|
|
People
Facts |
Decatur |
Alabama |
|
Population, 2003 estimate
|
54,239 |
4,500,752 |
|
Population, percent change,
April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003
|
0.5% |
1.2% |
|
Population, 2000
|
53,929 |
4,447,100 |
|
Population, percent change,
1990 to 2000
|
7.6% |
10.1% |
|
Persons under 5 years old,
percent, 2000
|
6.8% |
6.7% |
|
Persons under 18 years old,
percent, 2000
|
25.4% |
25.3% |
|
Persons 65 years old and
over, percent, 2000
|
13.1% |
13.0% |
|
Female persons, percent, 2000
|
52.0% |
51.7% |
|
White persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
75.5% |
71.1% |
|
Black or African American
persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
19.6% |
26.0% |
|
American Indian and Alaska
Native persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.6% |
0.5% |
|
Asian persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.7% |
0.7% |
|
Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.1% |
Z |
|
Persons reporting some other
race, percent, 2000
(a) |
2.2% |
0.7% |
|
Persons reporting two or
more races, percent, 2000
|
1.3% |
1.0% |
|
Persons of Hispanic or
Latino origin, percent, 2000
|
5.6% |
1.7% |
|
Living in same house in 1995
and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over
|
51.6% |
57.4% |
|
Foreign born persons,
percent, 2000
|
4.5% |
2.0% |
|
Language other than English
spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
|
6.0% |
3.9% |
|
High school graduates,
percent of persons age 25+, 2000
|
80.0% |
75.3% |
|
Bachelor's degree or higher,
pct of persons age 25+, 2000
|
23.7% |
19.0% |
|
Mean travel time to work
(minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
|
19.1 |
24.8 |
| |
|
Housing units, 2000
|
23,950 |
1,963,711 |
|
Homeownership rate, 2000
|
63.8% |
72.5% |
|
Median value of
owner-occupied housing units, 2000
|
$89,200 |
$85,100 |
| |
|
Households, 2000
|
21,824 |
1,737,080 |
|
Persons per household, 2000
|
2.43 |
2.49 |
|
Median household income,
1999
|
$37,192 |
$34,135 |
|
Per capita money income,
1999
|
$20,431 |
$18,189 |
|
Persons below poverty,
percent, 1999
|
14.9% |
16.1% |
