Census Reporter

Alabama

4,903,185 Population
50,646.6 square miles 96.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$28,650 ±$323 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$51,734 ±$600 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

15.5% ±0.5% (739,108  ±24,870) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

25.4 minutes ±0.3 (52,412,110  ±695,900) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

1,897,576 ±10,370 Number of households
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.5 ±0 (4,786,560  ±0) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

5.1% ±0.3% (58,542  ±3,947) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

2,284,922 ±264 Number of housing units
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$154,000 ±$2,032 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

13.4% ±0.5% (651,811  ±21,998.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

87.1% ±0.8% (2,926,985  ±28,118.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
26.4% ±0.5% (885,357  ±16,169.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

5.5% ±0.2% (255,385  ±11,060.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 22% 67,802,345 (±0.1% / ±214,346.6)

3.6% ±0.2% (174,952  ±7,356) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

8.4% ±0.2% (318,254  ±8,711) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
318,254 Total veterans ±8,711 281,886 Male ±9,199 36,368 Female ±2,909

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