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Selma, AL

17,057 Population
13.8 square miles 1,235.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Selma, AL Micro Area: 41.2 ±0.8
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,156 ±$2,667 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Selma, AL Micro Area: $24,582 ±$1,413
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$33,197 ±$7,752 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Selma, AL Micro Area: $35,627 † ±$3,641
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

30.8% ±4.5% (5,154  ±757) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Selma, AL Micro Area: 31% 11,318 (±2.8% / ±1,025)
  • about double the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.7 minutes ±2.2 (146,290  ±18,672) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Selma, AL Micro Area: 26.4 333,470 (±1.4 / ±26,868)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,974 ±453 Number of households
  • the Selma, AL Micro Area: 15,947 ±416
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (16,685  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Selma, AL Micro Area: 2.3 36,424 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.1% ±4% (260  ±170) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Selma, AL Micro Area: 6.9% † 573 (±2.7% / ±226)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,431 ±395 Number of housing units
  • the Selma, AL Micro Area: 18,936 ±26
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$96,500 ±$8,819 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Selma, AL Micro Area: $94,600 ±$5,382
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.1% ±5.3% (2,842  ±878.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Selma, AL Micro Area: 11.9% † 4,318 (±2.7% / ±970.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.1% ±6.1% (10,206  ±812.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Selma, AL Micro Area: 87.6% 22,063 (±4.3% / ±1,086.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.9% ±3% (2,274  ±358.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Selma, AL Micro Area: 17.5% † 4,402 (±2% / ±510.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.4% ±1.9% (584  ±326) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Selma, AL Micro Area: 1.9% 693
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.9% ±1.8% (765  ±234) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Selma, AL Micro Area: 6.5% † 1,816 (±1.2% / ±338)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
765 Total veterans ±234 685 Male ±220 80 Female ±64

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