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Marengo County, AL

19,397 Population
976.9 square miles 19.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$27,823 ±$6,922 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $30,458 ±$190
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $37,638 ±$102
$35,379 ±$4,747 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $54,943 ±$377
  • about half the amount in United States: $69,021 ±$146

22.3% ±4.8% (4,278  ±924) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 15.8% 769,819 (±0.3% / ±12,595)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,661,636 (±0.1% / ±274,456)

26.5 minutes ±2.8 (176,240  ±25,063) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 25.2 51,105,464 (±0.2 / ±387,199)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

7,248 ±316 Number of households
  • Alabama: 1,902,983 ±5,852
  • United States: 124,010,990 ±196,755
2.7 ±0.1 (19,179  ±116) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.6 4,882,809 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 321,899,260

3.6% ±1.5% (152  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 5% 58,514 (±0.2% / ±2,139)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,971,395 (±0% / ±22,692)

Housing

9,850 ±118 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,278,526 ±560
  • United States: 139,647,020 ±3,504

$89,500 ±$10,114 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $157,100 ±$738
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $244,900 ±$316

7.2% ±2.5% (1,385  ±476.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 12.8% 633,180 (±0.2% / ±9,202.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.4% 43,820,703 (±0% / ±133,972.5)

Social

86.6% ±5.7% (11,294  ±805) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 87.4% 2,983,756 (±0.4% / ±13,531.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 88.9% 200,101,962 (±0.1% / ±254,727.4)
19.7% ±3.3% (2,570  ±440.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 26.7% 910,425 (±0.2% / ±7,334.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 33.7% 75,808,835 (±0.1% / ±157,731.9)

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

1.6% ±1.6% (302  ±309) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 3.5% 173,429 (±0.1% / ±3,378)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.6% 44,844,808 (±0% / ±126,423)

10.3% ±2.1% (1,548  ±320) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 8.4% 324,845 (±0.1% / ±4,726)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,431,290 (±0% / ±48,418)
1,548 Total veterans ±320 1,169 Male ±241 379 Female ±185

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