Selma, Alabama (AL) Poverty Rate Data
Information about poor and low income residents
Data:
Poverty rates in Selma
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2015:
| Selma: | 46.6% |
| Whole state: | 23.8% |
| Selma: | 22.2% |
| Whole state: | 8.1% |
25.6%
among residents who are not classified as poor):
Poverty rate among disabled females:
Disability rate in this city among poor females (it is 26.9%
among residents who are not classified as poor):
Renting rate in this city among poor and not poor residents:
| Residents below poverty level: | 72.9% |
| Residents above poverty level: | 35.3% |
Poverty by age in Selma
Breakdown by age of poor male residents in Selma (percentage below poverty level)
Breakdown by age of poor female residents in Selma (percentage below poverty level)
Breakdown by age of very poor residents in Selma, AL (percentage below half of poverty level)
Poverty by race and place of birth in Selma
Breakdown by races of poor residents (income below poverty level) in Selma in percentages
Breakdown by races of poor residents in Selma in absolute numbers
Poverty status for native-born residents
- 41.8%Below poverty level
- 58.2%Above poverty level
Poverty status for foreign-born residents
- 9.0%Below poverty level
- 91.0%Above poverty level
Poverty in families in Selma
Children below poverty level:
| Selma, Alabama: | 60.2% |
| State: | 26.4% |
Poor families by family type
- 16.9%Married-couple family
- 6.2%Male, no wife present
- 76.8%Female, no husband present
Breakdown of poor residents in Selma not in families by work experience
- 0.0%Worked full-time, year-round
- 11.8%Worked part-time
- 88.2%Did not work
Breakdown of poor married-couple families by work experience
- 0.0%Both worked full-time
- 10.1%One full-time, other part-time
- 5.9%One full-time, other didn't work
- 0.0%Both worked part-time
- 26.9%One part-time, other didn't work
- 57.1%Both didn't work
Other data
Year house/condo built by year for residents below and above poverty levels in percentages
