Escambia County, Alabama Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Escambia County is 3rd in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Escambia County is 12th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Size in square miles

Escambia County is 15th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Race - Two or More

Escambia County is 17th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Income below poverty line

Main Cities Within Escambia County, Alabama

Escambia County, Alabama Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Escambia County	Rank	Alabama	US
Current population (2012)	37,994	32nd	4,822,023	313,914,040
Size in square miles	945.1	12th	50,645.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	40.5	39th	94.4	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Escambia County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents younger than 5	6.1%	28th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.5%	42nd	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.7%	38th	14.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Escambia County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	73.7%	50th	81.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	11.8%	44th	22.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Escambia County	Rank	Alabama	US
Race - White	62.5%	44th	70.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	32.2%	25th	26.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	3.4%	3rd	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	41st	1.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	34th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	15th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	45th	4.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	60.8%	44th	66.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Escambia County	Rank	Alabama	US
Female residents	48.4%	64th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.1%	48th	3.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Escambia County	Rank	Alabama	US
Housing units	16,406	35th	2,182,088	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	8.5%	37th	15.5%	25.9%
Households	13,860	33rd	1,831,269	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.0%	42nd	70.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$84,500	41st	$120,800	$186,200
People per household	2.5	32nd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	4	45th	13,506	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Escambia County	Rank	Alabama	US
Income per capita	$16,509	60th	$23,483	$27,915
Income per household	$31,638	53rd	$42,934	$52,762
Income below poverty line	23.7%	17th	17.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Escambia County	Rank	Alabama	US
Non-farm private establishments	747	30th	97,743	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	9,454	33rd	1,573,138	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,765	32nd	382,350	27,092,908
Retail sales	$379,587	29th	$57,344,851	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,089	25th	$12,364	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$31,909	31st	$6,426,342	$613,795,732

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