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Macon County, AL

18,691 Population
608.7 square miles 30.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,341 ±$1,868 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$43,707 ±$4,041 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.3% ±4.3% (3,916  ±689) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.7 minutes ±1.3 (160,265  ±14,189) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,237 ±245 Number of households
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (16,087  ±114) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.4% ±2.2% (265  ±106) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,653 ±70 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$102,000 ±$9,025 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.9% ±1.7% (1,654  ±319) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.6% ±4.7% (9,675  ±575.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.1% ±2.5% (2,416  ±290) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.6% (289  ±102) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.2% ±1.1% (986  ±177) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
986 Total veterans ±177 799 Male ±121 187 Female ±116

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