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Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area

147,149 Population
1,260.8 square miles 116.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$28,081 ±$2,320 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Alabama: $27,525 ±$341
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$49,407 ±$3,301 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Alabama: $49,861 ±$783
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

12.9% ±2% (18,679  ±2,827) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 16.8% 800,422 (±0.4% / ±20,616)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

23.5 minutes ±0.6 (1,418,160  ±45,979) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2018 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 24.7 49,084,915 (±0.1 / ±299,318)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,812,750,665 (±0.1 / ±8,669,516)

Families

59,932 ±2,223 Number of households
  • Alabama: 1,855,184 ±11,821
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
2.4 ±0.1 (144,656  ±919) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.6 4,770,428 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 319,075,830

6.5% ±2.1% (2,143  ±681) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 5.8% 66,070 (±0.4% / ±4,793)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

72,198 ±393 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,274,711 ±284
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$145,800 ±$8,252 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Alabama: $147,900 ±$2,304
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $229,700 ±$366

11.9% ±1.8% (17,225  ±2,580.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 13.6% 659,332 (±0.5% / ±22,266.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

87.8% ±4.1% (90,628  ±4,312.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 86.6% 2,889,285 (±0.8% / ±27,007.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
21.3% ±2.2% (21,949  ±2,262.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 25.5% 852,037 (±0.5% / ±15,058.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

1.9% ±0.6% (2,722  ±828) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 3.3% 162,567 (±0.1% / ±6,299)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

6.4% ±1.2% (7,614  ±1,372) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 8.6% 324,612 (±0.3% / ±9,851)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
7,614 Total veterans ±1,372 7,199 Male ±1,355 415 Female ±346

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