People QuickFacts Lauderdale County Alabama Population, 2012 estimate 92,542 4,822,023 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 92,709 4,779,745 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -0.2% 0.9% Population, 2010 92,709 4,779,736 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.6% 6.3% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 21.3% 23.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 17.1% 14.0% Female persons, percent, 2011 52.2% 51.5%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 87.1% 70.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 10.3% 26.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 0.7% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.8% 1.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.3% 1.4% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 2.4% 4.0% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 85.1% 66.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 85.4% 84.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 1.9% 3.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 2.9% 5.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 82.9% 81.9% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 21.6% 22.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 7,610 403,982 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 23.8 24.0  Housing units, 2011 44,033 2,182,088 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 71.3% 70.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 14.8% 15.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $108,100 $120,800 Households, 2007-2011 38,315 1,831,269 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.36 2.53 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $22,692 $23,483 Median household income, 2007-2011 $39,702 $42,934 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 17.4% 17.6%     Business QuickFacts Lauderdale County Alabama Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 1,968 97,743 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 24,479 1,573,138 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 -3.9% 0.3% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 6,785 320,605  Total number of firms, 2007 8,317 382,350 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 5.5% 14.8% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.8% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.8% 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 27.6% 28.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 1,083,658 112,858,843 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 514,555 52,252,752 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,131,585 57,344,851 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $12,783 $12,364 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 136,587 6,426,342 Building permits, 2012 290 13,506     Geography QuickFacts Lauderdale County Alabama Land area in square miles, 2010 667.70 50,645.33 Persons per square mile, 2010 138.8 94.4 FIPS Code 077 01 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro 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