Clarke County, Alabama QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Clarke County Alabama
?  Population, 2000 27,8674,447,100
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 2.3%10.1%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 7.5%6.7%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 28.0%25.3%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 13.5%13.0%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 55.9%71.1%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 43.0%26.0%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%0.5%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%0.7%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) ZZ
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%0.7%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.5%1.0%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 52.7%51.7%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 0.6%1.7%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 55.7%70.3%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 9,8141,702,331
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 1,755399,228
?  Housing units, 2000 12,6311,963,711
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 81.2%72.5%
?  Households, 2000 10,5781,737,080
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.602.49
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 39.8%36.1%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $26,898$30,790
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 21.8%16.2%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 29.9%23.8%

Business QuickFacts Clarke County Alabama
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 747100,316
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 8,3371,604,110
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 15.6%19.4%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 1,096208,305
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 540,14967,970,076
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 233,15536,623,327
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $8,151$8,477
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 17217,432
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 39271,466
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 6319,029
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 144,72226,775,609
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 1,044175,369

Geography QuickFacts Clarke County Alabama
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 1,23850,744
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 22.587.6
?  Metropolitan Area None 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

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NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown