Subject

   Number

  Percent

EMPLOYMENT STATUS

Population 16 years and over

43,398

100

In labor force

24,388

56.2

Civilian labor force

24,350

56.1

Employed

23,093

53.2

Unemployed

1,257

2.9

Percent of civilian labor force

5.2

(X)

Armed Forces

38

0.1

Not in labor force

19,010

43.8

Females 16 years and over

23,050

100

In labor force

10,857

47.1

Civilian labor force

10,857

47.1

Employed

10,234

44.4

Own children under 6 years

3,846

100

All parents in family in labor force

2,062

53.6

COMMUTING TO WORK

Workers 16 years and over

22,593

100

Car, truck, or van -- drove alone

19,682

87.1

Car, truck, or van -- carpooled

2,311

10.2

Public transportation (including taxicab)

34

0.2

Walked

199

0.9

Other means

124

0.5

Worked at home

243

1.1

Mean travel time to work (minutes)

23.8

(X)

Employed civilian population 16 years and over

23,093

100

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations

5,550

24

Service occupations

3,162

13.7

Sales and office occupations

5,710

24.7

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

127

0.5

Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations

3,163

13.7

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

5,381

23.3

INDUSTRY

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining

419

1.8

Construction

2,129

9.2

Manufacturing

4,892

21.2

Wholesale trade

879

3.8

Retail trade

2,931

12.7

Transportation and warehousing, and utilities

1,651

7.1

Information

258

1.1

Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing

879

3.8

Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services

1,110

4.8

Educational, health and social services

4,186

18.1

Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services

1,573

6.8

Other services (except public administration)

1,387

6

Public administration

799

3.5

CLASS OF WORKER

Private wage and salary workers

17,972

77.8

Government workers

3,653

15.8

Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business

1,369

5.9

Unpaid family workers

99

0.4

Households

22,488

100

Less than $10,000

3,264

14.5

$10,000 to $14,999

1,916

8.5

$15,000 to $24,999

3,719

16.5

$25,000 to $34,999

3,182

14.1

$35,000 to $49,999

3,955

17.6

$50,000 to $74,999

3,600

16

$75,000 to $99,999

1,549

6.9

$100,000 to $149,999

903

4

$150,000 to $199,999

181

0.8

$200,000 or more

219

1

Median household income (dollars)

31,954

(X)

With earnings

16,350

72.7

Mean earnings (dollars)

42,937

(X)

With Social Security income

7,253

32.3

Mean Social Security income (dollars)

11,316

(X)

With Supplemental Security Income

1,322

5.9

Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)

5,466

(X)

With public assistance income

413

1.8

Mean public assistance income (dollars)

2,471

(X)

With retirement income

4,955

22

Mean retirement income (dollars)

16,004

(X)

Families

16,093

100

Less than $10,000

1,247

7.7

$10,000 to $14,999

1,030

6.4

$15,000 to $24,999

2,424

15.1

$25,000 to $34,999

2,333

14.5

$35,000 to $49,999

3,161

19.6

$50,000 to $74,999

3,309

20.6

$75,000 to $99,999

1,448

9

$100,000 to $149,999

788

4.9

$150,000 to $199,999

168

1

$200,000 or more

185

1.1

Median family income (dollars)

39,294

(X)

Per capita income (dollars)

17,533

(X)

Median earnings (dollars):

Male full-time, year-round workers

32,112

(X)

Female full-time, year-round workers

20,107

(X)

POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)

Families

1,790

(X)

Percent below poverty level

(X)

11.1

With related children under 18 years

1,249

(X)

Percent below poverty level

(X)

16.4

With related children under 5 years

517

(X)

Percent below poverty level

(X)

19.5

Families with female householder, no husband present

858

(X)

Percent below poverty level

(X)

33.5

With related children under 18 years

718

(X)

Percent below poverty level

(X)

43.8

With related children under 5 years

282

(X)

Percent below poverty level

(X)

53.1

Individuals

7,592

(X)

Percent below poverty level

(X)

14

18 years and over

5,178

(X)

Percent below poverty level

(X)

12.5

65 years and over

967

(X)

Percent below poverty level

(X)

11.9

Related children under 18 years

2,376

(X)

Percent below poverty level

(X)

18.4

Related children 5 to 17 years

1,691

(X)

Percent below poverty level

(X)

17.6

Unrelated individuals 15 years and over

2,154

(X)

Percent below poverty level

(X)

28.8

(X) not applicable

Population, 2009 Estimate

54,639

Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009

-0.6%

Population, 2000

54,984

Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000

6.4%

Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008

5.6%

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008

21.8%

Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008

16.8%

Female persons, percent, 2008

52.1%

White persons, percent, 2008 (a)

81.8%

Black persons, percent, 2008 (a)

16.8%

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a)

0.4%

Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a)

0.3%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a)

0.0%

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008

1.0%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b)

1.5%

White persons, not Hispanic, percent, 2008

80.5%

Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000

62.2%

Foreign born persons, percent, 2000

0.9%

Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000

2.3%

High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000

73.3%

Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000

14.1%

Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000

13,341

Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000

23.8

Housing units, 2008

26,432

Homeownership rate, 2000

75.7%

Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000

11.6%

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000

$72,300

Households, 2000

22,461

Persons per household, 2000

2.42

Per capita money income, 1999

$17,533

Median household income, 2008

$39,947

Persons below poverty, percent, 2007

16.5%

Geography QuickFacts

Colbert County

Land area, 2000 (square miles)

595

Persons per square mile, 2000

92.4

FIPS Code

33

Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area

Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area

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Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

12,414

100

Nursery school, preschool

674

5.4

Kindergarten

730

5.9

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

6,236

50.2

High school (grades 9-12)

2,870

23.1

College or graduate school

1,904

15.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

37,384

100

Less than 9th grade

3,156

8.4

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

6,816

18.2

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

12,665

33.9

Some college, no degree

7,615

20.4

Associate degree

1,859

5

Bachelor's degree

3,298

8.8

Graduate or professional degree

1,975

5.3

Percent high school graduate or higher

73.3

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

14.1

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

44,139

100

Never married

8,376

19

Now married, except separated

26,313

59.6

Separated

731

1.7

Widowed

3,997

9.1

Female

3,397

7.7

Divorced

4,722

10.7

Female

2,573

5.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years

1,115

100

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

677

60.7

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

41,873

100

Civilian veterans

5,674

13.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

11,646

100

With a disability

953

8.2

Population 21 to 64 years

31,359

100

With a disability

8,453

27

Percent employed

51.5

(X)

No disability

22,906

73

Percent employed

72.1

(X)

Population 65 years and over

8,129

100

With a disability

3,935

48.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

51,637

100

Same house in 1995

32,126

62.2

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

19,197

37.2

Same county

12,062

23.4

Different county

7,135

13.8

Same state

4,682

9.1

Different state

2,453

4.8

Elsewhere in 1995

314

0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

54,984

100

Native

54,499

99.1

Born in United States

54,332

98.8

State of residence

43,618

79.3

Different state

10,714

19.5

Born outside United States

167

0.3

Foreign born

485

0.9

Entered 1990 to March 2000

171

0.3

Naturalized citizen

245

0.4

Not a citizen

240

0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

485

100

Europe

139

28.7

Asia

120

24.7

Africa

25

5.2

Oceania

6

1.2

Latin America

171

35.3

Northern America

24

4.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

51,637

100

English only

50,428

97.7

Language other than English

1,209

2.3

Speak English less than 'very well

449

0.9

Spanish

800

1.5

Speak English less than "very well"

329

0.6

Other Indo-European languages

249

0.5

Speak English less than "very well"

33

0.1

Asian and Pacific Island languages

134

0.3

Speak English less than "very well"

76

0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

54,984

100

Total ancestries reported

42,137

76.6

Arab

12

0

Czech1

74

0.1

Danish

13

0

Dutch

549

1

English

3,785

6.9

French (except Basque)1

556

1

French Canadian1

48

0.1

German

3,002

5.5

Greek

104

0.2

Hungarian

43

0.1

Irish1

5,747

10.5

Italian

399

0.7

Lithuanian

0

0

Norwegian

161

0.3

Polish

220

0.4

Portuguese

0

0

Russian

18

0

Scotch-Irish

1,023

1.9

Scottish

622

1.1

Slovak

12

0

Subsaharan African

178

0.3

Swedish

99

0.2

Swiss

49

0.1

Ukrainian

10

0

United States or American

11,396

20.7

Welsh

158

0.3

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

40

0.1

Other ancestries

13,819

25.1