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Perry County
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county in Alabama, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alabama
- Founded
- December 13, 1819
- Named after
- Oliver Hazard Perry
- Seat
- Marion
- Largest city
- Marion
- Total
- 724 sq mi (1,880 km )
- Land
- 720 sq mi (1,900 km )
- Water
- 4.2 sq mi (11 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 7,425
- Density
- 12/sq mi (4.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- www .perrycountyal .gov /home
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 8511
- Area
- 1875
- Elevation
- 84
- Official website
- www.pccommission.org
- Image
- Perry County Alabama Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 3140
- Licence plate code
- 55
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- Commons category
- Perry County, Alabama
- inception
- 1819-12-13
- water as percent of area
- 0.6
- native label
- Perry County
- per capita income
- 13833
- mean age
- 38.5
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Perry County is a county located in the Black Belt region in the central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,511. Its county seat is Marion. The county was established in 1819 and is named in honor of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry of Rhode Island and the United States Navy. As of 2020, Perry County was the only county in Alabama, and one of 40 in the United States, not to have access to any wired broadband connections.
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