.)
- WACH (Channel 57; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- W31BS (Channel 31; ORANGEBURG, SC; Owner: DOVE BROADCASTING INC.)
- WIS (Channel 10; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: LIBCO, INC.)
- WEBA-TV (Channel 14; ALLENDALE, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- WBHQ (Channel 63; SUMTER, SC; Owner: COLUMBIA BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WRLK-TV (Channel 35; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- W67DP (Channel 67; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: DOVE BROADCASTING, INC.)
- W55CQ (Channel 55; ORANGEBURG, SC; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
Perry fatal accident list:
Sep 24, 1982 09:20 AM, 389, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 3, Drunken drivers: 1
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 1 - 2.2 Mi Ese Of Int Of Sc 39 & Sc 389 On N Side Of Hwy Sc 389 (Lat: 33.619722 Lon: -81.280000), Type: Tower, Structure height: 97.5 m, Overall height: 98.1 m
Registrant: South Carolina Public Service Authority Dba , One Riverwood Dr, Moncks Corner, SC 29461-2901, Phone: (843) 761-8000, Email:
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1 - Wagener Tower S Side Of Secondary Hwy 50 Approx 3.50 Mi W (Lat: 33.369583 Lon: -81.354000), Call Sign: KIG685
Assigned Frequencies: 159.270 MHz, 159.450 MHz Grant Date: 05/05/1999, Expiration Date: 07/20/2004, Cancellation Date: 09/13/2002
Registrant: State Of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29221, Phone: (803) 896-8800
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1 - STATION, 2.2 Mi Ese Of Int Of Sc 39 & Sc 389 On N Side Of Hwy Sc 389 (Lat: 33.619583 Lon: -81.280083), Overall height: 97.5 m, Call Sign: WAP274
Assigned Frequencies: 6256.54 MHz, 6345.49 MHz Grant Date: 07/03/2009, Expiration Date: 09/22/2019
Registrant: South Carolina Public Service Authority, One Riverwood Drive, Moncks Corner, SC 29461-6101, Phone: (843) 761-8000, Fax: (843) 761-4115, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 4 - Call Sign: KD4JFP, Licensee ID: L00132038
Grant Date: 02/25/1992, Expiration Date: 02/25/2002, Cancellation Date: 01/04/2000
Registrant: Joseph C Collins Jr, Perry, SC 29124 - Call Sign: KD4MHU, Licensee ID: L00305061
Grant Date: 02/13/2002, Expiration Date: 04/07/2012
Registrant: Sandra D Collins, 1002 Shealy Dr, Perry, SC 29137 - Call Sign: W4JFP, Previous Call Sign: KD4JFP, Licensee ID: L00132038
Grant Date: 11/19/2009, Expiration Date: 01/04/2020, Certifier: Joseph C Collins Jr
Registrant: Joseph C Collins Jr, 1002 Shealy Dr, Perry, SC 29137 - Call Sign: KI4JCG, Licensee ID: L00989740
Grant Date: 03/14/2005, Expiration Date: 03/14/2015, Certifier: Benjamin J Collins
Registrant: Benjamin J Collins, 1002 Shealy Dr, Perry, SC 29137
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 1999 (Based on 1 partial tract)
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| B) Conventional Home Purchase Loans |
| Number | Average Value |
| LOANS ORIGINATED | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS DENIED | 1 | $20,410 |
| APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 0 | $0 |
| FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 0 | $0 |
Detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts:
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2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
- #75 on the list of "Top 100 cities with longest commuting times"
- #92 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2003 (pop. 50,000+)"
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