Madison County, Alabama Demographics

Madison County is 2nd in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Madison County is 2nd in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Income per capita

Madison County is 2nd in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Income per household

Madison County is 2nd in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Madison County is 2nd in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Madison County is 2nd in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Race - Asian

Madison County is 2nd in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Madison County is 2nd in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Madison County is 2nd in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Madison County is 3rd in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Current population (2012)

Size Demographics
	Madison County	Rank	Alabama	US
Current population (2012)	343,080	3rd	4,822,023	313,914,040
Size in square miles	801.6	19th	50,645.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	417.7	2nd	94.4	87.4

Age Demographics
	Madison County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents younger than 5	6.1%	27th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.1%	30th	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.9%	62nd	14.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Madison County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.9%	2nd	81.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	37.4%	2nd	22.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Madison County	Rank	Alabama	US
Race - White	69.7%	39th	70.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	24.6%	31st	26.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.9%	11th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.5%	2nd	1.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	27th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.3%	5th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	13th	4.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	65.9%	40th	66.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Madison County	Rank	Alabama	US
Female residents	51.0%	42nd	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.3%	5th	3.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Madison County	Rank	Alabama	US
Housing units	149,385	3rd	2,182,088	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	21.5%	6th	15.5%	25.9%
Households	128,869	3rd	1,831,269	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.1%	51st	70.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$160,400	3rd	$120,800	$186,200
People per household	2.5	48th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2,259	2nd	13,506	829,658

Income Demographics
	Madison County	Rank	Alabama	US
Income per capita	$30,708	2nd	$23,483	$27,915
Income per household	$57,453	2nd	$42,934	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.4%	64th	17.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Madison County	Rank	Alabama	US
Non-farm private establishments	7,997	3rd	97,743	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	149,519	2nd	1,573,138	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	26,467	3rd	382,350	27,092,908
Retail sales	$4,438,653	3rd	$57,344,851	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,145	8th	$12,364	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$596,324	2nd	$6,426,342	$613,795,732