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Shelby County, AL

233,000 Population
785.4 square miles 296.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$45,963 ±$2,935 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Alabama: $35,046 ±$484
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$88,070 ±$5,354 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Alabama: $62,212 ±$711
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

9% ±1.8% (20,656  ±4,122) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 773,166 (±0.5% / ±24,550)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

29.7 minutes ±0.7 (2,881,545  ±85,240) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

88,270 ±1,592 Number of households
  • Alabama: 2,051,545 ±10,192
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0.1 (229,170  ±229) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.4 4,964,454
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

3.5% ±1.3% (1,933  ±711) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 60,506 (±0.4% / ±4,925)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

93,211 ±91 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,360,120 ±220
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$326,600 ±$12,314 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Alabama: $216,600 ±$2,406
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

10.5% ±1.9% (24,082  ±4,296) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 575,405 (±0.5% / ±22,628.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

95.1% ±3.8% (153,942  ±6,206.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 89.1% 3,119,065 (±0.8% / ±29,507.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
42.9% ±2.6% (69,531  ±4,154.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 28.9% 1,010,840 (±0.5% / ±16,612.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

6.8% (15,793  ±3,446) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,143
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.6% ±1.1% (10,183  ±1,924) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 7.6% 299,495 (±0.2% / ±7,686)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
10,183 Total veterans ±1,924 9,251 Male ±1,849 932 Female ±518

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