DeKalb County, Alabama (AL)

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• • 57,38789.0%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 10,36216.1%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,3502.1%Two or more races
  • 1,0251.6%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 8611.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 2190.3%Asian alone
  • 810.1%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 90.01%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2017:

Detached houses: $181,313

Here:	$181,313
State:	$197,224

Townhouses or other attached units: $131,282

Here:	$131,282
State:	$203,496

Mobile homes: $74,352

Here:	$74,352
State:	$74,580

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $37,950

Here:	$37,950
State:	$90,599

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2017: $391 (0.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2017: $371 (0.4%)

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: 77.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 15.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 5,916 (28.3% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 6092010 or later
• 2,2782000 to 2009
• 1,9011990 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: 21,744
• One, attached: 16
• Two: 691
• 3 or 4: 1,204
• 5 to 9: 583
• 10 to 19: 105
• 20 to 49: 124
• 50 or more: 146
• Mobile homes: 6,914

Housing units in DeKalb County with a mortgage: 8,387 (81 second mortgage, 494 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 9,579

Religion statistics for DeKalb County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in DeKalb County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• 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
• 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
• 17 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 2014: 10.5

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:

• In family households: 62,276 (10,506 male householders, 7,942 female householders)

  13,777 spouses, 23,147 children (21,558 natural, 624 adopted, 965 stepchildren), 2,781 grandchildren, 504 brothers or sisters, 440 parents, 1,663 other relatives, 1,516 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 8,339 (3,901 male householders (3,363 living alone)), 3,499 female householders (3,270 living alone)), 939 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 1,002

Size of family households: 8,113 2-persons, 3,725 3-persons, 3,261 4-persons, 1,482 5-persons, 568 6-persons, 409 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 6,954 1-person, 561 2-persons, 72 3-persons, 59 4-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons.

9,726 married couples with children.
4,264 single-parent households (1,376 men, 2,888 women).

87.7% of residents of DeKalb speak English at home.
11.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (44% speak English very well, 47% speak English well, 9% speak English not 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
• 9032014 or later
• 4852010 to 2013
• 4,2112000 to 2009
• 7,0481990 to 1999
• 5,2401980 to 1989
• 6,2511970 to 1979
• 2,7601960 to 1969
• 5781950 to 1959
• 1,8421940 to 1949
• 2,2091939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in DeKalb County, Alabama

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in DeKalb County, Alabama
• 761 room
• 222 rooms
• 2333 rooms
• 1,0984 rooms
• 4,4565 rooms
• 3,7836 rooms
• 3,8607 rooms
• 1,8858 rooms
• 2,5539+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in DeKalb County, Alabama
• 01 room
• 1402 rooms
• 1,3793 rooms
• 1,7554 rooms
• 2,1905 rooms
• 9716 rooms
• 1,0497 rooms
• 438 rooms
• 3559+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in DeKalb County, Alabama

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in DeKalb County, Alabama
• 111no bedroom
• 1801 bedroom
• 2,1812 bedrooms
• 11,5173 bedrooms
• 3,1374 bedrooms
• 8405+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in DeKalb County, Alabama
• 0no bedroom
• 9731 bedroom
• 3,4052 bedrooms
• 2,8633 bedrooms
• 3434 bedrooms
• 2985+ 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
• 488no vehicle
• 3,7451 vehicle
• 6,7232 vehicles
• 4,1383 vehicles
• 2,0844 vehicles
• 7885+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in DeKalb County in renter-occupied apartments
• 853no vehicle
• 4,3501 vehicle
• 1,9402 vehicles
• 2343 vehicles
• 4024 vehicles
• 1035+ vehicles

86.8% of DeKalb County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Alabama.

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

• This state: 47,513
• Other state: 18,019
• Northeast: 773
• Midwest: 3,431
• South: 13,435
• West: 380

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+)"