Houston County, Alabama (AL)

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• • 68,46677.1%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 29,62433.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3,6324.1%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,6321.8%Two or more races
  • 1,4581.6%Some other race alone
  • 9461.1%Asian alone
  • 930.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 310.03%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $198,147

Here:	$198,147
State:	$209,799

Townhouses or other attached units: $155,493

Here:	$155,493
State:	$168,997

In 2-unit structures: $63,398

Here:	$63,398
State:	$144,593

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $91,099

Here:	$91,099
State:	$140,983

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $155,243

Here:	$155,243
State:	$235,832

Mobile homes: $80,992

Here:	$80,992
State:	$69,597

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $361,069

Here:	$361,069
State:	$60,147

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 5
• Assaults: 11
• Burglaries: 117
• Thefts: 312
• Auto thefts: 40

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

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 15
• Burglaries: 113
• Thefts: 228
• Auto thefts: 32

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: $561 (0.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $411 (0.3%)

Area name: Dothan, AL HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Houston County is $396 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $449 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $574 a month.

Cities in this county include: Dothan, Taylor, Ashford, Kinsey, Cowarts, Webb, Cottonwood, Rehobeth, Columbia, Avon.

2018 air pollution in Houston County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.027 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Adams County, Mississippi , Bell County, Texas , East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana , George County, Mississippi , Sabine Parish, Louisiana , West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana , Irion County, Texas .

Current college students: 3,113
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 85.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 22.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 3,587 (54.2% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 6312010 or later
• 7172000 to 2009
• 5561990 to 1999
• 4091980 to 1989
• 1701970 to 1979
• 308Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 20.0 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 87.7%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 34,538
• One, attached: 364
• Two: 1,326
• 3 or 4: 2,409
• 5 to 9: 1,603
• 10 to 19: 1,095
• 20 to 49: 167
• 50 or more: 495
• Mobile homes: 6,099
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 42

Housing units in Houston County with a mortgage: 15,051 (323 second mortgage, 1,050 home equity loan, 22 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 10,756

Religion statistics for Houston County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Houston County:

Tornado activity:

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 Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4503, Natural disaster type: Other
• Alabama Hurricane Michael, Incident Period: October 10, 2018 - October 13, 2018, FEMA Id: 4406, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• 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, 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 Dennis, Incident Period: July 10, 2005 to July 16, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1593: July 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 1593, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• 11 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.45% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($39,931 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.29% relocated from other counties in Alabama ($18,569 average AGI)
3.16% relocated from other states ($21,361 average AGI)

Houston County:	3.16%
Alabama average:	2.56%

from Dale County, AL	0.99% ($32,519 average AGI)
from Geneva County, AL	0.43% ($31,367)
from Henry County, AL	0.42% ($34,941)
from Coffee County, AL	0.27% ($44,030)
from Barbour County, AL	0.16% ($36,733)
from Bay County, FL	0.15% ($32,071)
from Jackson County, FL	0.15% ($31,000)

6.67% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($44,049 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.24% relocated to other counties in Alabama ($17,170 average AGI)
3.43% relocated to other states ($26,879 average AGI)

Houston County:	3.43%
Alabama average:	2.59%

to Dale County, AL	0.90% ($36,661 average AGI)
to Henry County, AL	0.43% ($31,694)
to Geneva County, AL	0.34% ($30,216)
to Coffee County, AL	0.33% ($33,800)
to Bay County, FL	0.21% ($50,449)
to Jefferson County, AL	0.13% ($41,714)
to Jackson County, FL	0.12% ($37,341)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 14.2
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 5.8

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 10.2

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.0

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Houston County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 18,617 (5,212 living alone), Female householders: 21,144 (7,253 living alone)

• 17,717 spouses (17,578 opposite-sex spouses), 2,008 unmarried partners, (1,902 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 33,565 children (30,680 natural, 1,033 adopted, 1,852 stepchildren), 2,866 grandchildren, 1,593 brothers or sisters, 2,400 parents, 73 foster children, 1,604 other relatives, 3,118 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 1,177

Size of family households: 13,104 2-persons, 5,660 3-persons, 4,093 4-persons, 2,060 5-persons, 786 6-persons, 190 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 12,465 1-person, 1,347 2-persons, 47 3-persons, 9 5-persons.

12,002 married couples with children.
9,402 single-parent households (1,951 men, 7,451 women).

96.1% of residents of Houston speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (84% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $557,879,000 ($6,002 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $72,036,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $271,031,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $100,560,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $13,608,000
Federal grants: $107,503,000
Federal procurement contracts: $45,474,000 ($40,401,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $19,703,000 ($1,854,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $539,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $50,216,000
Federal Government insurance: $49,043,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 18.92 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Houston County, Alabama
• 1,8562014 or later
• 2,0562010 to 2013
• 7,7402000 to 2009
• 7,4671990 to 1999
• 6,5531980 to 1989
• 8,8341970 to 1979
• 5,6501960 to 1969
• 4,4341950 to 1959
• 2,3831940 to 1949
• 1,1651939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Houston County, Alabama

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Houston County, Alabama
• 461 room
• 442 rooms
• 2953 rooms
• 1,5234 rooms
• 4,9945 rooms
• 6,6986 rooms
• 4,8187 rooms
• 3,2728 rooms
• 4,1179+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Houston County, Alabama
• 1871 room
• 1182 rooms
• 1,6973 rooms
• 3,9074 rooms
• 4,1795 rooms
• 2,5076 rooms
• 7097 rooms
• 3358 rooms
• 3159+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Houston County, Alabama

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Houston County, Alabama
• 46no bedroom
• 3081 bedroom
• 2,1782 bedrooms
• 16,6213 bedrooms
• 5,5024 bedrooms
• 1,1525+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Houston County, Alabama
• 187no bedroom
• 1,6211 bedroom
• 5,1752 bedrooms
• 6,1133 bedrooms
• 7184 bedrooms
• 1405+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Houston County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 840no vehicle
• 6,8691 vehicle
• 10,1982 vehicles
• 5,0373 vehicles
• 2,0944 vehicles
• 7695+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Houston County in renter-occupied apartments
• 1,947no vehicle
• 7,7491 vehicle
• 2,9382 vehicles
• 9963 vehicles
• 2494 vehicles
• 755+ vehicles

88.5% of Houston County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in Alabama.

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

• This state: 65,212
• Other state: 36,185
• Northeast: 3,616
• Midwest: 6,372
• South: 23,879
• West: 2,318

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 3,592
• Number of aged recipients: 394
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 3,198
• Number of recipients under 18: 737
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 2,097
• Number of recipients older than 64: 758
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,557
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,582