Calhoun County, Alabama Demographics

Calhoun County is 8th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Calhoun County is 9th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Housing units

Calhoun County is 9th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Calhoun County is 10th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Current population (2012)

Calhoun County is 10th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Households

Calhoun County is 10th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Calhoun County is 10th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Retail sales

Calhoun County is 10th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Calhoun County is 11th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Calhoun County is 12th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Race - Two or More

Size Demographics
	Calhoun County	Rank	Alabama	US
Current population (2012)	117,296	10th	4,822,023	313,914,040
Size in square miles	605.9	51st	50,645.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	195.7	8th	94.4	87.4

Age Demographics
	Calhoun County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents younger than 5	6.1%	29th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.7%	37th	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.2%	43rd	14.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Calhoun County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	77.9%	25th	81.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.8%	22nd	22.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Calhoun County	Rank	Alabama	US
Race - White	76.0%	32nd	70.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	21.0%	37th	26.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	26th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	18th	1.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	40th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	12th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	22nd	4.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	73.2%	31st	66.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Calhoun County	Rank	Alabama	US
Female residents	51.8%	24th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.3%	23rd	3.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Calhoun County	Rank	Alabama	US
Housing units	53,347	9th	2,182,088	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	13.8%	16th	15.5%	25.9%
Households	45,923	10th	1,831,269	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.1%	50th	70.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$99,600	23rd	$120,800	$186,200
People per household	2.5	45th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	71	22nd	13,506	829,658

Income Demographics
	Calhoun County	Rank	Alabama	US
Income per capita	$20,903	23rd	$23,483	$27,915
Income per household	$39,467	25th	$42,934	$52,762
Income below poverty line	20.4%	27th	17.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Calhoun County	Rank	Alabama	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,333	11th	97,743	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	36,093	10th	1,573,138	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	8,713	12th	382,350	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,542,981	10th	$57,344,851	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,678	10th	$12,364	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$186,533	9th	$6,426,342	$613,795,732