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

Statewide Claims to Fame

Selma is 1st in Alabama out of 114 other cities in Income below poverty line

Selma is 5th in Alabama out of 114 other cities in Female residents

Selma is 5th in Alabama out of 114 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Selma is 7th in Alabama out of 114 other cities in Residents younger than 5

Selma is 10th in Alabama out of 114 other cities in Residents younger than 18

Selma is 12th in Alabama out of 114 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Selma	Rank	Alabama	US
Current population (2012)	20,251	30th	4,822,023	313,914,040
Size in square miles	13.8	75th	50,645.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,503.1	12th	94.4	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Selma	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents younger than 5	8.5%	7th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	28.0%	10th	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.2%	62nd	14.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Selma	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	73.7%	104th	81.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.3%	70th	22.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Selma	Rank	Alabama	US
Race - White	18.0%	110th	70.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	80.3%	5th	26.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	97th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	80th	1.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	59th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	106th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	114th	4.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	17.9%	110th	66.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Selma	Rank	Alabama	US
Female residents	55.5%	5th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.5%	87th	3.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Selma	Rank	Alabama	US
Housing units	9,429	28th	2,182,088	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	25.3%	24th	15.5%	25.9%
Households	8,110	26th	1,831,269	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	50.8%	107th	70.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$79,900	107th	$120,800	$186,200
People per household	2.5	55th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Selma	Rank	Alabama	US
Income per capita	$17,683	101st	$23,483	$27,915
Income per household	$23,457	113th	$42,934	$52,762
Income below poverty line	39.9%	1st	17.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Selma	Rank	Alabama	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,021	32nd	382,350	27,092,908
Retail sales	$356,682	34th	$57,344,851	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$19,061	48th	$12,364	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$28,023	42nd	$6,426,342	$613,795,732

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