Choctaw Demographics: QuickFacts

DESCRIPTION CHOCTAW ALABAMA Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)  5,001  4,692,297 American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002  F  0.9% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a)  0.2%  0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a)  0.1%  1.0% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002  F  1.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000  9.6%  19.0% Black persons, percent, 2008 (a)  43.6%  26.4% Black-owned firms, percent, 2002  S  9.3% Building permits, 2008  2  17,464 Federal spending, 2007 ($1000)  120,578  47,889,2901 Female persons, percent, 2008  52.9%  51.6% FIPS Code  023  01 Foreign born persons, percent, 2000  0.6%  2.0% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000  65.0%  75.3% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002  F  0.8% Homeownership rate, 2000  86.3%  72.5% Households, 2000  6,363  1,737,080 Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000  3.4%  15.3% Housing units, 2007  8,025  2,137,018 Land area, 2000 (square miles)  913.51  50,744.00 Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000  2.1%  3.9% Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over  69.7%  57.4% Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)  D  66,686,220 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000  37.8  24.8 Median household income, 2007  $31,508  $40,596 Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000  $60,500  $85,100 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002  F  0.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a)  0.0%  Z Nonemployer establishments, 2006  734  293,874 Per capita money income, 1999  $14,635  $18,189 Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008  17.9%  13.8% Persons below poverty, percent, 2007  21.8%  16.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b)  0.9%  2.9% Persons per household, 2000  2.48  2.49 Persons per square mile, 2000  17.4  87.6 Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008  0.5%  1.1% Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008  22.2%  24.1% Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008  5.6%  6.7% Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000  4,286  945,705 Population estimates base (April 1) 2000  15,922  4,447,355 Population, 2008 estimate  14,055  4,661,900 Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008  -11.7%  4.8% Private nonfarm employment, 2006  3,411  1,713,3991 Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006  -7.5%  3.6%1 Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2006  288  103,4601 Retail sales per capita, 2002  $4,075  $9,771 Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)  63,054  43,784,342 Total number of firms, 2002  884  309,544 White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008  55.1%  68.4% White persons, percent, 2008 (a)  55.6%  71.0% Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)  41,769  43,641,369 Women-owned firms, percent, 2002  26.4%  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.