Colbert County, Alabama QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Colbert County Alabama
?  Population, 2000 54,9844,447,100
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 6.4%10.1%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 6.1%6.7%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 23.8%25.3%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 15.4%13.0%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 81.5%71.1%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 16.6%26.0%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.4%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) 0.3%0.7%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.9%1.0%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 52.1%51.7%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 1.1%1.7%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 80.9%70.3%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 22,3591,702,331
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 3,956399,228
?  Housing units, 2000 24,9801,963,711
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 75.7%72.5%
?  Households, 2000 22,4611,737,080
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.422.49
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 33.9%36.1%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $31,413$30,790
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 13.5%16.2%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 21.0%23.8%

Business QuickFacts Colbert County Alabama
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 1,376100,316
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 18,4671,604,110
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 0.3%19.4%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 2,637208,305
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 1,491,61067,970,076
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 527,47336,623,327
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $9,935$8,477
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 15617,432
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 94971,466
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 14219,029
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 367,57926,775,609
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 3,018175,369

Geography QuickFacts Colbert County Alabama
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 59550,744
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 92.487.6
?  Metropolitan Area Florence, AL MSA 

(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