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Pickens County

Population in July 2007: 635. Population change since 2000: -3.9%
 

Males: 311  (49.1%)
Females: 324  (50.9%)
Median resident age:  35.7 years
Alabama median age:  35.8 years

Zip codes: 35447.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $27,700 (it was $25,357 in 2000)
Pickensville  $27,700
Alabama:  $40,554

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $100,100 (it was $90,200 in 2000)
Pickensville  $100,100
Alabama:  $115,600

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Races in Pickensville:

  • Black (63.0%)
  • White Non-Hispanic (35.3%)
  • American Indian (1.4%)
  • Two or more races (1.2%)

2008 cost of living index in Pickensville: 80.2 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (15.0%), Irish (2.4%), English (1.7%), German (1.1%), Scottish (1.1%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 230 feet

Land area: 7.75 square miles.

Population density: 82 people per square mile 
 
  (very low).

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For population 25 years and over in Pickensville

  • High school or higher: 68.9%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 5.6%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 1.5%
  • Unemployed: 5.2%
  • Mean travel time to work: 33.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Pickensville town

  • Never married: 37.4%
  • Now married: 43.5%
  • Separated: 4.1%
  • Widowed: 6.7%
  • Divorced: 8.3%

5 residents are foreign born

This town:  0.8%
Alabama:  2.0%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Pickensville:  0.2% ($220)
Alabama:  0.3% ($289)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Tuscaloosa, AL (50.7 miles , pop. 77,906).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Birmingham, AL (102.3 miles , pop. 242,820).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Houston, TX (544.2 miles , pop. 1,953,631).

Nearest cities: Memphis, AL (6.9 miles) , McMullen, AL (8.8 miles) , Aliceville, AL (10.9 miles ), South Pickens, AL (11.7 miles ), Macedonia, AL (12.1 miles ), Carrollton, AL (12.4 miles ), Ethelsville, AL (13.2 miles) , New Hope, MS (15.4 miles ).

Latitude: 33.23 N, Longitude: 88.27 W


Pickensville household income distribution Pickensville home values distribution


Population change in the 1990s: +59 (+9.8%).



Most common industries for males:
  • Wood products (20%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
  • Paper (9%)
  • Construction (7%)
  • Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
  • Metal and metal products (6%)
  • Utilities (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (16%)
  • Educational services (13%)
  • Food and beverage stores (11%)
  • Furniture and related products (9%)
  • Food (4%)
  • Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (20%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
  • Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (12%)
  • Top executives (6%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
  • Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
  • Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)


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Crime in Pickensville by Year
Type 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Murders 10000
    per 100,000 150.40.00.00.00.0
Rapes 00000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.0
Robberies 00000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.0
Assaults 42856
    per 100,000 601.5299.41197.6756.4916.0
Burglaries 510127
    per 100,000 751.91497.0149.7302.61068.7
Thefts 106786
    per 100,000 1503.8898.21047.91210.3916.0
Auto thefts 10101
    per 100,000 150.40.0149.70.0152.7
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9) 545.9200.6303.9220.9306.9

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 2 (1 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  1.57
US city average:  3.00

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Pickensville-area historical tornado activity is near Alabama state average. It is 120% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/3/1974, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 5.7 miles away from the Pickensville town center killed 3 people and injured 178 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 4/3/1974, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 42.6 miles away from the town center killed 28 people and injured 272 people.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Pickensville:
  • PICKENS COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER INC (about 8 miles; CARROLLTON, AL)
  • NOXUBEE GENERAL CRITICAL ACCESS HOSP (about 23 miles; MACON, MS)
  • BAPTIST MEM HOSP/GOLDEN TRIANGLE INC (about 24 miles; COLUMBUS, MS)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Pickensville:
  • GOLDEN TRIANGLE REGIONAL (about 27 miles; COLUMBUS/W POINT/STARKVILL, MS; ID: GTR)
  • COLUMBUS AFB (about 30 miles; COLUMBUS, MS; ID: CBM)
  • TUSCALOOSA REGIONAL (about 47 miles; TUSCALOOSA, AL; ID: TCL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Pickensville:
  • GEORGE DOWNER (about 11 miles; ALICEVILLE, AL; ID: AIV)
  • COLUMBUS-LOWNDES COUNTY (about 17 miles; COLUMBUS, MS; ID: UBS)
  • MACON MUNI (about 20 miles; MACON, MS; ID: 20M)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Pickensville:
  • MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN (about 24 miles; COLUMBUS, MS; Full-time enrollment: 2,115)
  • MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 39 miles; MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS; FT enrollment: 14,613)
  • UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA (about 48 miles; TUSCALOOSA, AL; FT enrollment: 17,453)
  • SHELTON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 53 miles; TUSCALOOSA, AL; FT enrollment: 3,635)
  • MERIDIAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 69 miles; MERIDIAN, MS; FT enrollment: 2,455)
  • ITAWAMBA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 73 miles; FULTON, MS; FT enrollment: 2,673)
  • BEVILL STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 93 miles; SUMITON, AL; FT enrollment: 2,670)

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Notable location: McLarens Landing (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Church in Pickensville: Beebe Chapel (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Cemetery: Upper Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Clear Lake (A), Aliceville Lake (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Snake Creek (A), Tucker Branch (B), Taylor Creek (C), Cypress Branch (D), Coal Fire Creek (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Pickensville include: Damsite Eastbank Public Use Area (1), Pickensville Recreation Area (2), Damsite West Bank Public Use Area (3), Bigbee Valley Access Area (4). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Average household size:
This town:  2.6 people
Alabama:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  71.4%
Whole state:  70.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  6.7%
Whole state:  3.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 1.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.8% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  34.4%
Whole state:  16.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  10.5%
Whole state:  7.3%

Pickensville compared to Alabama state average:
  • Median household income below state average.
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Police Protection - Officers 2$3,898$23,3880$0
Other Government Administration 1$1,439$17,2681$100
Totals for Government 3$5,337$21,3481$100



Pickensville government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - All Other: $4,000
  • Current Operations - Police Protection: $144,000
    Financial Administration: $34,000
    Fire Protection: $12,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $3,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $1,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $50,000
  • Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $15,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $54,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $11,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $105,000
    Interest Earnings: $2,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $34,000
    Police Protection: $2,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $103,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $0
  • State Intergovernmental - All Other: $49,000
    Highways: $13,000
    General Support: $5,000
  • Tax - NEC: $29,000
    Total General Sales: $15,000
    Property: $14,000
    Motor Vehicle License: $2,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $73,000

4.86% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,671 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.86%
Alabama average:  6.81%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Tuscaloosa County, AL  1.90% ($31,944 average AGI)
from Lowndes County, MS  0.37% ($37,625)
from Lamar County, AL  0.29% ($36,263)


5.16% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,932 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.16%
Alabama average:  6.16%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Tuscaloosa County, AL  2.23% ($27,973 average AGI)
to Lowndes County, MS  0.58% ($26,237)
to Lamar County, AL  0.18% ($45,000)


Strongest AM radio stations in Pickensville:
  • WCPC (940 AM; 50 kW; HOUSTON, MS; Owner: WCPC BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • WRAG (590 AM; 1 kW; CARROLLTON, AL; Owner: BIRMINGHAM CHRISTIAN RADIO)
  • WJOX (690 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WAPI (1070 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WDJC (850 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
  • WSJC (810 AM; 50 kW; MAGEE, MS; Owner: FAMILY TALK RADIO)
  • WYLS (670 AM; daytime; 5 kW; YORK, AL; Owner: GRANTELL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WTSK (790 AM; 5 kW; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: APEX BROADCASTING INC.)
  • WCRV (640 AM; 50 kW; COLLIERVILLE, TN; Owner: BOTT BROADCASTING COMPANY/TENNESSEE)
  • WMOX (1010 AM; 10 kW; MERIDIAN, MS; Owner: MAGNOLIA STATE B/C CO., INC.)
  • WVSA (1380 AM; 5 kW; VERNON, AL; Owner: LAMAR CTY. B/CING. CO., INC.)
  • WJNT (1180 AM; 50 kW; PEARL, MS; Owner: BUCHANAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • WSPZ (1150 AM; 5 kW; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: RADIO SOUTH, INC)

Strongest FM radio stations in Pickensville:
  • WZBQ (94.1 FM; CARROLLTON, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WALN (89.3 FM; CARROLLTON, AL; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
  • WACR-FM (103.9 FM; COLUMBUS, MS; Owner: T & W COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
  • WAJV (98.9 FM; BROOKSVILLE, MS; Owner: URBAN RADIO LICENSES, LLC)
  • W213AS (90.5 FM; CARROLLTON, AL; Owner: WEST ALABAMA CHRISTIAN COMMS., INC.)
  • WKOR-FM (94.9 FM; COLUMBUS, MS; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WMBC (103.1 FM; COLUMBUS, MS; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WBEI (101.7 FM; REFORM, AL; Owner: APEX BROADCASTING INC.)
  • WTXT (98.1 FM; FAYETTE, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WSYE (93.3 FM; HOUSTON, MS; Owner: JMD, INC.)
  • WDXB (102.5 FM; JASPER, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WMXU (106.1 FM; STARKVILLE, MS; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WSMS (99.9 FM; ARTESIA, MS; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP)

TV broadcast stations around Pickensville:
  • WCBI-TV (Channel 4; COLUMBUS, MS; Owner: COLUMBUS TELEVISION, INC.)
  • WCFT-TV (Channel 33; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: TV ALABAMA, INCORPORATED)
  • WDBB (Channel 17; BESSEMER, AL; Owner: WDBB-TV, INC.)
  • W25AD (Channel 25; COLUMBUS, MS; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)


Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)



Pickensville fatal accident list for 2004:
Oct 31, 2004 10:04 AM, Sr-86, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1


Pickensville fatal accident list for 2002:
Jan 3, 2002 01:05 AM, Sr-86, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 1


Pickensville fatal accident list for 2000:
Aug 29, 2000 08:25 AM, Sr-14, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1

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