Hartselle, Alabama

Morgan County

01-33448

Hartselle is a city in Morgan County in the U.S. state of Alabama. It has about 13,500 inhabitants ( 2006).

Geography

Hard Selles Geographical coordinates are 34 ° 26 ' N, 86 ° 56' W34.440277777778 - 86.940277777778 ( 34.440383, -86.940385 ). The village is located approximately 15 km south of Decatur.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 38.5 km ², of which only 0.07 % is held by waters.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 12.019 persons Hartselle. The population density was 312.3 people per km ². There were 5170 housing units at an average 134.3 per km ². The population consisted of hard Selles 92.25 % White, 5.16 % African American, 0.63 % Native American, 0.31 % Asian, 0.02 % Pacific Islander, 0.33 % reported other races to belong and 1.31 % from two or more races. 1.29 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Residents Hart Selles distributed to 4816 households out of which 35.4% were living in children under 18 years. 59.1 % married couples living together, 10.9 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.6 % were non-families. 24.4% of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 11.2% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size is 2.97.

The city population was spread out with 25.5 % under the, 7.7 % 18 -24- year-old, 29.3 % 25 -44- year-old, 23.5% 45-64 year olds and 14.0 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 92.3 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 88.8 males.

The median household income in Hartselle was 40 461 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 47 685 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 40 211 U.S. dollars, compared to 24,124 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Hartselle was 20 727 U.S. dollars. 8.6 % of the population and 6.6 % of families were below the poverty line, including 8.8 % of those affected and 11.9 % of those age 65 or over.

Sons and daughters of the town

• John Jackson Sparkman, U.S. Congressman and Vice Presidential Candidate
• William Bradford Huie, journalist, author, editor and publisher
• Steve Woodard, pitcher in Major League Baseball