Lauderdale County, Alabama Demographics

Lauderdale County is 9th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Lauderdale County is 11th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Lauderdale County is 12th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Lauderdale County is 13th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Lauderdale County is 13th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Households

Lauderdale County is 13th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Housing units

Lauderdale County is 13th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Lauderdale County is 13th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Lauderdale County is 13th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Retail sales

Lauderdale County is 13th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	Lauderdale County	Rank	Alabama	US
Current population (2012)	92,542	14th	4,822,023	313,914,040
Size in square miles	667.7	35th	50,645.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	138.8	14th	94.4	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lauderdale County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents younger than 5	5.5%	56th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.1%	63rd	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.6%	19th	14.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lauderdale County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	82.9%	11th	81.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	21.6%	9th	22.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lauderdale County	Rank	Alabama	US
Race - White	87.2%	16th	70.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	10.1%	53rd	26.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	29th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	16th	1.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	28th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	29th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	35th	4.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	85.2%	12th	66.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lauderdale County	Rank	Alabama	US
Female residents	52.1%	20th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.9%	30th	3.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lauderdale County	Rank	Alabama	US
Housing units	44,033	13th	2,182,088	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	14.8%	13th	15.5%	25.9%
Households	38,315	13th	1,831,269	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.3%	45th	70.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$108,100	17th	$120,800	$186,200
People per household	2.4	62nd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	290	13th	13,506	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lauderdale County	Rank	Alabama	US
Income per capita	$22,692	15th	$23,483	$27,915
Income per household	$39,702	24th	$42,934	$52,762
Income below poverty line	17.4%	47th	17.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lauderdale County	Rank	Alabama	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,968	13th	97,743	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	24,479	14th	1,573,138	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	8,317	14th	382,350	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,131,585	13th	$57,344,851	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,783	16th	$12,364	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$136,587	13th	$6,426,342	$613,795,732