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Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area

271,223 Population
3,493.3 square miles 77.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$31,879 ±$1,455 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$58,193 ±$4,104 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

20.1% ±2.9% (50,870  ±7,290) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

23.9 minutes ±0.9 (2,695,325  ±163,510) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

108,078 ±2,330 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (253,779  ±3,434) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

6.6% ±2.3% (4,879  ±1,677) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

124,822 ±1,400 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$229,900 ±$10,756 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

16.2% ±2.6% (43,358  ±6,980.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

90.4% ±4.1% (153,153  ±7,157.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
29.8% ±2.3% (50,537  ±3,965.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 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

4.2% ±0.7% (11,510  ±1,831) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.1% ±1% (13,275  ±2,086) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
13,275 Total veterans ±2,086 11,870 Male ±1,931 1,405 Female ±739

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