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Congressional District 1, AL

735,510 Population
5,731.3 square miles 128.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,556 ±$1,277 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Alabama: $35,046 ±$484
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$61,856 ±$1,835 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

14% ±1.2% (100,972  ±8,413) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 773,166 (±0.5% / ±24,550)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

25.6 minutes ±0.7 (7,513,460  ±274,427) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 25.5 52,788,320 (±0.2 / ±614,334)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

296,683 ±4,097 Number of households
  • Alabama: 2,051,545 ±10,192
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (721,295  ±3,569) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.4 4,964,454
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

3.8% ±0.9% (6,214  ±1,507) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 60,506 (±0.4% / ±4,925)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

357,312 ±1,491 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,360,120 ±220
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$230,500 ±$6,318 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Alabama: $216,600 ±$2,406
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.9% ±1% (72,092  ±7,087.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 575,405 (±0.5% / ±22,628.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

90.5% ±2.3% (467,610  ±12,351.5) 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)
27.7% ±1.3% (143,235  ±6,754) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 28.9% 1,010,840 (±0.5% / ±16,612.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

4.5% ±0.3% (30,988  ±1,836.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 5.9% 279,519 (±0.1% / ±4,636.7)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

3.8% ±0.5% (27,893  ±3,560) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,143
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

8% ±0.6% (45,855  ±3,331) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 7.6% 299,495 (±0.2% / ±7,686)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
45,855 Total veterans ±3,331 39,481 Male ±3,008 6,374 Female ±1,748

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