People QuickFacts	Muscle Shoals	Alabama
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	13,175	4,803,689
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	13,156	4,779,745
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.1%	0.5%
 	Population, 2010    	13,146	4,779,736
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	5.8%	6.4%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	23.6%	23.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	16.0%	13.8%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	52.5%	51.5% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	80.6%	68.5%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	15.3%	26.2%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	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    	1.6%	1.5%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	2.7%	3.9%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	79.5%	67.0% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	85.4%	84.5%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	2.1%	3.4%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	3.3%	5.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	87.4%	81.9%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	24.1%	22.0%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,003	403,982
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	19.6	24.0 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	5,653	2,171,853
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	75.3%	70.7%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	14.0%	15.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$128,500	$120,800
 	Households, 2007-2011    	5,388	1,831,269
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.39	2.53
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$25,678	$23,483
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$51,114	$42,934
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	10.6%	17.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Muscle Shoals	Alabama
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,481	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    	F	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    	26.3%	28.1% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	1,200,875	112,858,843
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	62,444	52,252,752
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	426,560	57,344,851
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$33,296	$12,364
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	34,064	6,426,342

   	Geography QuickFacts	Muscle Shoals	Alabama
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	15.53	50,645.33
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	846.5	94.4
 	FIPS Code    	53016	01
 	Counties    	Colbert 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