People QuickFacts Dale County Alabama Population, 2012 estimate 50,444 4,822,023 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 50,251 4,779,745 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.4% 0.9% Population, 2010 50,251 4,779,736 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.1% 6.3% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 24.5% 23.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 13.8% 14.0% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.8% 51.5%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 75.4% 70.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 19.7% 26.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.9% 0.7% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.2% 1.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.7% 1.4% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 5.6% 4.0% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 70.9% 66.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 76.4% 84.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 3.9% 3.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 6.5% 5.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 83.1% 81.9% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 17.6% 22.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 6,920 403,982 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 20.3 24.0  Housing units, 2011 22,759 2,182,088 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 61.3% 70.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 13.5% 15.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $96,800 $120,800 Households, 2007-2011 19,454 1,831,269 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.48 2.53 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $22,326 $23,483 Median household income, 2007-2011 $45,491 $42,934 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 15.5% 17.6%     Business QuickFacts Dale County Alabama Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 815 97,743 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 13,631 1,573,138 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 3.6% 0.3% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 2,363 320,605  Total number of firms, 2007 2,951 382,350 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 14.8% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 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 S 1.2% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 28.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 114,991 112,858,843 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 69,341 52,252,752 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 332,503 57,344,851 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $6,889 $12,364 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 37,229 6,426,342 Building permits, 2012 71 13,506     Geography QuickFacts Dale County Alabama Land area in square miles, 2010 561.15 50,645.33 Persons per square mile, 2010 89.6 94.4 FIPS Code 045 01 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Enterprise-Ozark, AL Micro Area   (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