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People QuickFacts | Etowah County | Alabama
Population, 2012 estimate | 104,392 | 4,822,023
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 104,430 | 4,779,745
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | Z | 0.9%
Population, 2010 | 104,430 | 4,779,736
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.0% | 6.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 22.9% | 23.5%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 15.9% | 14.0%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.6% | 51.5%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 81.5% | 70.1%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 15.5% | 26.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.6% | 0.7%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.7% | 1.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.3% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.4% | 1.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 3.5% | 4.0%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 78.8% | 66.8%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 84.6% | 84.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 2.2% | 3.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 2.9% | 5.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 81.7% | 81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 15.3% | 22.0%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 9,449 | 403,982
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 23.9 | 24
Housing units, 2011 | 47,346 | 2,182,088
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 73.3% | 70.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 11.6% | 15.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $102,000 | $120,800
Households, 2007-2011 | 41,160 | 1,831,269
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.49 | 2.53
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $20,818 | $23,483
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $37,772 | $42,934
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 18.0% | 17.6%
Business QuickFacts | Etowah County | Alabama
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 2,032 | 99,251
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 29,476 | 1,568,111
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -14.2 | -5.1
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 6,947 | 320,605
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, 2011 | 99 | 11,667
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