Marshall County (Alabama)
Marshall County is a county located in the state of Alabama in the United States. The the county seat ( county seat ) is located in Guntersville. 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 northern Alabama, is in the north about 70 miles from Tennessee, to the east away about 80 km from Georgia and has an area of 1614 square kilometers, of which 145 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Jackson County, DeKalb County, Etowah County, Blount County, Cullman County, Morgan County and Madison County.
History
Marshall County was formed on January 9, 1836. It was named after the Minister of Justice of Alabama John Marshall. The first county seat was Claysville, 1838, Marshall, 1841 Warrenton, and from 1848 Guntersville.
Demographics
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census of 2000, there were 82 231 people in Marshall County. Of these, 972 people were living in collective centers, the other inhabitants living in 32 547 households, and 23,531 families. The population density was 56 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 93.38 percent White, 1.47 percent African American, 0.53 percent Native American, 0.24 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 3.24 percent from other races groups; 1.09 percent were descended from two or more races. 5.66 percent of the population were anical or Latino of any race.
Of the 32 547 households out of which 32.4 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. In 57.8 percent lived married couples living together, 10.7 percent were single mothers, 27.7 percent were non-families, 24.6 percent of all households were single-person households, and 10.9 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or above. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.96.
24.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.5 percent between 18 and 24 years, 29.0 percent between 25 and 44 years, 23.4 percent between 45 and 64 years and 14.2 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 94.8 males to females age 18 and over, there 91.5 males.
The median income for a household was $ 32,167, and the median income for a family $ 38,788. Males had a median income of $ 30,500, women $ 20,807. The per capita income was $ 17,089. 11.7 percent of families and 14.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Marshall County
- Albertville
- Alder Springs
- Allens Crossroads
- Arab
- Askea Grove
- Boaz
- Bucksnort
- Campbell Mill
- Claysville
- Columbus City
- Corbinville
- Cotton Ville
- Crossroads
- Diamond
- Double Bridges
- Douglas
- Eddy
- Egypt
- Five Points
- Friendship
- Grant
- Grassy
- Guntersville
- Hebron
- Henryville
- High Point
- Hog Jaw
- Horton
- Humpton
- Hustleville
- Hyatt
- Johnsons Mill
- Kirbytown
- Lakeview
- Lattiwood
- Little New York
- Manchester
- Marshall
- Martling
- McVille
- Meadowood
- Meltonsville
- Mill Village
- Mount Carmel
- Mount Hebron
- Mount Olive
- Mountain View
- Needmore
- Neighbors Mill
- Nixon Chapel
- North Arab
- Oleander
- Pine Lake Village
- Pleasant Grove
- Poplar Ridge
- Poplar Springs
- Preston
- Rabbit Town
- Rayburn
- Red Hill
- Rice
- Rocky Ridge
- Ruth
- Saratoga
- Scant City
- Sidney
- Southtown
- Sunset Acres
- Swearengin
- Union Grove
- Warrenton
- White Oak
- Whiteville