DeKalb County, Alabama (AL)

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• • 57,32380.0%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 10,90615.2%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,5142.1%Two or more races
  • 1,0371.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 6520.9%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1420.2%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 850.1%Asian alone
  • 230.03%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $194,512

Here:	$194,512
State:	$209,799

Townhouses or other attached units: $116,316

Here:	$116,316
State:	$168,997

Mobile homes: $69,406

Here:	$69,406
State:	$69,597

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $29,008

Here:	$29,008
State:	$60,147

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: $452 (0.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $327 (0.3%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in DeKalb County is $345 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $435 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $579 a month.

Cities in this county include: Fort Payne, Rainsville, Henagar, Collinsville, Crossville, Sylvania, Fyffe, Powell, Geraldine, Ider.

Neighboring counties: Socorro County, New Mexico , Itawamba County, Mississippi , Torrance County, New Mexico , Kiowa County, Oklahoma , Phillips County, Arkansas , St. Francis County, Arkansas .

Current college students: 1,696
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 78.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 12.8%

Number of foreign born residents: 5,018 (4.7% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 9112010 or later
• 1,9812000 to 2009
• 1,4821990 to 1999
• 5451980 to 1989
• 851970 to 1979
• 152Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 23.9 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 74.9%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 21,638
• One, attached: 152
• Two: 745
• 3 or 4: 299
• 5 to 9: 496
• 10 to 19: 301
• 20 to 49: 42
• 50 or more: 8
• Mobile homes: 7,858
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 67

Housing units in DeKalb County with a mortgage: 8,698 (119 second mortgage, 510 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 9,095

Religion statistics for DeKalb County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in DeKalb County:

Earthquake activity:

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, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding, Incident Period: February 19, 2019 - March 20, 2019, FEMA Id: 4426, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• 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 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 Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: April 24, 2010 to April 25, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1908: May 03, 2010, FEMA Id: 1908, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Alabama Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-line Winds, Incident Period: April 10, 2009 to April 13, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1836: May 08, 2009, FEMA Id: 1836, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• 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
• 20 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

4.85% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($33,952 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.01% relocated from other counties in Alabama ($20,235 average AGI)
1.83% relocated from other states ($13,717 average AGI)

DeKalb County:	1.83%
Alabama average:	2.56%

from Marshall County, AL	0.90% ($36,240 average AGI)
from Jackson County, AL	0.79% ($26,230)
from Etowah County, AL	0.33% ($28,164)
from Cherokee County, AL	0.24% ($31,942)
from Dade County, GA	0.13% ($38,517)
from Madison County, AL	0.13% ($36,464)
from Hamilton County, TN	0.11% ($33,083)

5.00% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($32,546 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.25% relocated to other counties in Alabama ($19,898 average AGI)
1.75% relocated to other states ($12,649 average AGI)

DeKalb County:	1.75%
Alabama average:	2.59%

to Marshall County, AL	0.99% ($28,534 average AGI)
to Jackson County, AL	0.85% ($28,133)
to Etowah County, AL	0.37% ($32,651)
to Cherokee County, AL	0.27% ($34,627)
to Hamilton County, TN	0.22% ($63,265)
to Madison County, AL	0.14% ($36,833)
to Jefferson County, AL	0.14% ($36,167)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 14.5

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 10.9

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.5

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in DeKalb County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 19%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 12,859 (3,776 living alone), Female householders: 12,021 (3,775 living alone)

• 13,593 spouses (13,593 opposite-sex spouses), 1,243 unmarried partners, (1,233 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 22,222 children (20,745 natural, 69 adopted, 1,408 stepchildren), 1,967 grandchildren, 1,366 brothers or sisters, 1,211 parents, 24 foster children, 2,529 other relatives, 1,461 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 1,017

Size of family households: 8,083 2-persons, 3,339 3-persons, 2,706 4-persons, 1,533 5-persons, 274 6-persons, 431 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 7,551 1-person, 945 2-persons, 18 3-persons.

12,140 married couples with children.
3,738 single-parent households (1,948 men, 1,790 women).

86.8% of residents of DeKalb speak English at home.
12.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $332,565,000 ($4,968 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $7,888,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $157,147,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $76,802,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $2,101,000
Federal grants: $80,780,000
Federal procurement contracts: $5,005,000 ($149,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $10,730,000 ($1,079,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,787,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $18,774,000
Federal Government insurance: $12,491,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 16.65 millions of gallons per day (6% from ground, 94% from surface)

• Year house built in DeKalb County, Alabama
• 1852014 or later
• 6312010 to 2013
• 5,7022000 to 2009
• 6,6901990 to 1999
• 3,2581980 to 1989
• 5,7661970 to 1979
• 3,2071960 to 1969
• 2,0071950 to 1959
• 1,8441940 to 1949
• 2,3161939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in DeKalb County, Alabama

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in DeKalb County, Alabama
• 861 room
• 672 rooms
• 8033 rooms
• 1,0864 rooms
• 3,7655 rooms
• 4,9876 rooms
• 2,8507 rooms
• 1,8048 rooms
• 2,3459+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in DeKalb County, Alabama
• 421 room
• 222 rooms
• 1,0903 rooms
• 1,8984 rooms
• 1,3855 rooms
• 1,5526 rooms
• 3517 rooms
• 3108 rooms
• 4379+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in DeKalb County, Alabama

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in DeKalb County, Alabama
• 86no bedroom
• 2071 bedroom
• 3,0242 bedrooms
• 11,6043 bedrooms
• 2,6554 bedrooms
• 2175+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in DeKalb County, Alabama
• 42no bedroom
• 1,0461 bedroom
• 3,1412 bedrooms
• 2,3463 bedrooms
• 4194 bedrooms
• 935+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in DeKalb County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 279no vehicle
• 3,4951 vehicle
• 7,2292 vehicles
• 4,6913 vehicles
• 1,2294 vehicles
• 8705+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in DeKalb County in renter-occupied apartments
• 946no vehicle
• 3,7611 vehicle
• 1,6902 vehicles
• 4313 vehicles
• 2594 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

87.3% of DeKalb 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, 62% lived in Alabama.

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

• This state: 48,113
• Other state: 18,259
• Northeast: 571
• Midwest: 3,524
• South: 12,956
• West: 1,208

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,454
• Number of aged recipients: 392
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,062
• Number of recipients under 18: 233
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,511
• Number of recipients older than 64: 710
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,195
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 946

DeKalb County on our top lists:

• #24 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Romney (Republican) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"
• #65 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #79 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"