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Congressional District 6, AL

728,184 Population
3,217.3 square miles 226.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$46,161 ±$1,398 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $36,940 ±$421
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$86,712 ±$2,830 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Alabama: $66,659 ±$780
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.3% ±1% (66,112  ±6,990) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 15.2% 760,634 (±0.5% / ±23,122)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27.9 minutes ±0.6 (8,977,575  ±339,856) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 26 55,283,836 (±0.3 / ±727,269)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

284,751 ±4,418 Number of households
  • Alabama: 2,059,528 ±11,700
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (711,995  ±10,757) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.4 5,012,179
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.9% ±1% (10,371  ±1,807) 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 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

306,634 ±4,291 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,381,771 ±264
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$297,800 ±$8,426 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Alabama: $233,300 ±$2,461
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.2% ±1.1% (73,453  ±7,773.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 580,213 (±0.4% / ±21,123.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.2% ±1.7% (462,736  ±10,956.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 89.6% 3,170,126 (±0.8% / ±28,414.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
41.2% ±1.3% (204,288  ±7,010.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 29.9% 1,056,835 (±0.5% / ±16,975.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

6.7% ±0.7% (45,419  ±4,896.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 6.1% 289,812 (±0.1% / ±5,392.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

4.2% ±0.5% (30,594  ±3,990) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 4.5% 230,850
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7% ±0.5% (38,879  ±3,046) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 7.5% 298,792 (±0.2% / ±9,595)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
38,879 Total veterans ±3,046 34,631 Male ±3,042 4,248 Female ±1,045

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