Athens, Alabama Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Athens is 15th in Alabama out of 114 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Athens is 17th in Alabama out of 114 other cities in Size in square miles

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Athens	Rank	Alabama	US
Current population (2012)	23,469	22nd	4,822,023	313,914,040
Size in square miles	39.5	17th	50,645.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	553.8	73rd	94.4	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Athens	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents younger than 5	6.7%	44th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.8%	82nd	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.2%	36th	14.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Athens	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	83.6%	58th	81.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	26.8%	34th	22.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Athens	Rank	Alabama	US
Race - White	73.0%	59th	70.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	17.5%	62nd	26.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	30th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.9%	48th	1.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	29th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.9%	27th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	15th	4.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	70.8%	56th	66.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Athens	Rank	Alabama	US
Female residents	52.3%	66th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.7%	30th	3.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Athens	Rank	Alabama	US
Housing units	9,862	27th	2,182,088	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	22.8%	37th	15.5%	25.9%
Households	8,872	23rd	1,831,269	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	64.7%	66th	70.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$140,700	41st	$120,800	$186,200
People per household	2.4	90th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Athens	Rank	Alabama	US
Income per capita	$26,521	30th	$23,483	$27,915
Income per household	$45,827	45th	$42,934	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.0%	71st	17.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Athens	Rank	Alabama	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,248	27th	382,350	27,092,908
Retail sales	$515,213	26th	$57,344,851	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$22,763	35th	$12,364	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$57,482	23rd	$6,426,342	$613,795,732

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