Census Reporter

Alabama

4,874,747 Population
50,646.7 square miles 96.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,498 ±$301 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$48,123 ±$768 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

16.9% ±0.5% (802,656  ±24,897) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

24.6 minutes ±0.3 (48,529,065  ±752,870) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

1,841,665 ±12,421 Number of households
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
2.6 ±0 (4,755,774  ±0) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

5.2% ±0.3% (59,028  ±3,589) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

2,258,669 ±277 Number of housing units
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$141,300 ±$1,758 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

13.7% ±0.4% (661,119  ±21,159) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

86.5% ±0.8% (2,862,664  ±25,570.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
25.5% ±0.4% (844,704  ±12,888.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

5.1% ±0.2% (234,399  ±10,544.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 21.8% 66,592,306 (±0.1% / ±178,397.9)

3.5% ±0.1% (169,066  ±6,916) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

8.9% ±0.2% (334,186  ±8,730) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
334,186 Total veterans ±8,730 301,508 Male ±7,754 32,678 Female ±3,306

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