Dallas County Facts

Census Statistics

	Dallas County	Alabama
Population, 2003 estimate	44,977	4,500,752
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-3.0%	1.2%
Population, 2000	46,365	4,447,100
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	-3.7%	10.1%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.4%	6.7%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	28.6%	25.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	13.9%	13.0%
Female persons, percent, 2000	54.5%	51.7%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	35.6%	71.1%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	63.3%	26.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	0.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	0.7%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.5%	1.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.6%	1.7%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	35.4%	70.3%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	65.0%	57.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	0.7%	2.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	2.5%	3.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	70.3%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	13.9%	19.0%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	12,040	945,705
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	23.6	24.8?
Housing units, 2002	20,724	2,014,536
Homeownership rate, 2000	65.7%	72.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	13.2%	15.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$64,100	$85,100?
Households, 2000	17,841	1,737,080
Persons per household, 2000	2.57	2.49
Median household income, 1999	$23,370	$34,135
Per capita money income, 1999	$13,638	$18,189
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	31.1%	16.1%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	913	99,261
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	14,933	1,620,952
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-1.2%	-1.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	1,540	223,103
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	1,064,846	67,970,076
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	338,967	36,623,327
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$7,195	$8,477
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	16.2%	9.9%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	18.1%	24.4%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	4	18,403
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	397,565	34,291,352
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	981	50,744
Persons per square mile, 2000	47.3	87.6
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	047	01

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