Calhoun Demographics: QuickFacts

DESCRIPTION CALHOUN ALABAMA Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)  131,131  4,692,297 American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002  F  0.9% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a)  0.4%  0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a)  0.7%  1.0% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002  F  1.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000  15.2%  19.0% Black persons, percent, 2008 (a)  19.9%  26.4% Black-owned firms, percent, 2002  7.7%  9.3% Building permits, 2008  197  17,464 Federal spending, 2007 ($1000)  1,647,650  47,889,2901 Female persons, percent, 2008  52.1%  51.6% FIPS Code  015  01 Foreign born persons, percent, 2000  1.7%  2.0% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000  73.9%  75.3% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002  F  0.8% Homeownership rate, 2000  72.5%  72.5% Households, 2000  45,307  1,737,080 Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000  11.5%  15.3% Housing units, 2007  53,229  2,137,018 Land area, 2000 (square miles)  608.46  50,744.00 Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000  3.5%  3.9% Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over  57.1%  57.4% Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)  2,020,839  66,686,220 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000  23.4  24.8 Median household income, 2007  $37,478  $40,596 Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000  $71,600  $85,100 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002  F  0.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a)  0.1%  Z Nonemployer establishments, 2006  6,302  293,874 Per capita money income, 1999  $17,367  $18,189 Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008  15.1%  13.8% Persons below poverty, percent, 2007  17.1%  16.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b)  2.3%  2.9% Persons per household, 2000  2.42  2.49 Persons per square mile, 2000  184.6  87.6 Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008  1.1%  1.1% Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008  23.2%  24.1% Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008  6.7%  6.7% Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000  25,861  945,705 Population estimates base (April 1) 2000  112,243  4,447,355 Population, 2008 estimate  113,419  4,661,900 Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008  1.0%  4.8% Private nonfarm employment, 2006  42,071  1,713,3991 Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006  3.6%  3.6%1 Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2006  2,549  103,4601 Retail sales per capita, 2002  $10,413  $9,771 Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)  1,160,387  43,784,342 Total number of firms, 2002  7,741  309,544 White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008  75.7%  68.4% White persons, percent, 2008 (a)  77.9%  71.0% Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)  1,058,280  43,641,369 Women-owned firms, percent, 2002  32.1%  26.4% Source: Source U.S. Census Bureau (2009)  (http://factfinder.census.gov). Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report.