Etowah County, Alabama
The Etowah County is a county located in the U.S. state of Alabama in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Gadsden, which was after Colonel James Gadsden, a former soldier, diplomat and president of a railroad company, named.
Geography
The County is located in northeast Alabama, is in the east just 60 km from Georgia and has an area of 1421 square kilometers, of which 36 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: DeKalb County, Cherokee County, Calhoun County, St. Clair County, Blount County and Marshall County.
History
Etowah County was formed on December 7, 1866 as Baine County, named after David W. Baine, a Confederate general. On 1 December 1868, was renamed in Etowah County, a word from the language of the Cherokee Indians.
Others
In Noccalula Falls Park in Gadsden, is a botanical garden, where you can marvel at over 25,000 species and varieties of azalea.
Demographics
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census of 2000, there were 103 459 people in Etowah County. Of these, 2,043 people lived in collective centers, the other inhabitants living in 41 615 households and 29 463 families. The population density was 75 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 82.87 percent White, 14.68 percent Black or African American, 0.33 percent Native American, 0.42 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.73 percent from other races groups; 0.93 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.70 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 41 615 households out of which 29.9 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. In 54.2 percent lived married couples living together, 13.1 percent were single mothers, 29.2 percent were non-families, 26.3 percent of all households were single-person households, and 12.4 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or above. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.93.
23.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.7 percent between 18 to 24, 27.4 percent between 25 and 44, 24.1 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.0 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 91.8 males to females age 18 and over, there 87.9 males.
The median income for a household was $ 31,170, and the median income for a family $ 38,697. Males have a median income of $ 31,610, women $ 21,346. The per capita income was $ 16,783. 12.3 percent of families and 15.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Etowah County
- Alabama City
- Altoona
- Anderson
- Attalla
- Aurora
- Ball Play
- Bath Springs
- Bellevue
- Boaz
- Brice
- Carlisle
- Cave Springs
- Citico
- Clubview Heights
- Cobb City
- Crudup
- Curtiston
- Daisy
- Duck Springs
- East Gadsden
- Egypt
- Ewing
- Gadsden
- Gallant
- Glencoe
- Goodyear
- Harrisville
- Hokes Bluff
- Hopper
- Howelton
- Ivalee
- Keener
- Keysburg
- Lay Springs
- Littleton
- Hatch
- Markton
- Marysville
- Mayes Crossroad
- Monte Vista
- Moragne
- Morgans Crossroads
- Mountainboro
- Murrycross
- Northside
- Norton
- Oakdale
- Old Harmony
- Owens
- Rainbow City
- Ramsey
- Reece City
- Ridgeville
- Riverside
- Rock Spring
- Rockledge
- Sardis City
- Scenic Heights
- Scrougeout
- Skyhaven Estates
- Smith Institute
- Sonoma
- South Gadsden
- Southside
- Tabor
- The Highlands
- Tuckahoe Heights
- Turkey Town
- Union
- Upton
- Walnut Grove
- Walnut Park
- Whitesboro
- Williams
- Wilsonia