People QuickFacts	Alabaster	Alabama
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	30,799	4,803,689
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	30,352	4,779,745
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	1.5%	0.5%
 	Population, 2010    	30,352	4,779,736
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	7.5%	6.4%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	28.2%	23.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	9.1%	13.8%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	50.7%	51.5% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	79.4%	68.5%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	13.5%	26.2%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.4%	0.6%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.9%	1.1%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	1.5%	1.5%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	9.0%	3.9%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	75.1%	67.0% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	86.3%	84.5%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	6.6%	3.4%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	8.4%	5.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	91.8%	81.9%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	33.1%	22.0%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	2,250	403,982
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	32.6	24.0 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	11,295	2,171,853
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	85.2%	70.7%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	6.6%	15.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$167,600	$120,800
 	Households, 2007-2011    	10,567	1,831,269
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.81	2.53
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$28,510	$23,483
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$72,902	$42,934
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	5.9%	17.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Alabaster	Alabama
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	2,269	382,350
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	5.6%	14.8%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.8%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	1.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.2%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	34.4%	28.1% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	287,605	112,858,843
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	306,504	52,252,752
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	388,744	57,344,851
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$13,493	$12,364
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	38,405	6,426,342

   	Geography QuickFacts	Alabaster	Alabama
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	25.04	50,645.33
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,212.0	94.4
 	FIPS Code    	00820	01
 	Counties    	Shelby County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts