Etowah County, Alabama (AL)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 13,148
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 30,957
Renter-occupied apartments: 11,688 (it was 10,658 in 2000)
% of renters here: | 26% |
State: | 30% |
Land area: 535 sq. mi.
Water area: 13.9 sq. mi.
Population density: 193 people per square mile (high).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (23.2%), Manufacturing (18.2%), Retail trade (13.7%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 77%
- Government: 16%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 7%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 79,25776.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 13,34112.9%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 4,9214.8%Hispanic or Latino
- 2,8412.8%Two or more races
- 1,7871.7%Some other race alone
- 8840.9%Asian alone
- 570.06%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
Median resident age: | 42.8 years |
Alabama median age: | 39.6 years |
Males: 50,443 | (48.9%) |
Females: 52,645 | (51.1%) |
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Etowah County: | 2.0 people |
Alabama: | 2 people |
Estimated median household income in 2022: $57,098 ($31,170 in 1999)
This county: | $57,098 |
Alabama: | $59,674 |
Median contract rent in 2022 for apartments: $557 (lower quartile is $404, upper quartile is $757)
This county: | $557 |
State: | $693 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $167,400 (it was $66,500 in 2000)
Etowah: | $167,400 |
Alabama: | $200,900 |
Mean price in 2022:
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,193Detached houses: $194,719
Here: $194,719 State: $273,076 Townhouses or other attached units: $281,506
Here: $281,506 State: $222,857 In 2-unit structures: $137,818
Here: $137,818 State: $191,282 Mobile homes: $100,707
Here: $100,707 State: $77,780 Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $9,829
Here: $9,829 State: $95,848
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $386
Institutionalized population: 1,479
Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 0
- Rapes: 5
- Robberies: 0
- Assaults: 22
- Burglaries: 37
- Thefts: 61
- Auto thefts: 23
Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 0
- Rapes: 9
- Robberies: 0
- Assaults: 31
- Burglaries: 55
- Thefts: 92
- Auto thefts: 34
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 2022: 157 buildings, average cost: $187,700
- 2021: 138 buildings, average cost: $156,100
- 2020: 113 buildings, average cost: $123,300
- 2019: 71 buildings, average cost: $171,900
- 2018: 104 buildings, average cost: $162,500
- 2017: 112 buildings, average cost: $169,000
- 2016: 97 buildings, average cost: $146,200
- 2015: 83 buildings, average cost: $134,300
- 2014: 79 buildings, average cost: $138,400
- 2013: 75 buildings, average cost: $200,000
- 2012: 90 buildings, average cost: $138,700
- 2011: 82 buildings, average cost: $131,700
- 2010: 105 buildings, average cost: $118,200
- 2009: 128 buildings, average cost: $127,600
- 2008: 191 buildings, average cost: $137,000
- 2007: 238 buildings, average cost: $131,700
- 2006: 312 buildings, average cost: $121,200
- 2005: 337 buildings, average cost: $120,000
- 2004: 279 buildings, average cost: $103,200
- 2003: 252 buildings, average cost: $106,300
- 2002: 254 buildings, average cost: $110,600
- 2001: 199 buildings, average cost: $105,600
- 2000: 180 buildings, average cost: $105,100
- 1999: 155 buildings, average cost: $95,400
- 1998: 218 buildings, average cost: $96,600
- 1997: 173 buildings, average cost: $81,100
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $702 (0.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $488 (0.4%)
Etowah County: | 17.6% |
Alabama: | 16.2% |
Median age of residents in 2022: 42.8 years old
(Males: 40.4 years old, Females: 44.5 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 44.9 years old, Black residents: 42.6 years old, American Indian residents: 29.3 years old, Asian residents: 53.2 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 26.5 years old, Other race residents: 18.2 years old)
Area name: Gadsden, AL MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Etowah County is $398 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $484 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $620 a month.
Cities in this county include: Gadsden, Rainbow City, Southside, Attalla, Glencoe, Hokes Bluff, Turkeytown, Lookout Mountain, Whitesboro, Carlisle-Rockledge.
2023 air pollution in Etowah County:
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Annual: 9.8 µg/m3(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m3). Near U.S. average.
Neighboring counties: Bradley County, Arkansas , Calhoun County, South Carolina , Darlington County, South Carolina , Fannin County, Texas , Yalobusha County, Mississippi , Madison County, Georgia .
Here: | 2.9% |
Alabama: | 2.6% |
Current college students: 4,130
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 85.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 16.9%
Number of foreign born residents: 2,494 (22.0% naturalized citizens)
Etowah County: | 2.4% |
Whole state: | 3.8% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 7292010 or later
- 7302000 to 2009
- 7571990 to 1999
- 3561980 to 1989
- 1641970 to 1979
- 187Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 98.9%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 36,639
- One, attached: 478
- Two: 642
- 3 or 4: 1,058
- 5 to 9: 1,891
- 10 to 19: 421
- 20 to 49: 293
- 50 or more: 1,073
- Mobile homes: 5,109
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 38
Housing units in Etowah County with a mortgage: 14,120 (608 second mortgage, 33 home equity loan, 474 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 194
Here: | 6.7% with mortgage |
State: | 97.4% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Etowah County
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Evangelical Protestant | 64,316 | 193 |
Catholic | 7,624 | 1 |
Mainline Protestant | 5,816 | 35 |
Black Protestant | 4,813 | 21 |
Other | 1,437 | 6 |
None | 20,424 | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Etowah County: | 2.43 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 1.89 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 0.78 / 10,000 pop. |
Alabama: | 0.65 / 10,000 pop. |
Etowah County: | 6.21 / 10,000 pop. |
Alabama: | 6.32 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 4.95 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 5.75 / 10,000 pop. |
Etowah County: | 10.7% |
Alabama: | 11.8% |
Etowah County: | 32.5% |
State: | 31.7% |
Here: | 20.2% |
State: | 13.5% |
Agriculture in Etowah County:
Average size of farms: 93 acresAverage value of agricultural products sold per farm: $49,003
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $129.14
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 1.37%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 94.53%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $34,307
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 22.43%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.85%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $31,743
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 96.20%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 24.02
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 1.60%
Corn for grain: 1008 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 15 harvested acres
Upland cotton: 4249 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 1357 harvested acres
Vegetables: 337 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 31 acres
Earthquake activity:
Etowah County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Alabama state average. It is 117% greater than the overall U.S. average.On 4/29/2003 at 08:59:39, a magnitude 4.9 (4.4 MB, 4.6 MW, 4.9 LG, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 40.2 miles away from Etowah County center
On 1/18/1999 at 07:00:53, a magnitude 4.8 (4.8 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 82.2 miles away from the county center
On 4/29/2003 at 08:59:39, a magnitude 4.6 (4.6 MW, Depth: 12.3 mi) earthquake occurred 40.1 miles away from the county center
On 6/24/1975 at 11:11:36, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 MB) earthquake occurred 105.9 miles away from the county center
On 8/2/1974 at 08:52:09, a magnitude 4.9 (4.3 MB, 4.9 LG) earthquake occurred 203.6 miles away from Etowah County center
On 11/30/1973 at 07:48:41, a magnitude 4.7 (4.7 MB, 4.6 ML) earthquake occurred 170.1 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), moment magnitude (MW)
Most recent natural disasters:
- Alabama Severe Thunderstorms, Incident Period: April 12, 2020 - April 13, 2020, FEMA Id: 4555, Natural disaster type: Storm
- Alabama Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4503, Natural disaster type: Other
- Alabama Severe Storms And Tornadoes, Incident Period: March 19, 2018 - March 20, 2018, FEMA Id: 4362, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado
- Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: April 28, 2014 to May 05, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4176: May 02, 2014, FEMA Id: 4176, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
- Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-line Winds, Incident Period: April 27, 2011 to May 31, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3319: April 27, 2011, FEMA Id: 3319, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Wind
- Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: April 15, 2011 to May 31, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1971: April 28, 2011, FEMA Id: 1971, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
- Alabama Hurricane Gustav, Incident Period: August 29, 2008 to September 03, 2008, Emergency Declared EM-3292: August 30, 2008, FEMA Id: 3292, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- Alabama Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3237: September 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 3237, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- Alabama Hurricane Ivan, Incident Period: September 13, 2004 to September 30, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1549: September 15, 2004, FEMA Id: 1549, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding, Incident Period: May 05, 2003 to May 30, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1466: May 12, 2003, FEMA Id: 1466, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
- 15 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.
The number of natural disasters in Etowah County (25) is a lot greater than the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 16
Emergencies Declared: 5
Causes of natural disasters: Storms: 14, Tornadoes: 11, Floods: 10, Hurricanes: 4, Winds: 4, Winter Storms: 2, Drought: 1, Fire: 1, Freeze: 1, Snowfall: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 33,446 (85.7%)
- Carpooled: 2,395 (6.1%)
- Bus: 7 (0.0%)
- Ferryboat: 39 (0.1%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 384 (1.0%)
- Walked: 432 (1.1%)
- Worked at home: 1,842 (4.7%)
- Health care and social assistance (22%)
- Retail trade (18%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Manufacturing (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Health care and social assistance (23%)
- Retail trade (18%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Manufacturing (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Production occupations (17%)
- Management occupations (15%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (9%)
- Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (7%)
- Transportation occupations (7%)
- Sales and related occupations (7%)
- Material moving occupations (6%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (22%)
- Sales and related occupations (14%)
- Management occupations (13%)
- Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (10%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (8%)
- Production occupations (5%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (4%)
- Mexico (20%)
- Guatemala (16%)
- Philippines (7%)
- India (6%)
- Honduras (5%)
- Canada (5%)
- Ukraine (4%)
- American (23%)
- English (13%)
- Irish (7%)
- German (3%)
- European (2%)
- Scottish (1%)
- Scotch-Irish (1%)
People in group quarters in Etowah County, Alabama in 2010:
- 784 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
- 602 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
- 341 people in college/university student housing
- 119 people in other noninstitutional facilities
- 81 people in residential treatment centers for juveniles (non-correctional)
- 66 people in group homes intended for adults
- 66 people in residential treatment centers for adults
- 14 people in emergency and transitional shelters (with sleeping facilities) for people experiencing homelessness
- 12 people in group homes for juveniles (non-correctional)
People in group quarters in Etowah County, Alabama in 2000:
- 799 people in nursing homes
- 405 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 279 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
- 205 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 103 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 92 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 48 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 34 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 21 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 20 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 13 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 9 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 3 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
- 3 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
5.83% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($46,488 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 5.83% |
Alabama average: | 6.87% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.87% relocated from other counties in Alabama ($30,318 average AGI)
1.95% relocated from other states ($16,170 average AGI)
Etowah County: 1.95% Alabama average: 3.08%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
from Marshall County, AL | 0.90% ($39,799 average AGI) |
from Calhoun County, AL | 0.65% ($54,611) |
from Jefferson County, AL | 0.40% ($61,324) |
from St. Clair County, AL | 0.38% ($53,594) |
from DeKalb County, AL | 0.26% ($40,783) |
from Cherokee County, AL | 0.22% ($39,127) |
from Blount County, AL | 0.21% ($29,863) |
5.23% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($45,752 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 5.23% |
Alabama average: | 6.41% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.66% relocated to other counties in Alabama ($29,777 average AGI)
1.57% relocated to other states ($15,976 average AGI)
Etowah County: 1.57% Alabama average: 2.60%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
to Marshall County, AL | 0.65% ($37,881 average AGI) |
to Calhoun County, AL | 0.61% ($40,542) |
to Jefferson County, AL | 0.38% ($46,727) |
to St. Clair County, AL | 0.34% ($47,034) |
to DeKalb County, AL | 0.23% ($42,630) |
to Madison County, AL | 0.21% ($43,583) |
to Blount County, AL | 0.20% ($42,271) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 12.4
Births per 1000 population from 2010 to 2022: 9.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 13.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 13.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 10.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.1
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 2.9%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 21,197 (15,479 aged, 5,718 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 1,694 (7%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Etowah County, Alabama in 1999 - 2019:
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (2,349)
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (1,823)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (1,687)
- Congestive heart failure (1,471)
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (1,313)
- Alzheimer disease, unspecified (1,189)
- Cardiac arrest, unspecified (932)
- Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (860)
- Unspecified dementia (775)
- Pneumonia, unspecified (705)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Homicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 86.1. This is less than state average.
- Firearm - 47.2
- Other - 38.9
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 150.0. This is less than state average.
- Firearm - 111.1
- Other - 38.9
Household type by relationship:
Households: 103,088- Male householders: 18,919 (5,026 living alone), Female householders: 21,037 (6,196 living alone)
20,128 spouses (19,898 opposite-sex spouses), 2,232 unmarried partners, (1,951 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 28,313 children (24,736 natural, 928 adopted, 2,649 stepchildren), 3,267 grandchildren, 1,033 brothers or sisters, 1,416 parents, 151 foster children, 2,434 other relatives, 2,401 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 1,757
Size of family households: 13,130 2-persons, 5,936 3-persons, 4,355 4-persons, 1,426 5-persons, 659 6-persons, 1,094 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 11,222 1-person, 2,004 2-persons, 84 3-persons, 46 5-persons.
12,751 married couples with children.
5,528 single-parent households (473 men, 5,055 women).
95.3% of residents of Etowah speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (52% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 29% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (74% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $666,476,000 ($6,455 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $17,992,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $329,516,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $177,351,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,134,000
Federal grants: $122,562,000
Federal procurement contracts: $15,104,000 ($1,230,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $18,809,000 ($2,659,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,158,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $15,486,000
Federal Government insurance: $54,301,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 6,817Here: | 66 per 1000 residents |
State: | 70 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 7,127
Here: | 69 per 1000 residents |
State: | 53 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +497
Here: | +5 per 1000 residents |
State: | +6 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -354
Here: | -3 per 1000 residents |
State: | +2 per 1000 residents |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 22.91 millions of gallons per day (17% from ground, 83% from surface)
Here: | 6.5 |
State: | 6.5 |
Here: | 4.6 |
State: | 4.7 |
- Year house built in Etowah County, Alabama
- 4982020 or later
- 3,1952010 to 2019
- 5,4792000 to 2009
- 5,6531990 to 1999
- 6,2531980 to 1989
- 8,5291970 to 1979
- 5,1991960 to 1969
- 6,1961950 to 1959
- 3,3501940 to 1949
- 3,2901939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Etowah County, Alabama
- 01 room
- 2972 rooms
- 6803 rooms
- 2,1274 rooms
- 5,0995 rooms
- 6,4766 rooms
- 5,9427 rooms
- 4,6888 rooms
- 3,9639+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Etowah County, Alabama
- 1791 room
- 4702 rooms
- 1,5783 rooms
- 2,7274 rooms
- 3,0275 rooms
- 1,0576 rooms
- 4147 rooms
- 4348 rooms
- 7989+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Etowah County, Alabama
- 181no bedroom
- 5171 bedroom
- 4,7852 bedrooms
- 16,1673 bedrooms
- 5,9964 bedrooms
- 1,6265+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Etowah County, Alabama
- 179no bedroom
- 2,0641 bedroom
- 4,9582 bedrooms
- 2,8773 bedrooms
- 6064 bedrooms
- 05+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Etowah County in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 460no vehicle
- 5,7251 vehicle
- 12,8912 vehicles
- 6,2053 vehicles
- 1,6314 vehicles
- 2,3605+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Etowah County in renter-occupied apartments
- 557no vehicle
- 5,6131 vehicle
- 3,6102 vehicles
- 6883 vehicles
- 1834 vehicles
- 335+ vehicles
88.2% of Etowah County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Alabama.
Etowah County: | 88.2% |
State average: | 87.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 82,077
- Other state: 17,279
- Northeast: 2,000
- Midwest: 3,361
- South: 9,963
- West: 1,955
- 55.3%Electricity
- 36.6%Utility gas
- 6.1%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 1.5%Wood
- 0.2%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 0.2%No fuel used
- 68.7%Electricity
- 27.4%Utility gas
- 3.4%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 0.3%Wood
- 0.1%No fuel used
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Here: | 22.6% |
Alabama: | 14.7% |
Here: | 18.8% |
Alabama: | 16.3% |
Here: | 28.4% |
Alabama: | 14.6% |
Etowah County government finances - Expenditure in 2018:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $2,758,000
- Charges - Other: $16,248,000
Other: $14,580,000
Regular Highways: $149,000
- Construction - General - Other: $10,978,000
Regular Highways: $4,570,000
General - Other: $723,000
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $15,737,000
Police Protection: $13,571,000
Correctional Institutions: $9,914,000
Correctional Institutions: $8,692,000
Regular Highways: $7,344,000
Regular Highways: $6,678,000
Central Staff Services: $3,988,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $3,884,000
Central Staff Services: $3,431,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $3,341,000
General - Other: $2,431,000
Financial Administration: $1,784,000
Financial Administration: $1,486,000
General Public Buildings: $840,000
General Public Buildings: $719,000
Public Welfare - Other: $661,000
Public Welfare - Other: $577,000
Health - Other: $453,000
Health - Other: $409,000
Parks and Recreation: $31,000
Parks and Recreation: $29,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $989,000
Interest on Debt: $672,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Elementary and Secondary Education: $112,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $2,889,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $28,887,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $27,034,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $2,163,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $310,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $1,088,000
General Revenue - Other: $695,000
Sale of Property: $571,000
General Revenue - Other: $548,000
Fines and Forfeits: $188,000
Interest Earnings: $131,000
Fines and Forfeits: $107,000
Sale of Property: $29,000
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $909,000
Regular Highways: $34,000
Financial Administration: $5,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $17,324,000
Cash and Securities: $15,178,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $917,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $6,051,000
Other: $5,551,000
General Local Government Support: $3,758,000
Highways: $3,215,000
General Local Government Support: $2,680,000
Highways: $2,074,000
- Tax - Property: $12,074,000
Property: $11,865,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $4,143,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $3,900,000
Other License: $798,000
Other Selective Sales: $662,000
Other Selective Sales: $578,000
Other License: $571,000
Other: $268,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $10,810,000
: $979,000
Etowah County government finances - Revenue in 2018:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $2,758,000
- Charges - Other: $16,248,000
Other: $14,580,000
Regular Highways: $149,000
- Construction - General - Other: $10,978,000
Regular Highways: $4,570,000
General - Other: $723,000
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $15,737,000
Police Protection: $13,571,000
Correctional Institutions: $9,914,000
Correctional Institutions: $8,692,000
Regular Highways: $7,344,000
Regular Highways: $6,678,000
Central Staff Services: $3,988,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $3,884,000
Central Staff Services: $3,431,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $3,341,000
General - Other: $2,431,000
Financial Administration: $1,784,000
Financial Administration: $1,486,000
General Public Buildings: $840,000
General Public Buildings: $719,000
Public Welfare - Other: $661,000
Public Welfare - Other: $577,000
Health - Other: $453,000
Health - Other: $409,000
Parks and Recreation: $31,000
Parks and Recreation: $29,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $989,000
Interest on Debt: $672,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Elementary and Secondary Education: $112,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $2,889,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $28,887,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $27,034,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $2,163,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $310,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $1,088,000
General Revenue - Other: $695,000
Sale of Property: $571,000
General Revenue - Other: $548,000
Fines and Forfeits: $188,000
Interest Earnings: $131,000
Fines and Forfeits: $107,000
Sale of Property: $29,000
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $909,000
Regular Highways: $34,000
Financial Administration: $5,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $17,324,000
Cash and Securities: $15,178,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $917,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $6,051,000
Other: $5,551,000
General Local Government Support: $3,758,000
Highways: $3,215,000
General Local Government Support: $2,680,000
Highways: $2,074,000
- Tax - Property: $12,074,000
Property: $11,865,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $4,143,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $3,900,000
Other License: $798,000
Other Selective Sales: $662,000
Other Selective Sales: $578,000
Other License: $571,000
Other: $268,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $10,810,000
: $979,000
Etowah County government finances - Debt in 2018:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $2,758,000
- Charges - Other: $16,248,000
Other: $14,580,000
Regular Highways: $149,000
- Construction - General - Other: $10,978,000
Regular Highways: $4,570,000
General - Other: $723,000
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $15,737,000
Police Protection: $13,571,000
Correctional Institutions: $9,914,000
Correctional Institutions: $8,692,000
Regular Highways: $7,344,000
Regular Highways: $6,678,000
Central Staff Services: $3,988,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $3,884,000
Central Staff Services: $3,431,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $3,341,000
General - Other: $2,431,000
Financial Administration: $1,784,000
Financial Administration: $1,486,000
General Public Buildings: $840,000
General Public Buildings: $719,000
Public Welfare - Other: $661,000
Public Welfare - Other: $577,000
Health - Other: $453,000
Health - Other: $409,000
Parks and Recreation: $31,000
Parks and Recreation: $29,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $989,000
Interest on Debt: $672,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Elementary and Secondary Education: $112,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $2,889,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $28,887,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $27,034,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $2,163,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $310,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $1,088,000
General Revenue - Other: $695,000
Sale of Property: $571,000
General Revenue - Other: $548,000
Fines and Forfeits: $188,000
Interest Earnings: $131,000
Fines and Forfeits: $107,000
Sale of Property: $29,000
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $909,000
Regular Highways: $34,000
Financial Administration: $5,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $17,324,000
Cash and Securities: $15,178,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $917,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $6,051,000
Other: $5,551,000
General Local Government Support: $3,758,000
Highways: $3,215,000
General Local Government Support: $2,680,000
Highways: $2,074,000
- Tax - Property: $12,074,000
Property: $11,865,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $4,143,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $3,900,000
Other License: $798,000
Other Selective Sales: $662,000
Other Selective Sales: $578,000
Other License: $571,000
Other: $268,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $10,810,000
: $979,000
Etowah County government finances - Cash and Securities in 2018:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $2,758,000
- Charges - Other: $16,248,000
Other: $14,580,000
Regular Highways: $149,000
- Construction - General - Other: $10,978,000
Regular Highways: $4,570,000
General - Other: $723,000
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $15,737,000
Police Protection: $13,571,000
Correctional Institutions: $9,914,000
Correctional Institutions: $8,692,000
Regular Highways: $7,344,000
Regular Highways: $6,678,000
Central Staff Services: $3,988,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $3,884,000
Central Staff Services: $3,431,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $3,341,000
General - Other: $2,431,000
Financial Administration: $1,784,000
Financial Administration: $1,486,000
General Public Buildings: $840,000
General Public Buildings: $719,000
Public Welfare - Other: $661,000
Public Welfare - Other: $577,000
Health - Other: $453,000
Health - Other: $409,000
Parks and Recreation: $31,000
Parks and Recreation: $29,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $989,000
Interest on Debt: $672,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Elementary and Secondary Education: $112,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $2,889,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $28,887,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $27,034,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $2,163,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $310,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $1,088,000
General Revenue - Other: $695,000
Sale of Property: $571,000
General Revenue - Other: $548,000
Fines and Forfeits: $188,000
Interest Earnings: $131,000
Fines and Forfeits: $107,000
Sale of Property: $29,000
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $909,000
Regular Highways: $34,000
Financial Administration: $5,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $17,324,000
Cash and Securities: $15,178,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $917,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $6,051,000
Other: $5,551,000
General Local Government Support: $3,758,000
Highways: $3,215,000
General Local Government Support: $2,680,000
Highways: $2,074,000
- Tax - Property: $12,074,000
Property: $11,865,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $4,143,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $3,900,000
Other License: $798,000
Other Selective Sales: $662,000
Other Selective Sales: $578,000
Other License: $571,000
Other: $268,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $10,810,000
: $979,000
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:
- Total number of recipients: 4,422
- Number of aged recipients: 373
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 4,049
- Number of recipients under 18: 636
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 3,000
- Number of recipients older than 64: 786
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,796
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,961
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 28 full tracts) | ||||||||||||||
A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA Home Purchase Loans | B) Conventional Home Purchase Loans | C) Refinancings | D) Home Improvement Loans | E) Loans on Dwellings For 5+ Families | F) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D) | G) Loans On Manufactured Home Dwelling (A B C & D) | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | |
LOANS ORIGINATED | 376 | $105,176 | 322 | $102,661 | 1,508 | $132,230 | 176 | $37,648 | 4 | $427,250 | 228 | $77,417 | 68 | $31,059 |
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 14 | $116,500 | 19 | $88,368 | 127 | $105,866 | 25 | $40,360 | 0 | $0 | 7 | $35,714 | 22 | $42,545 |
APPLICATIONS DENIED | 58 | $95,603 | 130 | $63,369 | 636 | $115,698 | 123 | $39,163 | 0 | $0 | 36 | $73,889 | 80 | $45,788 |
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 19 | $132,316 | 49 | $100,673 | 352 | $130,017 | 20 | $54,800 | 0 | $0 | 15 | $80,600 | 8 | $57,750 |
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 12 | $98,667 | 9 | $72,667 | 108 | $119,722 | 6 | $70,833 | 0 | $0 | 2 | $80,000 | 3 | $89,667 |
Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 19 full tracts) | ||||||||
A) Conventional Home Purchase Loans | B) Refinancings | C) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A & B) | D) Loans On Manufactured Home Dwelling (A & B) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | |
LOANS ORIGINATED | 25 | $156,000 | 65 | $172,754 | 1 | $279,000 | 0 | $0 |
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 21 | $126,476 | 27 | $203,926 | 6 | $95,000 | 1 | $58,000 |
APPLICATIONS DENIED | 5 | $202,400 | 10 | $140,200 | 1 | $27,000 | 0 | $0 |
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 1 | $76,000 | 4 | $189,500 | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 6 | $128,000 | 2 | $149,500 | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
Most common first names in Etowah County, AL among deceased individuals | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
James | 1,169 | 70.9 years |
John | 858 | 73.5 years |
Mary | 844 | 77.8 years |
William | 817 | 74.3 years |
Robert | 510 | 71.0 years |
Charles | 431 | 69.6 years |
Willie | 429 | 76.1 years |
George | 360 | 73.8 years |
Thomas | 327 | 71.9 years |
Annie | 314 | 80.5 years |
Most common last names in Etowah County, AL among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Smith | 712 | 75.0 years |
Johnson | 389 | 74.0 years |
Williams | 347 | 73.3 years |
Jones | 295 | 73.1 years |
Brown | 280 | 74.9 years |
Hill | 206 | 74.7 years |
Davis | 197 | 73.3 years |
Thompson | 187 | 74.6 years |
Wilson | 182 | 73.8 years |
Walker | 181 | 73.7 years |
Businesses in Etowah County, AL | ||||
Name | Count | Name | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|
ALDI | 1 | La-Z-Boy | 1 | |
AT&T | 2 | Little Caesars Pizza | 2 | |
Academy Sports + Outdoors | 1 | Lowe's | 1 | |
Advance Auto Parts | 3 | Marriott | 1 | |
Aeropostale | 1 | MasterBrand Cabinets | 2 | |
American Eagle Outfitters | 1 | Maurices | 1 | |
Applebee's | 1 | McDonald's | 7 | |
Arby's | 3 | Motel 6 | 1 | |
AutoZone | 3 | New Balance | 2 | |
Bath & Body Works | 1 | Nike | 14 | |
Best Western | 1 | Nissan | 1 | |
Blockbuster | 2 | OfficeMax | 1 | |
Burger King | 2 | Old Navy | 1 | |
CVS | 5 | Papa John's Pizza | 2 | |
Chevrolet | 1 | Payless | 1 | |
Chick-Fil-A | 2 | Penske | 1 | |
Church's Chicken | 1 | Pizza Hut | 3 | |
Comfort Suites | 1 | Popeyes | 2 | |
Cracker Barrel | 1 | Quiznos | 1 | |
Curves | 1 | RadioShack | 3 | |
Dairy Queen | 1 | Red Lobster | 1 | |
Days Inn | 2 | Rodeway Inn | 1 | |
Domino's Pizza | 3 | Ruby Tuesday | 1 | |
Econo Lodge | 1 | Rue21 | 1 | |
FedEx | 10 | SAS Shoes | 1 | |
Finish Line | 1 | SONIC Drive-In | 5 | |
Ford | 1 | Sears | 2 | |
GNC | 2 | Spencer Gifts | 1 | |
GameStop | 2 | Subway | 11 | |
Gap | 1 | Super 8 | 1 | |
Goodwill | 4 | T-Mobile | 5 | |
H&R Block | 5 | T.J.Maxx | 1 | |
Hardee's | 1 | Taco Bell | 5 | |
Hilton | 2 | Toyota | 1 | |
Hobby Lobby | 1 | Travelodge | 1 | |
Holiday Inn | 1 | U-Haul | 7 | |
Honda | 1 | UPS | 19 | |
Hyundai | 1 | Verizon Wireless | 1 | |
JCPenney | 1 | Victoria's Secret | 1 | |
JoS. A. Bank | 1 | Waffle House | 4 | |
Jones New York | 3 | Walgreens | 2 | |
Justice | 1 | Walmart | 2 | |
KFC | 4 | Wendy's | 3 | |
Kmart | 1 | YMCA | 1 |
Etowah County on our top lists:
- #13 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
- #23 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
- #53 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"