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State Senate District 21, AL

147,573 Population
1,342.4 square miles 109.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.7 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$32,440 ±$927 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$62,675 ±$2,451 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

19.2% ±1.5% (25,601  ±2,030) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

23.9 minutes ±0.5 (1,454,865  ±58,086) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

53,154 ±1,261 Number of households
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0.1 (133,508  ±2,791) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4.9% ±1% (2,075  ±443) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

64,972 ±1,008 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$225,100 ±$6,337 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

19% ±1.6% (27,743  ±2,436.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

89.4% ±1.5% (77,715  ±2,203.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
31.6% ±1.3% (27,467  ±1,297.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

4.7% ±0.5% (6,915  ±751) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6% ±0.8% (7,143  ±980) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
7,143 Total veterans ±980 6,553 Male ±916 590 Female ±256

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