Cottonwood (Alabama)

Houston County

01-17824

Cottonwood is a place in Houston County, Alabama, United States. The town has a total area of 14.3 km ². According to an estimate from 2006 Cottonwood had 1172 inhabitants.

Demography

According to the census of 2000 Cottonwood had 1170 inhabitants, distributed among 485 households and 323 families. The population density was thus 82.1 inhabitants / km ². 69.06 % of the population were white, 29.06 % African American. In 29.3 % of households were living children under 18 years. The median income for a household was $ 21,452, with 27.2 % of the population were below the poverty line.