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State List
Alabama
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People
QuickFacts |
Alabama |
USA |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
4,599,030 |
299,398,484 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1,
2006 |
3.4% |
6.4% |
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Population, 2000 |
4,447,100 |
281,421,906 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 |
6.5% |
6.8% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 |
24.2% |
24.6% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 |
13.4% |
12.4% |
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Female persons, percent, 2006 |
51.5% |
50.7% |
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White persons, percent, 2006 (a)
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71.2% |
80.1% |
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Black persons, percent, 2006 (a)
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26.3% |
12.8% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent,
2006 (a) |
0.5% |
1.0% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a)
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0.9% |
4.4% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander,
percent, 2006 (a) |
Z |
0.2% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 |
0.9% |
1.6% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006
(b) |
2.5% |
14.8% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006 |
69.0% |
66.4% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs
old & over |
57.4% |
54.1% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
2.0% |
11.1% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age
5+, 2000 |
3.9% |
17.9% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+,
2000 |
75.3% |
80.4% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age
25+, 2000 |
19.0% |
24.4% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
945,705 |
49,746,248 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age
16+, 2000 |
24.8 |
25.5 |
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Housing units, 2006 |
2,110,154 |
126,316,181 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
72.5% |
66.2% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent,
2000 |
15.3% |
26.4% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$85,100 |
$119,600 |
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Households, 2000 |
1,737,080 |
105,480,101 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.49 |
2.59 |
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Median household income, 2004 |
$37,062 |
$44,334 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$18,189 |
$21,587 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 |
16.1% |
12.7% |
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Business
QuickFacts |
Alabama |
USA |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 |
101,9761 |
7,499,702 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2005
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1,667,5261 |
116,317,003 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005
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0.9%1 |
2.0% |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2005
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282,604 |
20,392,068 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
309,544 |
22,974,655 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002
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9.3% |
5.2% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms,
percent, 2002 |
0.9% |
0.9% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002
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1.4% |
4.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned
firms, percent, 2002 |
0.0% |
0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
0.8% |
6.8% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002
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26.4% |
28.2% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
66,686,220 |
3,916,136,712 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
43,641,369 |
4,634,755,112 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
43,784,342 |
3,056,421,997 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$9,771 |
$10,615 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
4,692,297 |
449,498,718 |
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Building permits, 2006 |
32,034 |
1,838,903 |
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Federal spending, 2004 ($1000)
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39,047,4731 |
2,143,781,7272 |
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Geography
QuickFacts |
Alabama |
USA |
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Land area, 2000 (square miles) |
50,744.00 |
3,537,438.44 |
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Persons per square mile, 2000 |
87.6 |
79.6 |
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FIPS Code |
01 |
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1: Includes data not distributed by county.
2: Includes data not distributed by state.
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