Chilton County, Alabama

The Chilton County is a county located in the state of Alabama in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) Clanton is named after General James Holt Clanton. The county is one of the Dry counties, which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

Geography

The County is located in the geographic center of Alabama and has an area of 1815 square kilometers, of which 18 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Shelby County, Coosa County, Elmore County, Autauga County, Dallas County, Perry County and Bibb County.

History

Chilton County was formed on December 30, 1868 from parts of Autauga County, Bibb County of, of Perry County and Shelby County as Baker County. The name change to the present name in 1874 took place in honor of Wilton Parish Chilton, a member of Congress of the Confederate States and chairman of the Supreme Court of Alabama. The first county seat was Grantville.

Demographics

1900-1990 2000 2010

According to the census of 2000, there were 39 593 people in Chilton County. Of these, 351 people were living in collective centers, the other inhabitants lived in 15,287 households and 11,342 families. The population density was 22 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 86.71 percent White, 10.61 percent Black or African American, 0.28 percent Native American, 0.18 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 1.51 percent from other races groups; 0.69 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.91 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 15,287 households out of which 34.4 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. In 60.1 percent lived married couples living together, 10.5 percent were single mothers, 25.8 percent were non-families, 22.9 percent of all households were single-person households, and 10.2 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or above. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.00.

25.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.1 percent between 18 to 24, 29.0 percent between 25 and 44, 23.4 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 97.8 males to females age 18 and over, there 93.9 males.

The median income for a household was $ 32,588, and the median income for a family $ 39,505. Males have a median income of $ 31,006, women $ 21,275. The per capita income was $ 15,303. 12.6 percent of families and 15.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in County

  • Adams
  • Bessie
  • Calera
  • Campbell
  • Center Hill
  • Clanton
  • Collins Chapel
  • Cooper
  • Dixie
  • Enterprise
  • Fairview
  • Falakto
  • Gap of the Mountain
  • Highland
  • Hubbard
  • Isabella
  • Jemison
  • Jumbo
  • Kalona
  • Kincheon
  • Lomax
  • Maplesville
  • Mars Hill
  • Midway
  • Mineral Springs
  • Minooka
  • Mountain Creek
  • Mulberry
  • New Convert
  • Oak Grove
  • Ocampo
  • Parnell
  • Pleasant Grove
  • Pletcher
  • Pools Crossroads
  • Posey's Crossroads
  • Rider Ville
  • Rocky Mount
  • Stanton
  • Thorsby
  • Union Grove
  • Verbena
  • Wessington
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