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West Alabama PUMA, AL

124,697 Population
5,908.1 square miles 21.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$28,119 ±$2,285 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $36,940 ±$421
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$46,233 ±$2,502 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $66,659 ±$780
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

22% ±2.8% (26,115  ±3,343) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 15.2% 760,634 (±0.5% / ±23,122)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

28.8 minutes ±1 (1,211,240  ±54,095) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

51,546 ±2,061 Number of households
  • Alabama: 2,059,528 ±11,700
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (118,351  ±2,647) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.4 5,012,179
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.1% ±2.8% (1,317  ±724) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 5.5% 66,284 (±0.4% / ±4,512)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

62,797 ±1,518 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,381,771 ±264
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$115,700 ±$10,456 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $233,300 ±$2,461
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.5% ±2.3% (12,890  ±2,873.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 580,213 (±0.4% / ±21,123.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

86.9% ±4.1% (76,649  ±4,238) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 89.6% 3,170,126 (±0.8% / ±28,414.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
14.4% ±1.9% (12,678  ±1,685) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 29.9% 1,056,835 (±0.5% / ±16,975.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

1.8% ±0.4% (2,149  ±424.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about one-third of the rate in Alabama: 6.1% 289,812 (±0.1% / ±5,392.6)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

1.6% ±0.6% (1,981  ±763) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Alabama: 4.5% 230,850
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.8% ±1.1% (6,645  ±1,120) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 7.5% 298,792 (±0.2% / ±9,595)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,645 Total veterans ±1,120 5,975 Male ±1,088 670 Female ±300

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