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State Senate District 26, AL

146,510 Population
283.3 square miles 517.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,322 ±$951 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$48,363 ±$2,091 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

24.4% ±2% (34,010  ±2,898) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

20.2 minutes ±0.9 (1,138,440  ±62,868) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

58,984 ±1,269 Number of households
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.1 (140,365  ±2,673) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

5.2% ±1.2% (1,864  ±419) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

70,191 ±894 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$120,800 ±$3,662 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

19.5% ±1.9% (28,195  ±2,726.7) 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

85.8% ±2.3% (82,803  ±2,591.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±,279,113.6)
26.7% ±1.4% (25,806  ±1,425.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)
  • about three-quarters 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

3.5% ±0.5% (5,136  ±684) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.3% ±0.7% (9,178  ±827) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
9,178 Total veterans ±827 7,442 Male ±702 1,736 Female ±398

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