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State Senate District 21, AL

149,828 Population
1,342.4 square miles 111.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.5 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,536 ±$1,089 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,850 ±$2,531 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.3% ±1.4% (26,030  ±1,970) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.1 minutes ±0.8 (1,472,415  ±68,388) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

54,677 ±1,233 Number of households
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (134,728  ±2,715) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.2% ±1% (1,780  ±429) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

65,972 ±1,079 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$241,200 ±$7,543 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.9% ±1.5% (29,450  ±2,328.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.2% ±1.9% (78,948  ±2,251.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
32.2% ±1.3% (28,223  ±1,297.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about 90 percent of 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

5.4% ±0.5% (8,016  ±798) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6% ±0.7% (7,317  ±881) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
7,317 Total veterans ±881 6,725 Male ±821 592 Female ±229

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