Arab, Alabama Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Arab is 2nd in Alabama out of 114 other cities in Race - White

Arab is 3rd in Alabama out of 114 other cities in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Arab is 10th in Alabama out of 114 other cities in Residents 65 or older

Arab is 17th in Alabama out of 114 other cities in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Arab	Rank	Alabama	US
Current population (2012)	8,237	77th	4,822,023	313,914,040
Size in square miles	13.0	79th	50,645.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	620.1	67th	94.4	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Arab	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents younger than 5	5.5%	98th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.7%	59th	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.1%	10th	14.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Arab	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	86.6%	44th	81.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	22.7%	52nd	22.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Arab	Rank	Alabama	US
Race - White	96.6%	2nd	70.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.1%	114th	26.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	29th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	65th	1.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	17th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	88th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	90th	4.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.8%	3rd	66.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Arab	Rank	Alabama	US
Female residents	53.0%	40th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.1%	75th	3.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Arab	Rank	Alabama	US
Housing units	3,693	79th	2,182,088	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	13.1%	82nd	15.5%	25.9%
Households	3,220	79th	1,831,269	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.1%	38th	70.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$130,400	52nd	$120,800	$186,200
People per household	2.5	65th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Arab	Rank	Alabama	US
Income per capita	$24,619	41st	$23,483	$27,915
Income per household	$43,285	53rd	$42,934	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.0%	63rd	17.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Arab	Rank	Alabama	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	804	74th	382,350	27,092,908
Retail sales	$214,704	54th	$57,344,851	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$27,240	24th	$12,364	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$15,985	65th	$6,426,342	$613,795,732

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