Abbeville (Alabama)
Henry County
01-00124
Abbeville is a city and the county seat ( county seat ) in Henry County in the U.S. state of Alabama.
Geography
Abbeville is located almost in the extreme southeast of Alabama, in the northern part of the county, is in the east about 22 miles away from Georgia in the south about 40 miles from Eufaula.
Demography
At the time of the census of 2000, lived in the city in 2987 people. The population density was 74.1 people per km ². There were 1353 housing units at an average 33.6 per km ². The population consisted of Abbeville 56.65 % White, 39.94 % African American, 0.07 % Asian, 2.85 % reported from other races, and 0.50 % from two or more races. 3.52 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The residents of Abbeville distributed to 1172 households out of which 27.2% were living in children under 18 years. 45.8 % married couples living together, 17.8 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.8 % were non-families. 30.8% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 17.4 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size is 3.01.
The city population was spread out with 22.9 % under the, 8.4 % 18 -24- year-old, 22.1 % 25 -44- year-old, 22.8 % 45-64 year olds and 23.8 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 82.6 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 78.2 males.
The median household income in Abbeville was 23 266 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 37 917 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 26,250 U.S. dollars, compared to 20,603 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Abbeville was 17,215 U.S. dollars. 21.5 % of the population and 17.3 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 21.1 % of minors and 29.6 % of those age 65 or over.
History
Abbeville is one of the oldest settlements in the area of today's South. Is named the city after " Abbe ", a local Indians from the tribe of Muskogee. The name includes the word for flower Dogwood. 1819, when the area was still part of the Alabama Territory, a post office was established. 1944, the African American Recy Taylor was raped by a group of six white men. Although the men admitted the crime, two juries for them to damning case attracted attention and is regarded as one of the triggers for the civil rights movement refused.