Community Alexander City County Tallapoosa State Alabama MSA None Incorporated Yes Foreign Trade Zone No Enterprise Zone No
Area of State: EastCentral Latitude: 32:56:38 Longitude: 85:57:14
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Distance From: Atlanta: 131 Birmingham: 80 Huntsville: 172 Mobile: 234 Memphis: 335 Nashville: 275 Montgomery: 63 Tampa: 483 New Orleans: 376 Jacksonville 335
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Year: 2001 Current Population 2000 Census 1990 Census City: 14971 15008 14917 County: 41676 41475 38826 MSA: Estimated
present population
(30 mi.radius):125796 Households in county: 16629 Income: Per Capita: $16216 Average Household: $40231 Median Household: $29479
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Mean Temperature (Fahr.): Annual January July 62 40 79 Avg. Annual Precipitation: 45 inches Altitude: 700 ft. above MSL Prevailing winds: SW
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School system: Alexander City Schools For school year: 2000-2001 No. Teacher/Student Elementary: 3 /
Middle/Junior: 1 /
High school: 1 /
Vocational Tech: 1 /
Private/parochial: /
Total HS Graduates/yr:
Enrollment: 3573
Spending Per Pupil: $5366.92
Nearest Post-secondary education: Vocational tech: Enrollment
Location: Miles From City:
Custom curriculum:
Two-year college: Central Ala. Community College Location: Alexander City AL Miles From City: 0 University: Auburn University Location: Auburn AL Miles From City: 10
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City County Type of Government: Mayor/City Council County Commission Land Use Regulations Zoning Ordinances:
Yes No Subdivision regulations
with design standards:Yes Yes Planning commissions:
No No Garbage Collection: Yes Yes Public Library: Yes Yes No of volumes:
36,000 123,900 Fire Protection Full time personnel:
48 0 Volunteers:
0 0 Fire Insurance Rating:
4 Fire Protection for
industry outside city limits:Yes Police/Sheriff Full time personnel:
46 17 Patrol Cars:
23 17 Police Patrol for
industry outside city limits:Yes Yes Emergency Medical Service Paramedics:
Yes Yes 911 or E911:
Yes Yes
Highways Serving Community Interstate Federal State Highway Miles to Highway Miles to Highway Miles to 65 44 280 0 22 0 85 50 63 0
Railroad Service Norfolk Southern Piggyback Service: No Intermodal Facilities: No
Waterways Tallapoosa Miles to River: 0 Navigable: Channel Depth: 9 feet Nearest Port Facility: 60 miles
Air service Municipal Service: T. C. Russell Field (Alex. City) Longest runway: 5400 feet Surface: Asphalt Lighted: Yes Aircraft Tiedown: Yes ILS: No Hangars: Yes Repair facilities: Yes Nearest commercial service: Montgomery AL Distance: 63 mi. Major carriers Atlantic Southeast Delta Northwest Airlink US Airways Express No. of daily commercial flights: 20
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Motor Freight Service Area Total carriers 48 states: 12 Southeast only: Alabama only: Carriers with
local terminals:1 Less than truckload? Yes Bus service: Greyhound & Trailways Parcel Service: UPS, FedExpress, Emory
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Suppliers Distributors Electricity Alabama Municipal Electric Authority Alex City Utilities Alabama Power Company Alabama Power Company Natural Gas Transcontinental Alex City Utilities Water Alex City Utilities Capacity: 18 MGD Avg. Daily Consumption: 14.7 MGD Peak Consumption: 16 MGD Storage Capacity: 13.2 MGD. Source: Tallapoosa River Type: River Planned facilities: Increase capacity to 24 MGD within 3 years Sanitation Alex City Utilities Sewage treatment plant type: Secondary Capacity: 10.4 MGD Present load: 66% of capacity Sanitary sewer coverage: 85% Sewer use charge? Yes Storm sewer coverage: 85% Solid waste disposal: Sanitary landfill Planned facilities: Color treatment expansion Fuel oil: Locally Coal: LP Gas: Locally
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Local telephone provider: BellSouth Switching: Fiber Optics? No ISDN? No Redundancy: POP? No Mobile Service? No Long distance provider: AT&T, MCI & Sprint Post office classification: First class Newspapers Daily 1 Weekly 1 Radio Stations: AM 1 FM 1 Television stations: Local: 1 Cable service: Yes Channels: 36
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No. Beds Hospitals: 1 75 Clinics: 5 0 Physicians: 47 Dentists: 9 Nearest regional
medical facility:Birmingham Regional Distance: 78 miles
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No. Rooms Hotels Motels 4 200 Restaurants: 28 Meeting rooms: Yes Auditorium: Yes Seating capacity/largest 1000 Churches & synagogues Protestant 86 Catholic 1 Jewish 0
Country clubs? Yes Golf courses? Yes Movie theatres? Yes Tennis courts? Yes Ball fields? Yes Swimming pools? Yes Health clubs? Yes Parks? Yes Skating rinks? Yes Amateur theatres? Yes Other facilities: New sports complex
Wind Creek State Park
Horseshoe Bend Park
Nearest State Park: Wind Creek State Park Distance: 7 miles Nearest Public Lake: Lake Martin
790 miles shorelineDistance: 5 miles
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Manufacturers' Real Property Tax year 2000 Rate/$1,000 Assess. ratio Effective rate In city Out city City: $15.00 20% $3.00 County: $25.50 20% $2.10 $3.60 State: $6.50 20% $1.30 $1.30 Total: $47.00 $6.40 $4.90 Above figures include 17.50 mills for schools State Ad Val Tax Amount Effective rate for county may differ outside city limits Tax General Rate Sales Use Machinery City: 1.0% 1.0% 0.5% County: 1.0% 0.1% 0.1% State: 4.0% % 1.5% County tax may vary within city limits Income/occupational tax City occupational: % County occupational: % State corporate: 5.0% State individual*: 2.0 Minimum 5.0% Maximum *Deduction allowed for Federal Income Tax
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Number of manufacturers: 60 Total manufacturing employment: 6399 Largest Employers in County Firm Product/Service Employment Russell Corporation Active wear 5800 Russell Medical Center Medical Care 460 Mount Vernon Mills Fabric 450 Alexander City School System Education 409 Tallapoosa Co Board of Ed Education 392 Avondale Mills Fabric 350 Alexander City Government 296 Wal-Mart Super Center Discount Retail 269 Alliant Bank Financial 259 Intermet-Alex City Foundry Aluminum Castings 254
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Labor Force Total: 19650 Labor Force Participation Male: 47% Female: 53% Minority: 27% Employment: 18640 Unemployment: 1010 Unemployment rate: 5.2%
Ms. Susan BrockReturn to table
Alexander City Chamber of Commerce
PO Box 926
Alexander City AL 35010
Phone: 205-234-3461
Fax: 205-234-0094
Email: