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People QuickFacts | Etowah County | Alabama
Population, 2013 estimate | 103,931 | 4,833,722
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 104,427 | 4,779,758
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | -0.5% | 1.1%
Population, 2010 | 104,430 | 4,779,736
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 5.8% | 6.1%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 22.3% | 23.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 16.8% | 14.9%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 51.5% | 51.5%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 81.3% | 69.8%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 15.5% | 26.6%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.6% | 0.7%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.8% | 1.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.3% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 1.5% | 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 3.6% | 4.1%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 78.5% | 66.4%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 85.0% | 85.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 2.2% | 3.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 | 3.1% | 5.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 81.8% | 83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 14.8% | 22.6%
Veterans, 2009-2013 | 8,638 | 388,865
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 23.9 | 24.2
Housing units, 2013 | 47,306 | 2,189,938
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 72.4% | 69.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 12.1% | 15.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $100,000 | $122,500
Households, 2009-2013 | 40,217 | 1,838,683
Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 2.55 | 2.55
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $20,204 | $23,680
Median household income, 2009-2013 | $38,013 | $43,253
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 19.0% | 18.6%
Business QuickFacts | Etowah County | Alabama
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 1,992 | 97,938
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 29,933 | 1,585,761
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | 5.1% | 0.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 7,012 | 315,382
Total number of firms, 2007 | 9,147 | 382,350
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 6.1% | 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 | S | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.6% | 1.2%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 25.7% | 28.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 1,252,962 | 112,858,843
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 518,424 | 52,252,752
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,114,841 | 57,344,851
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $10,801 | $12,364
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 137,966 | 6,426,342
Building permits, 2012 | 90 | 13,506
Geography QuickFacts | Etowah County | Alabama
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 534.99 | 50,645.33
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 195.2 | 94.4
FIPS Code | 55 | 1
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Gadsden, AL Metro Area
(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