Etowah County, Alabama Demographics

Etowah County is 6th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Etowah County is 9th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Etowah County is 11th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Current population (2012)

Etowah County is 11th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Households

Etowah County is 11th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Housing units

Etowah County is 11th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Etowah County is 12th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Etowah County is 12th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Etowah County is 13th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Etowah County is 14th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Retail sales

Size Demographics
	Etowah County	Rank	Alabama	US
Current population (2012)	104,392	11th	4,822,023	313,914,040
Size in square miles	535.0	67th	50,645.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	195.2	9th	94.4	87.4

Age Demographics
	Etowah County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents younger than 5	5.9%	37th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.8%	35th	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.4%	31st	14.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Etowah County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	81.7%	15th	81.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.3%	23rd	22.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Etowah County	Rank	Alabama	US
Race - White	81.4%	24th	70.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	15.5%	43rd	26.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	31st	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	17th	1.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.3%	6th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	24th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	19th	4.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	78.7%	23rd	66.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Etowah County	Rank	Alabama	US
Female residents	51.6%	29th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.2%	24th	3.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Etowah County	Rank	Alabama	US
Housing units	47,346	11th	2,182,088	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	11.6%	23rd	15.5%	25.9%
Households	41,160	11th	1,831,269	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.3%	37th	70.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$102,000	22nd	$120,800	$186,200
People per household	2.5	49th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	90	18th	13,506	829,658

Income Demographics
	Etowah County	Rank	Alabama	US
Income per capita	$20,818	27th	$23,483	$27,915
Income per household	$37,772	32nd	$42,934	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.0%	42nd	17.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Etowah County	Rank	Alabama	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,979	12th	97,743	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	28,470	13th	1,573,138	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	9,147	11th	382,350	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,114,841	14th	$57,344,851	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,801	22nd	$12,364	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$137,966	12th	$6,426,342	$613,795,732