Limestone County, Alabama (AL)

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• • 80,00774.4%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 9,7739.1%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 7,6697.1%Two or more races
  • 6,9426.5%Hispanic or Latino
  • 2,0391.9%Asian alone
  • 5610.5%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 4000.4%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 1260.1%Some other race alone

Crime in 2018 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 8
• Rapes: 22
• Robberies: 6
• Assaults: 106
• Burglaries: 199
• Thefts: 536
• Auto thefts: 79

Crime in 2017 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 28
• Robberies: 10
• Assaults: 114
• Burglaries: 284
• Thefts: 649
• Auto thefts: 82

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 2021: $680 (0.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $798 (0.4%)

Area name: Huntsville, AL MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Limestone County is $456 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $538 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $737 a month.

Cities in this county include: Athens, Salem, Ardmore, Elkmont, Lester, Mooresville.

Neighboring counties: Alcorn County, Mississippi , Coal County, Oklahoma , DeSoto County, Mississippi , Crittenden County, Arkansas , Fayette County, Tennessee , Lenoir County, North Carolina .

Current college students: 2,898
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 82.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 28.0%

Number of foreign born residents: 5,360 (62.5% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 6232010 or later
• 1,3692000 to 2009
• 1,1201990 to 1999
• 3231980 to 1989
• 1361970 to 1979
• 57Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 26.4 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 53.9%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 33,392
• One, attached: 957
• Two: 619
• 3 or 4: 564
• 5 to 9: 2,017
• 10 to 19: 596
• 20 to 49: 595
• 50 or more: 274
• Mobile homes: 4,347

Housing units in Limestone County with a mortgage: 17,763 (1,868 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 1,575 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 112

Religion statistics for Limestone County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Limestone County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• 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: 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 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
• Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding, Incident Period: May 05, 2003 to May 30, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1466: May 12, 2003, FEMA Id: 1466, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Alabama Tornadoes, Incident Period: December 16, 2000 to December 22, 2000, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1352: December 18, 2000, FEMA Id: 1352, Natural disaster type: Tornado
• 8 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

10.48% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($73,638 average adjusted gross income)

0.06% of residents moved from foreign countries ($538 average AGI)

Limestone County:	0.06%
Alabama average:	0.02%

6.64% relocated from other counties in Alabama ($44,396 average AGI)
3.78% relocated from other states ($28,704 average AGI)

Limestone County:	3.78%
Alabama average:	3.08%

from Madison County, AL	4.40% ($78,609 average AGI)
from Morgan County, AL	0.62% ($53,262)
from Lauderdale County, AL	0.30% ($50,372)
from Jefferson County, AL	0.24% ($60,045)
from Giles County, TN	0.15% ($40,193)
from Lincoln County, TN	0.11% ($51,220)
from Davidson County, TN	0.10% ($83,256)

6.98% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($67,918 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.55% relocated to other counties in Alabama ($43,106 average AGI)
2.44% relocated to other states ($24,811 average AGI)

Limestone County:	2.44%
Alabama average:	2.60%

to Madison County, AL	2.70% ($70,786 average AGI)
to Morgan County, AL	0.56% ($58,637)
to Lauderdale County, AL	0.34% ($59,153)
to Giles County, TN	0.18% ($73,030)
to Jefferson County, AL	0.11% ($41,975)
to Cullman County, AL	0.10% ($54,114)
to Lawrence County, AL	0.10% ($39,829)

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 8.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 8.3

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Limestone County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 19,903 (5,126 living alone), Female householders: 20,782 (6,223 living alone)

• 22,053 spouses (22,026 opposite-sex spouses), 1,860 unmarried partners, (1,860 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 31,866 children (27,707 natural, 1,547 adopted, 2,612 stepchildren), 2,315 grandchildren, 779 brothers or sisters, 929 parents, 0 foster children, 2,146 other relatives, 1,641 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 3,243

Size of family households: 11,689 2-persons, 5,598 3-persons, 6,254 4-persons, 2,553 5-persons, 1,256 6-persons, 317 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 11,349 1-person, 1,145 2-persons, 524 3-persons.

15,594 married couples with children.
4,696 single-parent households (2,087 men, 2,609 women).

93.7% of residents of Limestone speak English at home.
4.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (58% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (75% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $341,189,000 ($4,917 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $15,570,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $162,826,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $69,767,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $9,050,000
Federal grants: $85,910,000
Federal procurement contracts: $3,797,000 ($678,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $9,839,000 ($2,147,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $77,641,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $58,373,000
Federal Government insurance: $43,730,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 10.82 millions of gallons per day (25% from ground, 75% from surface)

• Year house built in Limestone County, Alabama
• 2152020 or later
• 9,6172010 to 2019
• 8,2602000 to 2009
• 6,1051990 to 1999
• 4,8751980 to 1989
• 8,0301970 to 1979
• 2,9631960 to 1969
• 1,4611950 to 1959
• 5661940 to 1949
• 1,2691939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Limestone County, Alabama

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Limestone County, Alabama
• 01 room
• 02 rooms
• 2613 rooms
• 2,0364 rooms
• 6,5325 rooms
• 7,0386 rooms
• 4,1387 rooms
• 3,3358 rooms
• 7,0849+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Limestone County, Alabama
• 8051 room
• 692 rooms
• 9733 rooms
• 1,9294 rooms
• 2,9445 rooms
• 1,7386 rooms
• 9777 rooms
• 4878 rooms
• 3399+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Limestone County, Alabama

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Limestone County, Alabama
• 0no bedroom
• 1481 bedroom
• 3,2702 bedrooms
• 17,8173 bedrooms
• 8,1414 bedrooms
• 1,0485+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Limestone County, Alabama
• 912no bedroom
• 9391 bedroom
• 3,8122 bedrooms
• 4,3953 bedrooms
• 1024 bedrooms
• 1015+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Limestone County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 335no vehicle
• 5,6611 vehicle
• 11,5542 vehicles
• 7,2653 vehicles
• 4,1254 vehicles
• 1,4845+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Limestone County in renter-occupied apartments
• 929no vehicle
• 4,1731 vehicle
• 3,6912 vehicles
• 1,3223 vehicles
• 544 vehicles
• 925+ vehicles

88.4% of Limestone County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Alabama.

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

• This state: 68,759
• Other state: 31,768
• Northeast: 2,800
• Midwest: 8,195
• South: 17,230
• West: 3,543

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,945
• Number of aged recipients: 250
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,695
• Number of recipients under 18: 267
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,201
• Number of recipients older than 64: 477
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 853
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 798

Limestone County on our top lists:

• #4 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving in compared to moving out (pop. 50,000+)"
• #81 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Romney (Republican) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"