Jackson County, Alabama Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Jackson County is 3rd in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Race - Two or More

Jackson County is 5th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Jackson County is 7th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Jackson County is 7th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Size in square miles

Jackson County is 10th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Race - White

Main Cities Within Jackson County, Alabama

Scottsboro, Alabama

Jackson County, Alabama Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Alabama	US
Current population (2012)	53,019	26th	4,822,023	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,077.9	7th	50,645.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	49.4	33rd	94.4	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents younger than 5	5.5%	54th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.1%	47th	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.5%	22nd	14.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	74.4%	47th	81.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.5%	33rd	22.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Alabama	US
Race - White	91.9%	10th	70.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	3.4%	62nd	26.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.6%	5th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	27th	1.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	30th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.6%	3rd	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	30th	4.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	89.9%	7th	66.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Alabama	US
Female residents	50.8%	45th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.7%	37th	3.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Alabama	US
Housing units	24,743	24th	2,182,088	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	6.5%	50th	15.5%	25.9%
Households	21,629	23rd	1,831,269	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.2%	21st	70.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$88,900	34th	$120,800	$186,200
People per household	2.4	54th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	17	30th	13,506	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Alabama	US
Income per capita	$19,770	37th	$23,483	$27,915
Income per household	$36,383	37th	$42,934	$52,762
Income below poverty line	17.1%	48th	17.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Alabama	US
Non-farm private establishments	845	25th	97,743	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	11,683	25th	1,573,138	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,337	24th	382,350	27,092,908
Retail sales	$410,988	28th	$57,344,851	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,784	38th	$12,364	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$39,315	27th	$6,426,342	$613,795,732

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