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People QuickFacts |
Pickens County |
Alabama |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
20,133 | 4,599,030 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
-3.9% | 3.4% |
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Population, 2000 |
20,949 | 4,447,100 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 |
6.6% | 6.5% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 |
25.4% | 24.2% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 |
16.4% | 13.4% |
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Female persons, percent, 2006 |
52.8% | 51.5% |
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White persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
57.2% | 71.2% |
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Black persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
41.8% | 26.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
0.1% | 0.5% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
0.1% | 0.9% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a) |
Z | Z |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 |
0.7% | 0.9% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b) |
0.9% | 2.5% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006 |
56.7% | 69.0% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
67.3% | 57.4% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
0.4% | 2.0% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
1.9% | 3.9% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
69.7% | 75.3% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
9.8% | 19.0% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
5,362 | 945,705 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
30.0 | 24.8 |
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Housing units, 2006 |
9,742 | 2,110,154 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
79.3% | 72.5% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
6.9% | 15.3% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$66,000 | $85,100 |
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Households, 2000 |
8,086 | 1,737,080 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.56 | 2.49 |
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Median household income, 2004 |
$27,737 | $37,062 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$13,746 | $18,189 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 |
20.8% | 16.1% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Pickens County |
Alabama |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 |
321 | 101,9761 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2005 |
3,149 | 1,667,5261 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 |
-3.1% | 0.9%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2005 |
894 | 282,604 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
1,103 | 309,544 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
S | 9.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.9% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 1.4% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.8% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
41.0% | 26.4% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
97,781 | 66,686,220 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
D | 43,641,369 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
94,127 | 43,784,342 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$4,515 | $9,771 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
3,441 | 4,692,297 |
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Building permits, 2006 |
7 | 32,034 |
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Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) |
154,533 | 39,047,4731 |
