Community Sylacauga County Talladega State Alabama MSA Incorporated Yes Foreign Trade Zone No Enterprise Zone Yes
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Area of State : Central Latitude: 33:19:23 Longitude: 86:15:06
Distance From: Atlanta: 138 Birmingham: 51 Huntsville : 144 Mobile : 239 Memphis : 305 Nashville : 245 Montgomery : 67 Tampa : 518 New Orleans : 380 Jacksonville 410
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Year : 2001 Current Population
2000 Census 1990 Census City : 12670 12616 12520 County : 81128 80321 74107 MSA : Estimated
present population
(30 mi. radius) :197564 Households in county : 30588 Income: Per Capita : $14995 Average Household : $ 39143 Median Household : $ 29602
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Mean Temperature (Fahr.): Annual January July 60_ 40_ 79_ Avg. Annual Precipitation : 56 inches Altitude : 597 ft. above MSL Prevailing winds : Southwest
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School system : Sylacauga City Schools For school year : 2000-2001 No. Teacher/Student
Elementary : 3 Middle/Junior : 1 High school : 1 Vocational Tech : Private/parochial : 2 Total HS Graduates/yr : Enrollment : 2333 Spending Per Pupil : $5437.48 Nearest Post-secondary education: Enrollment
Vocational tech : Central AL Community College
Location : Childersburg
Miles From City :
471
Custom curriculum : Yes
Two-year college : Central AL Community College
Location : Childersburg
Miles From City :
3466
University : Talladega College
Location : Talladega
Miles From City :
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City County Type of Government : Mayor/City Council County Commission Land Use Regulations Zoning Ordinances:
Yes Subdivision regulations
with design standards:Planning commissions:
Yes Garbage Collection : Yes Public Library : Yes No of volumes:
60,292 Fire Protection Full time personnel:
20 Volunteers:
9 Fire Insurance Rating:
5 Fire Protection for
industry outside city limits:Yes Police/Sheriff Full time personnel:
53 Patrol Cars:
26 Police Patrol for
industry outside city limits:Yes Emergency Medical Service Paramedics:
Yes 911 or E911:
Yes
Highways Serving Community Interstate Federal State Highway Miles to Highway Miles to Highway Miles to 20 25 231 0 148 0 459 40 280 0 21 0
Railroad Service Norfolk Southern CSX Transportation Piggyback Service: No Intermodal Facilities:
Waterways Coosa River Miles to River: Navigable: No Channel Depth: 9 feet Nearest Port Facility: 50 miles
Air service Municipal Service: Lee Merkle Field - Sylacauga Longest runway: 5,400 feet Surface: Asphalt Lighted: Yes Aircraft Tiedown: ILS: Hangars: Yes Repair facilities: Nearest commercial service: Birmingham, AL Distance: 50 mi. Major carriers ACJet American Comair Continental Continental Express Delta Midway Airline Northwest Southwest United Express US Airways US Air Express No. of daily commercial flights: 83
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Motor Freight Service Area Total carriers 48 states: 8 Southeast only: Alabama only: Carriers with
local terminals:2 Less than truckload? Bus service: Greyhound & Trailways Parcel Service: UPS, FedEx
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Suppliers Distributors Electricity Alabama Municipal Electric Authority Alabama Power Co. Alabama Power Co. Alabama Electric Cooperative (AEC) Coosa Valley Electric Cooperative Natural Gas Southern Natural Gas Sylacauga Utility Board Water Sylacauga Utilities Capacity: 6.0 MGD Avg. Daily Consumption: 2.6 MGD Peak Consumption: 4.0 MGD Storage Capacity: 9.5 MGD Source: Lake Howard & Lake Virginia Type: NA Planned facilities: Sanitation Sylacauga Utilities Sewage treatment plant type: Tertiary Capacity: 6.0 MGD Present load: 50% Sanitary sewer coverage: 85% Sewer use charge? Yes Storm sewer coverage: 85% Solid waste disposal: Sanitary Landfill Planned facilities: Fuel oil : Locally Coal : Locally LP Gas : Locally
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Local telephone provider : Bell South Switching: Fiber optics? Yes DSL? Yes Redundancy? POP? Yes Long distance provider: AT&T , Sprint Mobile Service? Yes Post office classification : First Newspapers Daily 2 Weekly Daily Home Birmingham News Radio Stations: AM 1 FM 2 Television stations : Local: 1 Cable service : Yes Channels: 34
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No. Beds Hospitals: 1 148 Clinics: 3 Physicians: 31 Dentists: 6 Nearest regional
medical facility:Anniston Medical Facility Distance: 45 miles
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No. Rooms Hotels Motels 4 204 Restaurants: 32 Meeting rooms: Auditorium: Yes Seating capacity/largest Churches & synagogues Protestant 53 Catholic 1 Jewish 0
Country clubs? Yes Golf courses? Yes Movie theatres? Yes Tennis courts? Yes Ball fields? Yes Swimming pools? Yes Health clubs? No Parks? Yes Skating rinks? Yes Amateur theatres? Yes Other facilities: Nearest State Park: Cheaha State Park Distance: miles Nearest Public Lake: Lay Lake Distance: miles
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Manufacturers' Real Property Tax year 2000 Rate/$1,000 Assess. ratio Effective rate In city Out city City: $24.50 20% $4.90 County: $19.50 20% $3.90 $4.50 State: $6.50 20% $1.30 $1.30 Total: $41.00 $10.10 $5.80 Above figures include 13.00 mills for schools State Ad Val Tax Amount Effective rate for county may differ outside city limits Tax General Rate Sales Use Machinery City: 3.0% 3.0% 0.75% County: 3.0% 3.0% 1.0% State: 4.0% 1.5% County tax within city limits - Sales: 1%, Use: 1%, Machinery: 0.5% Income/occupational tax City occupational: % County occupational: 0.0% 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: 127 Total manufacturing employment: 9,146 Largest Employers in County Firm Product/Service Employment Avondale Mills, Inc Textile, Cotton Cloth and Yarn 1500 Bowater Paper Mill 1350 Imery's USA Inc. Marble Quarry 500 MasterBrand Cabinets Ready to Assemble Cabinets 425 Georgia Pacific Plywood, Pine Chips, Pine Core 413 Alabama Industries for Blind Men's neckwear, Mops, Brooms 260 American Color Graphics Commercial Printing 252 Floyd and Beasley Transfer Common and Contract Carrier 250 Pursell Industries, Inc. Nitrogenous Fertilizers 189 Largest Employers in City Firm Product/Service Employment Floyd & Beasley Transfer Co. Common and Contract Carrier 250 Blue Bell Ice Cream 154 Coosa Sportswear Mfg. Co. Ladies' Sportswear 130 Southern Alloy Corporation Stainless Steel Castings 110 Talladega Publishing Co., Inc Newspaper Publishing 100 Parker Fertilizer Co. Inc. "Sta Green" products, Fertilizers 82
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Labor Force Total: 33790 Labor Force Participation Male: 54.1% Female: 45.9% Minority: 27.4% Employment: 31880 Unemployment: 1910 Unemployment rate: 5.7%
L. Calvin Miller, Jr.Return to table
Executive Director Talladega County EDA Address P.O. Box 867
Sylacauga, AL 35150
Phone: (800) 462-3895 Phone: (205) 245-8332
Fax: (205) 245-8336
Email: