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Congressional District 2, AL

703,362 Population
9,465 square miles 74.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,985 ±$1,169 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $36,940 ±$421
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$54,977 ±$2,808 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $66,659 ±$780
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

20.2% ±1.6% (136,023  ±10,799) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 15.2% 760,634 (±0.5% / ±23,122)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.1 minutes ±0.7 (6,705,420  ±280,501) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 26 55,283,836 (±0.3 / ±727,269)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

285,324 ±4,088 Number of households
  • Alabama: 2,059,528 ±11,700
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (674,458  ±8,365) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.4 5,012,179
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.1% ±1.5% (10,380  ±2,582) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 5.5% 66,284 (±0.4% / ±4,512)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

341,304 ±2,843 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,381,771 ±264
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$175,100 ±$6,624 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $233,300 ±$2,461
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12% ±1.2% (83,382  ±8,483.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 580,213 (±0.4% / ±21,123.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88.2% ±2.3% (420,499  ±11,818.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 89.6% 3,170,126 (±0.8% / ±28,414.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
27.4% ±1.3% (130,574  ±6,327.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 29.9% 1,056,835 (±0.5% / ±16,975.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

5.3% ±0.6% (35,197  ±4,015.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 6.1% 289,812 (±0.1% / ±5,392.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

4.5% ±0.6% (31,434  ±3,955) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 4.5% 230,850
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.7% ±0.6% (41,571  ±3,314) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 7.5% 298,792 (±0.2% / ±9,595)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
41,571 Total veterans ±3,314 35,027 Male ±3,102 6,544 Female ±1,570

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