People QuickFacts Florence Alabama Population, 2011 estimate 39,354 4,803,689 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 39,323 4,779,745 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 0.1% 0.5% Population, 2010 39,319 4,779,736 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 5.9% 6.4% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 20.1% 23.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 17.3% 13.8% Female persons, percent, 2010 53.8% 51.5%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 75.0% 68.5% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 19.4% 26.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.4% 0.6% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.4% 1.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 1.9% 1.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 3.6% 3.9% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 73.7% 67.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 79.2% 84.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 2.7% 3.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 3.7% 5.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 83.7% 81.9% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 25.7% 22.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 3,556 403,982 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 17.4 24.0  Housing units, 2010 19,299 2,171,853 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 58.7% 70.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 27.7% 15.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $108,500 $120,800 Households, 2007-2011 17,409 1,831,269 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.14 2.53 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $21,942 $23,483 Median household income, 2007-2011 $32,122 $42,934 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 24.9% 17.6%     Business QuickFacts Florence Alabama Total number of firms, 2007 3,744 382,350 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 9.5% 14.8% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.8% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.5% 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 29.7% 28.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 987,178 112,858,843 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 143,257 52,252,752 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 951,712 57,344,851 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $25,463 $12,364 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 118,663 6,426,342     Geography QuickFacts Florence Alabama Land area in square miles, 2010 26.00 50,645.33 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,512.4 94.4 FIPS Code 26896 01 Counties Lauderdale 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