Alabama Facts & Figures

Alabama Population in 2000: 4,447,100
Dependent Population: 1,511,387 (34 percent of the total population)
Population by Race
2003 Median Income for US: $56,500
2003 Median Income for Alabama: $46,900

• Median Household Income by County for Alabama--2000 Census Data
• Median Income by MSA's & Nonmetropolitan Counties--2003 HUD Estimates

Source: U.S. Census Bureau; 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Table DP-1; HUD Median Income Estimates for 2003 (www.efanniemae.com)

• 60,295 babies were born in 2001.
• 5,815 low birth weight babies were born in 2001 (9.6 percent of the total births).
• 6,992 births had inadequate prenatal care in 2001 (11.5 percent of total births).
• 45,052 marriages occurred in 2001.
• 24,159 divorces occurred in 2001.

Links

• Alabama Department of Public Health
• Alabama Department of Human Resources
• Alabama Covering Kids & Families Initiative
• National Center for Children in Poverty
• Child Care Expenses Article
• No Child Left Behind, Alabama Facts

Source: Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics.

• 45,196 total deaths in Alabama in 2001.
• 13,177 deaths were due to heart disease in 2001 (29.1 percent of the total deaths).
• 9,783 deaths were due to cancer in 2001. (21.6 percent of the total deaths).
• 1,339 deaths were due to diabetes in 2001. (2.9 percent of the total deaths).

Links

• ACES Nutrition Topics
• Children with Diabetes
• American Diabetes Association
• Information About Diabetes
• American Lung Association
• Alabama Health Rankings

Source: Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics.

• Nationwide, approximately 8.4 percent of children 18 and under are being raised by a grandparent or other relative. In Alabama the rate jumps to 10.1 percent, with some counties having rates as high as 19 percent.
• Conversely, 56,369 grandparents are responsible for one or more of their grandchildren in Alabama. 24.3 percent of these grandparents have been responsible for their grandchildren for 5 years or more.

Link

• AARP link
• Grandsplace News
• University of Wisconsin Extension
• Administration on Aging
• Family Resources

Source: U.S. Census Bureau; 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Table DP-1

• There were 8,592 high school dropouts statewide in 2001.
• 8,993 babies were born to teenagers age 10-19 (14.9 percent of total births).
• Of the 5,815 low weight births in 2001, 1,031 or 17.7 percent were born to teenagers 10-19 years-of-age.

Sources: Alabama Department of Education 2001 Report & Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics.

Consumer Education & Personal Finance

• Income Characteristics
• Median Income by Urban County
• Information on Housing

• Of the 19,873 violent offenses reported in 2001, 20 percent were domestic violence incidents (excluding simple assaults).
• 34 percent of the simple assaults in 2001 were domestic violence incidents.
• 75 percent of the victims were females, 25 percent were males. Sixty percent of the victims were black, and 40 percent were white.
• In 63 percent of the domestic violence offenses the offender was black, and in 75 percent the offender was male.
• In 34 percent of domestic violence offenses in 2001 the victim was the wife of the offender; in 38 percent the victim was the girlfriend of the offender.
• There were 40 domestic homicides reported in 2001. Domestic homicides were 11 percent of the 349 total homicides reported for Alabama in 2001.
• 47 percent of the homicides had black victims and black offenders, 53 percent of the white victims had white offenders.

Source: Statistical Analysis Center of the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center.