Limestone County (Alabama)
The Limestone County is a county located in the state of Alabama in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Athens.
Geography
The County is located in the extreme north of Alabama, bordering Tennessee and has an area of 1572 square kilometers, of which 101 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Madison County, Morgan County, Lawrence County and Lauderdale County.
History
The Limestone County was formed on February 6, 1818. It was named after the Limestone Creek as it flows through the County.
Demographics
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census of 2000, there were 65 676 people in Limestone County. Of these, 2,643 people lived in collective centers, the other inhabitants lived in 24,688 households and 18,219 families. The population density was 45 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 83.79 percent White, 13.33 percent Black or African American, 0.46 percent Native American, 0.35 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 1.14 percent from other races groups; 0.91 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.65 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 24,688 households out of which 34.8 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. In 60.0 percent lived married couples living together, 10.4 percent were single mothers, 26.2 percent were non-families, 23.4 percent of all households were single-person households and 8.9 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or above. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.02 persons.
24.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.8 percent between 18 and 24, 32.1 percent between 25 and 44, 23.1 percent between 45 and 64 and 11.1 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 103.1 males and females age 18 and over, there 101.8 males.
The median income for a household was $ 37,405, and the median income for a family $ 45,146. Males have a median income of $ 35,743, women $ 23,389. The per capita income was $ 17,782. 9.8 percent of families and 12.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
- Alabama Fork
- Ardmore
- Athens
- Belle Mina
- Bethel
- Beulah country
- Blackburn
- Bonneville
- Bonnie Doone
- Brookwood Forest
- Burgreen Gin
- Cairo
- Capshaw
- Carey
- Cartwright
- Cedar Grove
- Cedar Hill
- Center Hill
- Cherry Grove
- Country Club Acres
- Coxey
- Cross Key
- Decatur Junction
- Decatur 1
- East Hampton
- Elkmont
- Fairmount
- Fairview
- French Mill
- Gipsy
- Goodsprings
- Gourdsville
- Greenbrier
- Hannah
- Harris station
- Hays Mill
- Holland Gin
- Huntsville 2
- Irvington
- Jones Crossroads
- Lakewood
- Lawngate
- Lawson
- Leggtown
- Lentz Ville
- Lester
- Locke Crossroads
- Madison 2
- Mooresville
- Morris Crossroads
- Mount Rozell
- Murphree Place
- New Hope
- Oak Grove
- Oakdale Acres
- Oakdale
- Oakland
- O'Neal
- Orrville
- Parker
- Peets Corner
- Persimmon Grove
- Pettusville
- Pine Dale
- Pinedale Acres
- Piney Chapel
- Pisgah
- Poplar Creek
- Reid
- Ridgway Mill
- Ripley
- Salem
- Sardis Springs
- Scarce Grease
- Shanghai
- Spencer Store
- Swancott
- Tanner Crossroads
- Tanner
- Thach
- Union Hill
- Veto
- Wigginsville
- Woodfin Mill
1 partly in Morgan County; 2 partly in Madison County