Blount County (Alabama)
The Blount County is a county located in the state of Alabama in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Oneonta. The County is a dry county so called, that is, that the sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted.
Geography
The County is located in north-central Alabama, is in the north about 100 miles from Tennessee to the East and about 100 km from Georgia and has an area of 1685 square kilometers, of which 13 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Marshall County, Etowah County, St. Clair County, Walker County, Jefferson County and Cullman County.
History
Blount County was formed on February 6, 1818 from parts of Montgomery County and parts of the Cherokees belonging to the country. It was named after Willie Blount, the fourth Governor of Tennessee, which supported the new settlers in the wars of 1813-14 against the Creek. From 1818 to 1889 was Blountsville the county seat.
Demographics
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census of 2000, there were 51 024 people in Blount County. Of these, 610 people were living in collective centers, the other inhabitants lived in 19,265 households and 14,814 families. The population density was 31 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 95.08 percent White, 1.19 percent African American, 0.49 percent Native American, 0.14 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 2.07 percent from other races groups; 1.02 percent were descended from two or more races. 5.33 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 19,265 households out of which 34.3 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. In 65.5 percent lived married couples living together, 7.9 percent were single mothers, 23.1 percent were non-families, 20.8 percent of all households were single-person households and 9.5 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or above. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.02 persons.
25.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.4 percent between 18 to 24, 29.2 percent between 25 and 44, 24.1 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.9 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 99.7 males to females age 18 and over, there 97.3 males.
The median income for a household was $ 35,241, and the median income for a family $ 41,573. Males had a median income of $ 31,455, women $ 22,459. The per capita income was $ 16,325. 8.6 percent of families and 11.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in County
- Adville
- Allgood
- Altoona
- Armstead
- Bangor
- Blount Springs
- Blountsville
- Blow Gourd
- Blue Springs
- Bright Star
- Brooksville
- Cedar Springs
- Chamblees Mill
- Champion
- Clear Springs
- Cleveland
- County Line
- Dallas
- Easley
- Eastwood
- Ellison Crossroads
- Fairview
- Five Points
- Fowler Spring
- Fridays Crossing
- Graystone
- Gum Springs
- Harkness Crossroads
- Hayden
- Hendrick Mill
- Hendrix
- High Rock
- Highland Lake
- Highmound
- Holly Springs
- Hoods Crossroads
- Hopewell
- Hortons Mill
- Domestic Junction
- Joy
- Kiowa
- Lehigh
- Liberty
- Little Warrior
- Locust Fork
- Mattawana
- McLarty
- Mount Olive
- Mountain Grove
- Nectar
- Nyota
- Oneonta
- Pine Mountain
- Red Hill
- Remlap
- Riverside
- Rock Springs
- Pink
- Royal
- Self Ville
- Sky Ball
- Sloan
- Smoke Rise
- Snead
- Straight Mountain
- Strawberry
- Sugar Creek
- Summit
- Susan Moore
- Tait's Gap
- Wall Town
- Wynnville