Muscle Shoals (Alabama)

Colbert County

01-53016

Muscle Shoals is an American city in Alabama in Colbert County. It has about 12,300 inhabitants ( 2004).

Geography

Muscle Shoals ' geographical coordinates are 34 ° 45 'N, 87 ° 39' W34.750833333333 - 87.650277777778 ( 34.750788, -87.650278 ).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 31.5 km ², which includes no significant water areas.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 11,924 people in Muscle Shoals. The population density was 378.3 people per km ². There were 5010 housing units at an average 158.9 per km ². The population Muscle Shoals ' consisted of 83.88 % White, 14.16% Black or African American, 0.38 % Native American, 0.56% Asian, 0.31 % reported from other races, and 0.70 % from two or more races. 1.16 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Residents Muscle Shoals ' distributed to 4710 households out of which 34.7 % were living in children under 18 years. 59.4 % married couples living together, 11.3 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.7 % were non-families. 23.8% of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 8.2 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size is 2.95 people.

The city population was spread out with 24.8 % under the, 8.6 % 18 -24- year-old, 29.6 % 25 -44- year-old, 23.9 % 45-64 year olds and 13.1 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 88.9 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 86.1 males.

The median household income in Muscle Shoals was 40 216 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the height of 48,113 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 38,063 U.S. dollars, compared to 21,933 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Hoquiam was 21,113 U.S. dollars. 7.3% of the population and 5.4% of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 8.1 % of minors and 7.2 % of those age 65 or over.

Sons and daughters of the city

• Ozzie Newsome ( born 1956 ), American football player