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| People QuickFacts | Alabama | USA |
Population, 2003 estimate |
4,500,752 | 290,809,777 |
| Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 |
1.2% | 3.3% |
| Population, 2000 | 4,447,100 | 281,421,906 |
| Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 | 10.1% | 13.1% |
| Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 | 6.7% | 6.8% |
| Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 | 25.3% |
25.7% |
| Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 | 13.0% | 12.4% |
| Female persons, percent, 2000 | 51.7% | 50.9% |
| Mortgage, Real Estate Demographics | Alabama | USA |
Housing units, 2002 |
2,014,536 | 119,302,132 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000 |
72.5% | 66.2% |
| Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 | 15.3% | 26.4% |
| Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 | $85,100 | $119,600 |
| Households, 2000 | 1,737,080 | 105,480,101 |
| Persons per household, 2000 | 2.49 | 2.59 |
| Median household income, 1999 | $34,135 | $41,994 |
| Per capita money income, 1999 | $18,189 | $21,587 |
| Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 | 16.1% | 12.4% |
Capital: Montgomery
Largest Metro: Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman Metropolitan Area
Regions: Greater Birmingham | Central Alabama | Lower Alabama | Mobile Bay | North Alabama | South Alabama
Largest cities: Birmingham | Huntsville | Mobile | Montgomery
Major cities: Alabaster | Albertville | Alexander City | Anniston | Athens | Auburn | Bessemer | Daphne | Decatur | Dothan | Enterprise | Florence | Gadsden | Homewood | Hoover | Tuscaloosa | Vestavia Hills
All cities: List of cities in Alabama
Counties: Autauga | Baldwin | Barbour | Bibb | Blount | Bullock | Butler | Calhoun | Chambers | Cherokee | Chilton | Choctaw | Clarke | Clay | Cleburne | Coffee | Colbert | Conecuh | Coosa | Covington | Crenshaw | Cullman | Dale | Dallas | DeKalb | Elmore | Escambia | Etowah | Fayette | Franklin | Geneva | Greene | Hale | Henry | Houston | Jackson | Jefferson | Lamar | Lauderdale | Lawrence | Lee | Limestone | Lowndes | Macon | Madison | Marengo | Marion | Marshall | Mobile | Monroe | Montgomery | Morgan | Perry | Pickens | Pike | Randolph | Russell | Shelby | St. Clair | Sumter | Talladega | Tallapoosa | Tuscaloosa | Walker | Washington | Wilcox | Winston
Alabama is the 30th largest state in the United States with 135,765 km2 (52,419 mi2) of total area. 3.2% of that is water, making Alabama 23rd in the amount of surface water. About three-fifths of the land area is a gentle plain with a general incline towards the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. Alabama generally ranges in elevation from sea level at Mobile Bay, to a little more than 1800 feet or 550 meters near the Georgia state line. The highest point is Mount Cheaha.
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Economy
According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the 2003 total gross state product was $132 billion. The per capita income for the state was $26,505 in 2003. Alabama's agricultural outputs are poultry and eggs, cattle, nursery stock, peanuts, cotton, vegetables, milk, and soybeans. Its industrial outputs are paper, lumber and wood products, mining, rubber and plastic products, transportation equipment and apparel.
Religion:
Alabama is overwhelmingly Protestant. The religious affiliations of the people of Alabama are as follows:
-88% Protestant
-5% Roman Catholic
-1% Other Christian
-0% Other Religions
-4% Non-Religious
The three largest Protestant denominations in Alabama are: Baptist (51% of the total state population), Methodist (10%), Churches of Christ (3%).
Language
As of 2000, 96.7% of Alabama residents age 5 and older speak English at home and 2.2% speak Spanish. German speakers make up only 0.4% of the population, French/French Creole at 0.3%, and Chinese at 0.1%.