Albertville (Alabama)
Marshall County
01-00988
Albertville is a city in Marshall County in the U.S. state of Alabama and is part of the Huntsville - Decatur Combined Statistical Area. The current mayor is Carl Pruett.
In Albertville Mueller Company is established, which is a manufacturer of fire hydrants and therefore Albertville is also called " Fire Hydrant Capital of the World". The AHS Aggie Marching Band, who took part in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City in November 2007 for the fourth time, is also at home in Albertville.
Geography
Albertville is located about 90 km northeast of Birmingham, Alabama and about 70 miles from Huntsville on U.S. Highway 431, which leads in a southeasterly direction to Columbus, Georgia; Albertville has a total area of 67.5 km ², of which 0.3 km ² omitted ( = 0.38 %) to water.
Demography
At the time of the census of 2000, there were Albertville 17 247 people. The population density was 256.6 people per km ². There were 7090 housing units at an average 105.5 per km ². The population consisted of 86.15 % White, 2.05 % African American, 0.31 % Native American, 0.26 % Asian, 0.10 % Pacific Islanders. 9.78 % reported from other races, and 1.35 % from two or more races. 16.08 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The inhabitants of the city were distributed among 6566 households out of which 32.7 % were living in children under 18 years. 54.0 % married couples living together, 11.9 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.7 % were non-families. 25.9% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 12.2% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.08.
The city population was spread out with 26.0 % under the, 10.1% of 18-24 year olds, 28.7 % 25 -44- year-old, 20.7% 45-64 year olds and 14.5 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 93.1 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 89.9 men.
The median household income was 31 893 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 38 508 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 30 076 U.S. dollars, compared to 30,275 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Albertville was 16,336 U.S. dollars. 16.7 % of the population and 14.1 % of families were below the poverty line, including 21.8 % of those affected and 21.0 % of those age 65 or over.
History
The area was once inhabited by Cherokee Indians before they were expelled in the 1830s by force to Oklahoma. The Creek lived near the present city area. The Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto to have been in 1540 during an expedition there. In the 1850 White is settled there. Was named the settlement after Thomas A. Albert, who came from Georgia and his 1876 city superintendent until his death. During the Civil War (1861-1865) occurred in the area around Albertville again and again to fight. 1910, Albertville a population of 1,544 in 1950 from 5,397
2010 established a cyclone in major property damage.