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Jefferson County, AL

664,744 Population
1,111.6 square miles 598 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,921 ±$1,509 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $36,940 ±$421
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$69,363 ±$2,678 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Alabama: $66,659 ±$780
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

13.8% ±1.5% (89,403  ±9,742) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 15.2% 760,634 (±0.5% / ±23,122)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.5 minutes ±0.8 (7,028,775  ±274,750) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 26 55,283,836 (±0.3 / ±727,269)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

272,685 ±3,295 Number of households
  • Alabama: 2,059,528 ±11,700
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (644,929  ±590) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.4 5,012,179
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.9% ±1% (9,654  ±1,658) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 5.5% 66,284 (±0.4% / ±4,512)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

313,795 ±254 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,381,771 ±264
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$263,100 ±$9,874 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $233,300 ±$2,461
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.6% ±1.3% (82,382  ±8,560.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 580,213 (±0.4% / ±21,123.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.2% ±2.5% (414,740  ±11,200.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 89.6% 3,170,126 (±0.8% / ±28,414.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
38.7% ±1.5% (173,915  ±6,942.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 29.9% 1,056,835 (±0.5% / ±16,975.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.7% (37,951  ±4,554) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 4.5% 230,850
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.7% ±0.5% (24,267  ±2,722) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 7.5% 298,792 (±0.2% / ±9,595)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
24,267 Total veterans ±2,722 21,298 Male ±2,282 2,969 Female ±1,191

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