People QuickFacts Wilcox County Alabama Population, 2012 estimate 11,431 4,822,023 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 11,665 4,779,745 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -2.0% 0.9% Population, 2010 11,670 4,779,736 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.8% 6.3% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 26.3% 23.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 15.4% 14.0% Female persons, percent, 2011 52.7% 51.5%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 27.0% 70.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 72.2% 26.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.7% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 1.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 0.5% 1.4% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 0.7% 4.0% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 26.8% 66.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 93.5% 84.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 0.2% 3.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 0.9% 5.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 72.4% 81.9% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 12.0% 22.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 460 403,982 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 24.0 24.0  Housing units, 2011 5,554 2,182,088 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 78.7% 70.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 6.1% 15.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $54,500 $120,800 Households, 2007-2011 3,732 1,831,269 Persons per household, 2007-2011 3.10 2.53 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $12,683 $23,483 Median household income, 2007-2011 $23,750 $42,934 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 36.7% 17.6%     Business QuickFacts Wilcox County Alabama Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 208 99,251 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 1,921 1,568,111 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -26.9 -5.1 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 888 320,605  Total number of firms, 2007 928 382,350 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 66.2% 14.8% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.8% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 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 37.6% 28.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 112,858,843 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 21,337 52,252,752 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 75,708 57,344,851 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $6,018 $12,364 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 12,949 6,426,342 Building permits, 2011 0 11,667     Geography QuickFacts Wilcox County Alabama Land area in square miles, 2010 888.50 50,645.33 Persons per square mile, 2010 13.1 94.4 FIPS Code 131 01 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None   (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