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Alabama state QuickFacts

	Alabama	United States
Total population	4,447,100	281,421,906
State	Alabama

Alabama state Population

	Alabama	%, Alabama	United States
Male	2,146,504	48.27%	49.06%
Female	2,300,596	51.73%	50.94%
Median age (years)	35.8		35.3

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	Alabama	%, Alabama	United States
18 years and over	3,323,678	74.74%	74.31%
21 years and over	3,124,317	70.26%	69.97%
62 years and over	690,914	15.54%	14.66%
65 years and over	579,798	13.04%	12.43%

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	Alabama	%, Alabama	United States
White	3,162,808	71.12%	75.14%
Black or African American	1,155,930	25.99%	12.32%
Asian	31,346	0.7%	3.64%
Some other race	52,837	1.19%	5.46%
Two or more races	44,179	0.99%	2.43%

Alabama state Housing

	Alabama	%, Alabama	United States
Total households	1,737,080		105,480,101
Family households (families)	1,215,968	70.0%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	521,112	30.0%	31.94%

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	Alabama	%, Alabama	United States
Total housing units	1,963,711		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	226,631	11.54%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	1,737,080	88.46%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	1,258,705	64.1%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	478,375	24.36%	30.77%

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	Alabama	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	176,187	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	392,400	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	180,391	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	84,488	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	52,724	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	23,363	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	7,052	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	1,965	0.57%
Median (dollars)	85,100	119,600

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	Alabama	%, Alabama	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	329,027	18.94%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	483,535	27.84%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	277,851	16.0%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	261,448	15.05%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	189,797	10.93%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	195,422	11.25%	9.65%

Alabama state Education

	Alabama	%, Alabama	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	1,155,504		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	74,879	6.48%	6.47%
Kindergarten	65,888	5.7%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	525,314	45.46%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	246,148	21.3%	21.38%
College or graduate school	243,275	21.05%	22.81%

Alabama state Economy

	Alabama	%, Alabama	United States
Population 16 years and over	3,450,542		217,168,077
In labor force	2,061,169	59.73%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	2,047,100	59.33%	63.39%
- - Employed	1,920,189	55.65%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	126,911	3.68%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	6.2		5.8
- Armed Forces	14,069	0.41%	0.53%
Not in labor force	1,389,373	40.27%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	1,816,176	52.63%	51.66%
In labor force	959,488	27.81%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	957,380	27.75%	29.65%
- - Employed	890,702	25.81%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	336,150	9.74%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	196,160		12,787,501

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	Alabama	%, Alabama	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	1,737,385		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	250,526	14.42%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	140,880	8.11%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	257,393	14.81%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	236,732	13.63%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	286,612	16.5%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	298,347	17.17%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	134,135	7.72%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	85,987	4.95%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	22,171	1.28%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	24,602	1.42%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	34,135		41,994

	Alabama	%, Alabama	United States
With earnings	1,337,097	38.75%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	46,719		56,604
With Social Security income	486,287	14.09%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,374		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	104,173	3.02%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,686		6,320
With public assistance income	38,964	1.13%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,108		3,032
With retirement income	311,581	9.03%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	17,110		17,376

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