Demographics
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People
QuickFacts |
Florence |
Alabama |
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Population, 2003 estimate |
35,852 |
4,500,752 |
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Population, percent change,
April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 |
-1.2% |
1.2% |
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Population, 2000 |
36,264 |
4,447,100 |
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Population, percent change,
1990 to 2000 |
-0.9% |
10.1% |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
5.8% |
6.7% |
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Persons under 18 years old,
percent, 2000 |
21.4% |
25.3% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
17.5% |
13.0% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000
|
54.3% |
51.7% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
78.4% |
71.1% |
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Black or African American
persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
19.2% |
26.0% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.2% |
0.5% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.6% |
0.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000
(a) |
Z |
Z |
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Persons reporting some other
race, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.5% |
0.7% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000
|
1.0% |
1.0% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino
origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
1.3% |
1.7% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000
|
51.7% |
57.4% |
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Foreign born persons,
percent, 2000 |
1.6% |
2.0% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+,
2000 |
3.3% |
3.9% |
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High school graduates,
percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
78.3% |
75.3% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000
|
25.0% |
19.0% |
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Mean travel time to work
(minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
17.4 |
24.8 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
17,707 |
1,963,711 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000
|
58.5% |
72.5% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000
|
$83,300 |
$85,100 |
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Households, 2000 |
15,820 |
1,737,080 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.20 |
2.49 |
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Median household income, 1999
|
$28,330 |
$34,135 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$19,464 |
$18,189 |
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Persons below poverty,
percent, 1999 |
20.4% |
16.1% |
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Business
QuickFacts |
Florence |
Alabama |
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Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) |
743,840 |
67,970,076 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 1997
($1000) |
348,976 |
40,986,328 |
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Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) |
710,047 |
36,623,327 |
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Retail sales per capita, 1997
|
$18,159 |
$8,477 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 1997 ($1000)
|
59,597 |
3,881,782 |
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Total number of firms, 1997
|
4,591 |
285,206 |
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Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
5.0% |
9.9% |
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Women-owned firms, percent of
total, 1997 |
24.8% |
24.4% |
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Geography
QuickFacts |
Florence |
Alabama |
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Land area, 2000 (square
miles) |
25 |
50,744 |
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Persons per square mile, 2000 |
1,454.6 |
87.6 |
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FIPS Code |
26896 |
01 |
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