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Jefferson County, AL

662,895 Population
1,111.5 square miles 596.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,636 ±$2,124 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $35,046 ±$484
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$64,623 ±$2,984 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Alabama: $62,212 ±$711
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

15.9% ±1.6% (102,710  ±10,177) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 773,166 (±0.5% / ±24,550)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

24.2 minutes ±0.6 (6,694,035  ±232,756) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 25.5 52,788,320 (±0.2 / ±614,334)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

272,648 ±4,094 Number of households
  • Alabama: 2,051,545 ±10,192
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (639,910  ±467) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.4 4,964,454
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.6% ±1.3% (9,032  ±2,062) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 60,506 (±0.4% / ±4,925)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

312,529 ±215 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,360,120 ±220
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$249,000 ±$9,183 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $216,600 ±$2,406
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.6% ±1.6% (82,711  ±10,219.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 575,405 (±0.5% / ±22,628.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

91.6% ±2.3% (411,754  ±10,472.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 89.1% 3,119,065 (±0.8% / ±29,507.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
36.7% ±1.5% (165,091  ±6,686.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 28.9% 1,010,840 (±0.5% / ±16,612.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.6% (30,181  ±2,160) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,143
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.9% ±0.4% (25,032  ±1,888) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 7.6% 299,495 (±0.2% / ±7,686)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
25,032 Total veterans ±1,888 22,402 Male ±1,732 2,630 Female ±765

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