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Alabama

5,157,699 Population
50,650.8 square miles 101.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,940 ±$421 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$66,659 ±$780 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.2% ±0.5% (760,634  ±23,122) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26 minutes ±0.3 (55,283,836  ±727,269) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

2,059,528 ±11,700 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 (5,012,179  ±) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.5% ±0.4% (66,284  ±4,512) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

2,381,771 ±264 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$233,300 ±$2,461 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.4% ±0.4% (580,213  ±21,123.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.6% ±0.8% (3,170,126  ±28,414.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
29.9% ±0.5% (1,056,835  ±16,975.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

6.4% ±0.3% (313,138  ±12,911.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

4.5% (230,850  ±10,664) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.5% ±0.2% (298,792  ±9,595) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
298,792 Total veterans ±9,595 264,449 Male ±8,586 34,343 Female ±3,353

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