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Alabama

5,074,296 Population
50,650.8 square miles 100.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$33,777 ±$383 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$59,674 ±$727 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

16.2% ±0.5% (800,395  ±23,225) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

25.4 minutes ±0.3 (52,234,320  ±799,241) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

2,016,448 ±11,475 Number of households
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.5 ±275.5 (4,932,977  ±-555,555,600) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

5.2% ±0.4% (61,506  ±4,652) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

2,339,582 ±307 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$200,900 ±$2,774 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

12.4% ±0.4% (624,896  ±22,027.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

88.8% ±0.8% (3,085,627  ±28,475.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
28.8% ±0.5% (1,000,791  ±15,844.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

5.8% ±0.2% (276,224  ±11,493.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±203,206.2)

3.8% ±412.6% (191,234  ±9,607) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

7.7% ±0.2% (303,619  ±7,848) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
303,619 Total veterans ±7,848 270,445 Male ±6,933 33,174 Female ±2,812

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