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Selma, AL Urban Area

19,608 Population
18.3 square miles 1,072 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±2.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,364 ±$2,405 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$32,030 ±$5,180 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

31.8% ±4.8% (6,131  ±945) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.7 minutes ±2.3 (158,100  ±20,951) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,884 ±461 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (19,236  ±582) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.7% ±3.6% (270  ±172) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,769 ±388 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$92,300 ±$8,538 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.2% ±4.7% (3,098  ±908.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88% ±5.4% (11,450  ±883.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.8% ±2.7% (2,316  ±371.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.1% ±1.7% (611  ±325) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.2% ±1.7% (912  ±254) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
912 Total veterans ±254 819 Male ±241 93 Female ±65

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