Community Dothan County Houston State Alabama MSA Dothan, AL Incorporated Yes Foreign Trade Zone No Enterprise Zone No
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Area of State: Southeast Latitude: 31:13:23 Longitude: 85:23:26
Distance From: Atlanta: 202 Birmingham: 202 Huntsville: 303 Mobile: 198 Memphis: 455 Nashville: 410 Montgomery: 112 Tampa: 360 New Orleans: 342 Jacksonville 265
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Year: 2001 Current Population
2000 Census 1990 Census City: 56,275 57737 53589 County: 89363 88787 81331 MSA: Estimated
present population
(30 mi. radius):218772 Households in county: 35092 Income: Per Capita: $18939 Average Household: $47602 Median Household: $34547
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Mean Temperature (Fahr.): Annual January July 65°
46°
83°
Avg. Annual Precipitation: 52 inches
Altitude: 321 ft. above MSL Prevailing winds: 6 MPH, N Growing season: 243 days
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School system: Dothan City Schools For school year: 2000-2001 No. Teachers Students Elementary: 10 Middle/Junior: 4 High school: 2 Vocational Tech: 3 Private/parochial: 2 Total HS Graduates/yr: Enrollment: Spending Per Pupil: Nearest Post-secondary education: Enrollment
Vocational tech: George C. Wallace Vo-Tech
Location: Dothan, Alabama
Miles From City: 8
Custom curriculum: Yes
Two-year college: Wallace State Community College
Location: Dothan, Alabama Miles From City: 8 University: Troy State University @ Dothan Location: Dothan, Alabama Miles From City: 1
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City County Type of Government: Mayor/City Manager/
City CouncilCounty Commission Land Use Regulations Zoning Ordinances:
Yes No Subdivision regulations
with design standards:Yes No Planning commissions:
Yes No Garbage Collection: Yes Yes Public Library: Yes Yes No of volumes:
311,500 311,500 Fire Protection Full time personnel:
118 Volunteers:
Fire Insurance Rating:
3 Fire Protection for
industry outside city limits:Yes Police/Sheriff Full time personnel:
114 Patrol Cars:
93 Police Patrol for
industry outside city limits: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 10 29 231 0 52 0 431 0 53 0 84 0
Railroad Service Hartford & Slocomb CSX Transportation Norfolk Southern Piggyback Service: Yes Intermodal Facilities: Yes
Waterways Chattahoochee River Miles to River: Navigable: Yes Channel Depth: 9 feet Nearest Port Facility: 18 miles
Air service Municipal Service: Dothan Regional Airport Longest runway: 8500 feet Surface: Asphalt Lighted: Yes Aircraft Tiedown: Yes ILS: Yes Hangars: Yes Repair facilities: Yes Nearest commercial service: Dothan, AL Distance: 0 mi. Major carriers Atlantic Southeast No. of daily commercial flights: 8
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Motor Freight Service Area Total carriers 48 states: Southeast only: Alabama only: Carriers with
local terminals:26 Less than truckload? Yes Bus service: Greyhound & Trailways Parcel Service: UPS, Federal Express, Airborne
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Suppliers Distributors Electricity Alabama Municipal Electric Authority City of Dothan Natural Gas Southern Natural Gas SE Alabama Gas Dist. Water City of Dothan Capacity: 24.9 MGD Avg. Daily Consumption: 12.7 MGD Peak Consumption: 21.7 MGD Storage Capacity: 10.08 MGD Source: 29 Wells Type: Deep Wells Planned facilities: Sanitation City of Dothan Sewage treatment plant type: Lagoon Capacity: 15 MGD Present load: 70% Sanitary sewer coverage: 60% Sewer use charge? N/A Storm sewer coverage: 60% Solid waste disposal: Sanitary Landfill Planned facilities: Fuel oil: Locally Coal: Birmingham LP Gas: Locally
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Local telephone provider: Verizon Switching: Fiber optics? Yes ISDN? Redundancy? Yes POP? Yes Mobile Service? Yes Long distance provider: AT&T, MCI, Sprint, Delta Com Post office classification: First Newspapers Daily 1 Weekly 1 Radio Stations: AM 5 FM 6 Television stations: Local: 3 Cable service: Yes Channels: 31
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No. Beds Hospitals: 3 690 Clinics: 15 0 Physicians: 200 Dentists: 50 Nearest regional
medical facility:SE Alabama & Flowers Hospital Distance: 0 miles
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No. Rooms Hotels Motels 21 1,720 Restaurants: 110 Meeting rooms: Yes Auditorium: Yes Seating capacity/largest 3,200 Churches & synagogues Protestant 140 Catholic 1 Jewish 1
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: Boys Club Girls Club Nearest State Park: Eufaula State Park Distance: 50 miles Nearest Public Lake: Lake Eufaula Distance: 50 miles
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Manufacturers' Real Property Tax year 2000 Rate/$1,000 Assessment ratio Effective rate In city Out city City: $5.00
20% $1.00
County: $19.50
20%
$3.90
$3.90
State: $6.50
20%
$1.30
$1.30
Total: $31.00
$6.20
$5.20
Above figures include 11.00 mills for schools State Ad Val Tax Amount Effective rate for county may differ outside city limits Tax Rate General Sales Use Machinery City: 3.0%
3.0% 0.75% County: 1.0%
1.0% 0.5% State: 4.0%
1.5% County tax may vary within city limits Income/occupational tax City occupational: N/A County occupational: N/A% 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: 133 Total manufacturing employment: 10,349 Largest Employers in County Firm Product/Service Employment Southeast AL Medical Center Medical Care 2000 Dothan & Houston Co School Sys Education 1800 Flowers Hospitals Medical Care 1200 City of Dothan City Government 1160 Perdue Farms, Inc. Poultry Processing 1150 Southern Nuclear (Farley) Electric Generation 840 Collins sign Signs 800 Michelin Tire Corporation Light Truck Tires 650 Sony Magnetic Products Magnetic Tapes 650 Pemco World Air Services Aircraft Modification & Repair 610 Ansell Incorporated Latex Products 385
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Labor Force Total: 45580 Labor Force Participation: Male: 53.6% Female: 46.4% Minority: 20.3% Employment: 43410 Unemployment: 2170 Unemployment rate: 4.8%
Matt Parker
Dothan Area Chamber of Commerce
440 Honeysuckle Road
Dothan, AL 36302
Phone: (334) 792-5138
Fax: (334) 794-4796
Email: mattpree@aol.com