Covington County, Alabama (AL)

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• • 30,96483.1%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 5,06313.6%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 6611.8%Hispanic or Latino
  • 3981.1%Two or more races
  • 1410.4%Asian alone
  • 320.09%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 180.05%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 50.01%Some other race 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 2019: $317 (0.2%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $291 (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: 84.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 15.8%

Number of foreign born residents: 313 (58.4% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 752010 or later
• 822000 to 2009
• 561990 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: 13,461
• One, attached: 136
• Two: 186
• 3 or 4: 435
• 5 to 9: 409
• 10 to 19: 76
• 20 to 49: 103
• 50 or more: 58
• Mobile homes: 4,226
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 52

Housing units in Covington County with a mortgage: 5,064 (69 second mortgage, 328 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6,213

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:

• Male householders: 7,864 (1,868 living alone), Female householders: 7,224 (2,472 living alone)

• 7,357 spouses (7,289 opposite-sex spouses), 776 unmarried partners, (723 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 9,415 children (8,452 natural, 254 adopted, 716 stepchildren), 1,358 grandchildren, 485 brothers or sisters, 467 parents, 39 foster children, 741 other relatives, 1,007 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 694

Size of family households: 5,119 2-persons, 2,321 3-persons, 1,478 4-persons, 733 5-persons, 305 6-persons, 59 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,342 1-person, 565 2-persons, 47 3-persons, 23 4-persons, 93 6-persons.

4,081 married couples with children.
2,223 single-parent households (412 men, 1,811 women).

98.2% of residents of Covington speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (85% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (73% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
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
• 5702014 or later
• 4082010 to 2013
• 1,5842000 to 2009
• 5,0401990 to 1999
• 3,2841980 to 1989
• 3,0071970 to 1979
• 1,6171960 to 1969
• 1,3891950 to 1959
• 9431940 to 1949
• 1,3091939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Covington County, Alabama

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Covington County, Alabama
• 241 room
• 722 rooms
• 2173 rooms
• 9034 rooms
• 3,3285 rooms
• 2,3816 rooms
• 1,8477 rooms
• 1,2158 rooms
• 1,1889+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Covington County, Alabama
• 871 room
• 502 rooms
• 3143 rooms
• 1,1664 rooms
• 1,3505 rooms
• 5606 rooms
• 2387 rooms
• 748 rooms
• 169+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Covington County, Alabama

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Covington County, Alabama
• 39no bedroom
• 2041 bedroom
• 1,6352 bedrooms
• 7,2073 bedrooms
• 1,7554 bedrooms
• 2915+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Covington County, Alabama
• 88no bedroom
• 2811 bedroom
• 1,5792 bedrooms
• 1,7643 bedrooms
• 1124 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
• 330no vehicle
• 2,6641 vehicle
• 4,8802 vehicles
• 1,9683 vehicles
• 9394 vehicles
• 4425+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Covington County in renter-occupied apartments
• 465no vehicle
• 2,0611 vehicle
• 1,0372 vehicles
• 2033 vehicles
• 704 vehicles
• 25+ vehicles

89.1% 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: 28,863
• Other state: 7,977
• Northeast: 925
• Midwest: 1,004
• South: 5,243
• West: 821

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