Marion County (Alabama)
Marion County is a county located in the state of Alabama in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Hamiltonian. The county is one of the Dry counties, which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.
Geography
The County is located in northwestern Alabama, on the west by the Mississippi and has an area of 1926 square kilometers, of which six square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Franklin County, Winston County, Walker County, Fayette County and Lamar County.
History
Marion County was formed on 13 February 1818. It was named after General Francis Marion of South Carolina. 1820 Hamilton became the district capital.
Demographics
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census of 2000, there were 31,214 people in Marion County. Of these, 907 people were living in collective centers, the other inhabitants lived in 12,697 households and 9,040 families. The population density was 16 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 94.76 percent White, 3.63 percent African American, 0.29 percent Native American, 0.20 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.39 percent from other races groups; 0.70 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.15 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 12,697 households out of which 30.4 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. In 58.4 percent lived married couples living together, 9.5 percent were single mothers, 28.8 percent were non-families, 26.5 percent of all households were single-person households, and 12.7 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or above. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.87 persons.
22.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.2 percent between 18 to 24, 28.2 percent between 25 and 44, 25.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 15.8 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 98 males and females age 18 and over, there 95.2 males.
The median income for a household was $ 27,475, and the median income for a family $ 34,359. Males have a median income of $ 26,913, women $ 19,022. The per capita income was $ 15,321. 12.0 percent of families and 15.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Marion County
- Barnesville
- Bear Creek
- Bexar
- Brilliant
- Brookside
- Fairview
- Fulton Bridge
- Glen Allen
- Goddard
- Goldmine
- Guin
- Gu -Win
- Hackleburg
- Haleyville
- Hamilton
- Lumbull
- New Hope
- Pea Ridge
- Pearce's Mills
- Pigeye
- Pikeville
- Piney Grove
- Pleasant Ridge
- Rock City
- Shottsville
- South Haleyville
- Stinson
- Sunny Home
- Texas
- Tucker
- Twin
- Weston
- White House
- Wiginton
- Winfield
- Yampertown