Census Reporter

Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area

147,970 Population
1,260.8 square miles 117.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.4 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$26,044 ±$1,601 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $28,650 ±$323
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$45,824 ±$3,196 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $51,734 ±$600
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

15.8% ±3.1% (22,960  ±4,487) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 15.5% 739,108 (±0.5% / ±24,870)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

24 minutes ±0.7 (1,460,340  ±48,035) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 24.9 49,913,640 (±0.1 / ±326,515)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,901,729,885 (±0.1 / ±9,072,499)

Families

60,837 ±2,000 Number of households
  • Alabama: 1,897,576 ±10,370
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.4 ±0.1 (145,704  ±1,003) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,786,560 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

4.1% ±1.9% (1,369  ±623) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 58,542 (±0.3% / ±3,947)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

72,483 ±429 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,284,922 ±264
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$145,500 ±$7,783 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Alabama: $154,000 ±$2,032
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

16.1% ±2.7% (23,601  ±4,001.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 13.4% 651,811 (±0.5% / ±21,998.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

86% ±4.1% (89,157  ±4,355.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 87.1% 2,926,985 (±0.8% / ±28,118.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
20.2% ±2.2% (20,989  ±2,260.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 26.4% 885,357 (±0.5% / ±16,169.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

1.3% ±0.5% (1,951  ±747) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 3.6% 174,952 (±0.2% / ±7,356)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

7.8% ±1.4% (9,148  ±1,652) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 8.4% 318,254 (±0.2% / ±8,711)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
9,148 Total veterans ±1,652 8,451 Male ±1,607 697 Female ±408

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