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Lamar County, AL

13,809 Population
604.8 square miles 22.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.5 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$24,169 ±$1,317 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$47,447 ±$5,429 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

15.1% ±3.4% (2,061  ±465) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

25.1 minutes ±1.7 (119,570  ±12,033) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

4,987 ±255 Number of households
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.7 ±0.1 (13,666  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

7.6% ±3.9% (209  ±107) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

7,107 ±23 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$112,700 ±$7,300 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

5.4% ±1.5% (731  ±198.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

83.9% ±5.5% (8,244  ±546.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
11.6% ±2.3% (1,139  ±225.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

0.6% (77  ±73) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.9% ±1.6% (735  ±170) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
735 Total veterans ±170 701 Male ±169 34 Female ±27

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