Greene County (Alabama)
The Greene County is a county located in the state of Alabama in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Eutaw.
Geography
The County is located in western Alabama, about 25 miles from Mississippi is removed and has an area of 1709 square kilometers, of which 36 square kilometers are water surface. The eastern boundary is formed by the Black Warrior River and the western border by the Tombigbee River. The county is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Tuscaloosa County, Hale County, Marengo County, Sumter County and Pickens County.
History
Greene County was formed on December 13, 1819 from parts of the land cession of Choctaw Indians on 24 October 1816. It was named for General Nathaniel Greene, a hero of the American Revolution. The first county seat was Erie, which is now in Hale County. 1838 this was Eutaw. 1868 burned the courthouse and was completely destroyed.
Traffic
About 10 km north-west of the district capital Eutaw lead across the county from northeast to southwest, the here together extending Interstate 20 and Interstate 59 through Eutaw even lead the U.S. Highways 43 and 11 Furthermore, by pulling the Alabama State Routes 14 and 39, the County.
Demographics
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census of 2000, there were 9,974 people in Greene County. Of these, 78 people were living in collective centers, the other residents living in 3,931 households and 2,649 families. The population density was 6 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 19.09 percent White, 80.34 percent Black or African American, 0.12 percent Native American, 0.08 percent Asian, and 0.10 percent from other races; 0.27 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.58 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 3,931 households out of which 32.7 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. In 36.4 percent lived married couples living together, 27.1 percent were single mothers, 32.6 percent were non-families, 30.8 percent of all households were single-person households, and 12.3 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or above. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.16 persons.
29.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.9 percent between 18 to 24, 25.1 percent between 25 and 44, 22.1 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.7 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 88.4 males to females age 18 and over, there 79 men.
The median income for a household was $ 19,819, and the median income for a family $ 24,604. Males have a median income of $ 25,707, women $ 19,051. The per capita income was $ 13,686. 29.9 percent of families and 34.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Greene County
- Allison
- Birdeye
- Boligee
- Bragg Ville
- Clinton
- Crawford Fork
- Eutaw
- Five Points
- Forkland
- Fowler
- Gosa
- Guinea
- Hycutt
- Jackson Quarters
- Jena
- Knoxville
- Lewiston
- Lizzieville
- Mantua
- McClure
- Merriwether
- Miller
- Morrows Grove
- Mount Hebron
- New Mount Hebron
- New West Greene
- Pleasant Ridge
- Ridge
- Rosemont
- Snoddy
- Thornhill
- Tishabee
- Union
- Walden Quarters
- West Greene