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State Senate District 5, AL

135,221 Population
2,875.1 square miles 47 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$29,649 ±$802 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $33,344 ±$211
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$58,810 ±$2,523 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Alabama: $59,609 ±$377
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

14.4% ±1.3% (19,029  ±1,726) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 15.7% 768,897 (±0.2% / ±10,935)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

29.8 minutes ±0.8 (1,569,405  ±61,152) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 25.3 51,658,912 (±0.1 / ±345,778)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

50,466 ±936 Number of households
  • Alabama: 1,933,150 ±5,364
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.6 ±0.1 (132,934  ±2,232) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,895,191
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

4% ±0.9% (1,170  ±260) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 59,815 (±0.2% / ±1,924)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

61,748 ±859 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,296,920 ±480
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$149,900 ±$6,787 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $179,400 ±$1,216
  • about half the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

9.1% ±1% (12,212  ±1,349.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 12.7% 633,384 (±0.2% / ±9,992.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

85.4% ±2% (80,647  ±2,233.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 87.7% 3,007,340 (±0.4% / ±14,418.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
16.7% ±1.1% (15,758  ±1,015.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 27.2% 932,845 (±0.3% / ±8,424.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

1.3% ±0.3% (1,689  ±369) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Alabama: 3.5% 177,207
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

6.3% ±0.5% (6,610  ±563) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 8.1% 316,473 (±0.1% / ±4,163)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
6,610 Total veterans ±563 6,193 Male ±541 417 Female ±134

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