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People QuickFacts | Athens | Alabama
Population, 2013 estimate | 24,000 | 4,833,722
Population, 2012 estimate | 23,493 | 4,817,528
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, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 7.3% | 0.8%
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, 2008-2012 | 87.1% | 84.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 5.9% | 3.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 8.7% | 5.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 84.7% | 82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 27.8% | 22.3%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 1,564 | 398,343
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 23.5 | 24.1
Housing units, 2010 | 9,862 | 2,171,853
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 65.3% | 70.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 21.0% | 15.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $143,900 | $122,300
Households, 2008-2012 | 8,849 | 1,837,576
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.44 | 2.54
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $27,599 | $23,587
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $47,167 | $43,160
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 13.3% | 18.1%
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