Census Reporter

Montgomery County, AL

226,646 Population
785.2 square miles 288.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 38.9 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$25,389 ±$1,107 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Alabama: $26,498 ±$301
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$45,724 ±$3,014 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Alabama: $48,123 ±$768
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

21.6% ±2.8% (47,303  ±6,194) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 16.9% 802,656 (±0.5% / ±24,897)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

21 minutes ±0.8 (1,992,015  ±118,058) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 24.6 48,529,065 (±0.3 / ±752,870)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

88,554 ±2,328 Number of households
  • Alabama: 1,841,665 ±12,421
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
2.5 ±0.1 (219,659  ±1,693) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.6 4,755,774 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

6.4% ±2.3% (3,635  ±1,288) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 5.2% 59,028 (±0.3% / ±3,589)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

104,865 ±683 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,258,669 ±277
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$128,200 ±$7,642 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $141,300 ±$1,758
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

20.7% ±2.8% (46,448  ±6,221.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 13.7% 661,119 (±0.4% / ±21,159)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

86% ±3.5% (129,495  ±5,335.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 86.5% 2,862,664 (±0.8% / ±25,570.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
32.7% ±2.2% (49,250  ±3,233.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 25.5% 844,704 (±0.4% / ±12,888.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

5.1% ±0.8% (11,447  ±1,747) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 3.5% 169,066 (±0.1% / ±6,916)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

9.7% ±1.4% (16,607  ±2,352) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 8.9% 334,186 (±0.2% / ±8,730)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
16,607 Total veterans ±2,352 13,699 Male ±2,027 2,908 Female ±854

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