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Tuscaloosa County, AL

237,373 Population
1,320.8 square miles 179.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.3 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,721 ±$1,643 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $35,046 ±$484
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$60,926 ±$3,314 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Alabama: $62,212 ±$711
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

19.5% ±2.9% (43,234  ±6,449) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 773,166 (±0.5% / ±24,550)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

23.5 minutes ±1.1 (2,380,200  ±157,060) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 52,788,320 (±0.2 / ±614,334)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

93,966 ±2,024 Number of households
  • Alabama: 2,051,545 ±10,192
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (221,903  ±1,724) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.4 † 4,964,454 (±,270.8 / ±-555,555,600)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

7.1% ±2.5% (4,688  ±1,649) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 60,506 (±0.4% / ±4,925)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

105,659 ±732 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,360,120 ±220
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$248,200 ±$12,003 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $216,600 ±$2,406
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

17.7% ±3% (41,361  ±6,944.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 575,405 (±0.5% / ±22,628.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

90.9% ±4.6% (130,897  ±6,732.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 89.1% 3,119,065 (±0.8% / ±29,507.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
32.4% ±2.7% (46,711  ±3,857.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 28.9% 1,010,840 (±0.5% / ±16,612.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

4.6% ±10,837.8% (10,992  ±1,904) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 4% † 203,143 (±,432.5% / ±9,674)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

5.9% ±1% (11,108  ±1,905) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 7.6% 299,495 (±0.2% / ±7,686)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
11,108 Total veterans ±1,905 9,743 Male ±1,754 1,365 Female ±727

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