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

Nationwide Claims to Fame

Lowndes County is 11th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Statewide Claims to Fame

Lowndes County is 4th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Lowndes County is 6th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Lowndes County is 7th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Income below poverty line

Lowndes County is 7th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in People per household

Lowndes County is 9th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Female residents

Lowndes County is 16th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Lowndes County, Alabama Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Lowndes County	Rank	Alabama	US
Current population (2012)	10,857	64th	4,822,023	313,914,040
Size in square miles	715.9	30th	50,645.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	15.8	61st	94.4	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Lowndes County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents younger than 5	7.0%	6th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.1%	16th	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.7%	37th	14.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lowndes County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	74.3%	48th	81.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.7%	30th	22.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lowndes County	Rank	Alabama	US
Race - White	25.4%	64th	70.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	73.4%	4th	26.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	57th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	62nd	1.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	64th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.7%	61st	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	62nd	4.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	63rd	66.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lowndes County	Rank	Alabama	US
Female residents	52.8%	9th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.2%	64th	3.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Lowndes County	Rank	Alabama	US
Housing units	5,048	64th	2,182,088	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	7.1%	44th	15.5%	25.9%
Households	4,215	63rd	1,831,269	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	74.2%	30th	70.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$64,900	64th	$120,800	$186,200
People per household	2.7	7th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	4	46th	13,506	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Lowndes County	Rank	Alabama	US
Income per capita	$17,671	54th	$23,483	$27,915
Income per household	$27,905	62nd	$42,934	$52,762
Income below poverty line	27.3%	7th	17.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Lowndes County	Rank	Alabama	US
Non-farm private establishments	114	64th	97,743	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	2,145	61st	1,573,138	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	682	63rd	382,350	27,092,908
Retail sales	$103,636	52nd	$57,344,851	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,184	36th	$12,364	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$595	64th	$6,426,342	$613,795,732

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