Covington County, Alabama (AL)

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• • 31,10182.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 4,83712.9%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 6571.7%Two or more races
  • 6281.7%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1460.4%Asian alone
  • 510.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 150.04%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 5
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 55
• Burglaries: 88
• Thefts: 121
• Auto thefts: 13

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 5
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 53
• Burglaries: 87
• Thefts: 108
• Auto thefts: 8

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2018: $303 (0.2%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2018: $301 (0.3%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Covington County is $363 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $435 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $593 a month.

Cities in this county include: Andalusia, Opp, Rosehill-Gantt, Florala, Falco, Babbie, River Falls, Red Level, Lockhart, Sanford.

Neighboring counties: Atkinson County, Georgia , Camden County, Georgia , Winn Parish, Louisiana , Jasper County, Texas , Seminole County, Georgia , Tift County, Georgia , Leon County, Texas , Worth County, Georgia .

Current college students: 1,166
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 83.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 15.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 268 (55.8% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 262010 or later
• 902000 to 2009
• 521990 to 1999
• 551980 to 1989
• 91970 to 1979
• 42Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 23.6 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 82.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 13,522
• One, attached: 118
• Two: 261
• 3 or 4: 330
• 5 to 9: 440
• 10 to 19: 57
• 20 to 49: 111
• 50 or more: 97
• Mobile homes: 4,106
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 48

Housing units in Covington County with a mortgage: 5,042 (70 second mortgage, 402 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6,024

Religion statistics for Covington County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Covington County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Alabama Hurricane Sally, Incident Period: September 14, 2020 - September 16, 2020, FEMA Id: 4563, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Alabama Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, And Tornadoes, Incident Period: April 19, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4554-AL: July 10, 2020, FEMA Id: 4554, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Wind
• Alabama Severe Storms And Flooding, Incident Period: February 5, 2020 - March 6, 2020, FEMA Id: 4546, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Alabama Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4503, Natural disaster type: Other
• Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: December 23, 2015 to December 31, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4251: January 21, 2016, FEMA Id: 4251, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• 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 Hurricane Isaac, Incident Period: August 26, 2012 to September 05, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4082: September 21, 2012, FEMA Id: 4082, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• 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 and Flooding, Incident Period: December 12, 2009 to December 18, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1870: December 31, 2009, FEMA Id: 1870, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Alabama Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-line Winds, Incident Period: March 25, 2009 to April 03, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1835: April 28, 2009, FEMA Id: 1835, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• 16 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

4.20% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($46,403 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.44% relocated from other counties in Alabama ($31,491 average AGI)
1.76% relocated from other states ($14,912 average AGI)

Covington County:	1.76%
Alabama average:	2.56%

from Coffee County, AL	0.46% ($31,754 average AGI)
from Okaloosa County, FL	0.36% ($26,911)
from Crenshaw County, AL	0.20% ($44,400)
from Conecuh County, AL	0.19% ($23,000)
from Walton County, FL	0.19% ($37,522)

4.68% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($35,935 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.53% relocated to other counties in Alabama ($18,579 average AGI)
2.15% relocated to other states ($17,356 average AGI)

Covington County:	2.15%
Alabama average:	2.59%

to Coffee County, AL	0.55% ($34,074 average AGI)
to Crenshaw County, AL	0.28% ($30,514)
to Okaloosa County, FL	0.25% ($27,516)
to Walton County, FL	0.24% ($53,433)
to Geneva County, AL	0.16% ($29,350)
to Houston County, AL	0.16% ($1,900)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.3

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 13.8

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.3

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Covington County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 30,989 (5,367 male householders, 4,616 female householders)

  7,366 spouses, 9,975 children (9,057 natural, 217 adopted, 713 stepchildren), 1,208 grandchildren, 529 brothers or sisters, 440 parents, 819 other relatives, 636 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 5,882 (2,096 male householders (1,788 living alone)), 2,863 female householders (2,592 living alone)), 916 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 658

Size of family households: 5,018 2-persons, 2,538 3-persons, 1,286 4-persons, 808 5-persons, 276 6-persons, 84 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,386 1-person, 435 2-persons, 67 3-persons, 53 4-persons, 15 6-persons.

4,266 married couples with children.
2,370 single-parent households (468 men, 1,902 women).

98.4% of residents of Covington speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (51% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 31% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $272,696,000 ($7,395 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $13,767,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $119,497,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $68,706,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $6,280,000
Federal grants: $64,716,000
Federal procurement contracts: $4,223,000 ($2,575,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $9,274,000 ($1,818,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $751,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $5,348,000
Federal Government insurance: $16,221,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-10 per 1000 residents
State:	+2 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 6.63 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Covington County, Alabama
• 3422014 or later
• 5492010 to 2013
• 1,6472000 to 2009
• 4,7911990 to 1999
• 3,1601980 to 1989
• 2,9271970 to 1979
• 1,7311960 to 1969
• 1,5361950 to 1959
• 9391940 to 1949
• 1,4281939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Covington County, Alabama

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Covington County, Alabama
• 331 room
• 472 rooms
• 2233 rooms
• 8974 rooms
• 3,1745 rooms
• 2,3236 rooms
• 1,7807 rooms
• 1,3338 rooms
• 1,0969+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Covington County, Alabama
• 991 room
• 512 rooms
• 3143 rooms
• 1,1594 rooms
• 1,3245 rooms
• 5736 rooms
• 2867 rooms
• 1008 rooms
• 169+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Covington County, Alabama

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Covington County, Alabama
• 42no bedroom
• 2001 bedroom
• 1,6302 bedrooms
• 7,0913 bedrooms
• 1,7034 bedrooms
• 2665+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Covington County, Alabama
• 100no bedroom
• 3411 bedroom
• 1,6472 bedrooms
• 1,6973 bedrooms
• 1384 bedrooms
• 05+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Covington County, Alabama in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Covington County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 337no vehicle
• 2,7261 vehicle
• 4,5832 vehicles
• 1,9773 vehicles
• 1,0274 vehicles
• 3145+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Covington County in renter-occupied apartments
• 450no vehicle
• 1,9721 vehicle
• 1,1742 vehicles
• 2503 vehicles
• 814 vehicles
• 45+ vehicles

88.6% of Covington County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Alabama.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 28,642
• Other state: 8,438
• Northeast: 1,034
• Midwest: 1,035
• South: 5,379
• West: 1,004

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,531
• Number of aged recipients: 190
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,341
• Number of recipients under 18: 184
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 954
• Number of recipients older than 64: 393
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 725
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 608