Spreadsheet: 66693b33-ad05-4bc4-8f18-bd34364dd57f
Sheet: Sheet1

People QuickFacts | Athens | Alabama
Population, 2013 estimate | 24,000 | 4,833,722
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 21,890 | 4,779,758
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 9.6% | 1.1%
Population, 2010 | 21,897 | 4,779,736
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.7% | 6.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 22.8% | 23.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 16.2% | 13.8%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 52.3% | 51.5%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 73.0% | 68.5%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 17.5% | 26.2%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.6% | 0.6%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.9% | 1.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 1.9% | 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 8.8% | 3.9%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 70.8% | 67.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 86.4% | 85.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 5.2% | 3.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 | 8.2% | 5.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 83.9% | 83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 27.2% | 22.6%
Veterans, 2009-2013 | 1,698 | 388,865
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 24.7 | 24.2
Housing units, 2010 | 9,862 | 2,171,853
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 65.0% | 69.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 20.7% | 15.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $139,900 | $122,500
Households, 2009-2013 | 9,040 | 1,838,683
Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 2.45 | 2.55
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $27,388 | $23,680
Median household income, 2009-2013 | $46,867 | $43,253
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 15.3% | 18.6%
Business QuickFacts | Athens | Alabama
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,248 | 382,350
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 14.8%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.8%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.2%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 20.9% | 28.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 518,865 | 112,858,843
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 138,517 | 52,252,752
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 515,213 | 57,344,851
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $22,763 | $12,364
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 57,482 | 6,426,342
Geography QuickFacts | Athens | Alabama
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 39.54 | 50,645.33
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 553.8 | 94.4
FIPS Code | 2956 | 1
Counties | Limestone County
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
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
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts