Northport (Alabama)

Tuscaloosa County

01-55200

North Port is a city in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is located in Tuscaloosa County, and in 2005 they had after the updates of the census, 21,216 inhabitants.

Geography

North Port geographical coordinates are 33 ° 15 ' N, 87 ° 36' W33.253888888889 - 87.592222222222 ( 33.253917, -87.592352 ).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 38.5 km ², of which 37.9 km ² of land and 0.6 km ² omitted ( = 1:48 %) to water.

Northport is located directly adjacent to Tuscaloosa, where many of the residents work. Historically, the Black Warrior River formed the border between the two cities, although today runs a part of the common city limits on land.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 19,435 people Northport. The population density was 1328.3 people per km ². There were 8509 housing units at an average 224.6 per km ². The population of North ports consisted of 71.11 % White, 26.03 % African American, 0.19 % Native American, 0.80 % Asian, 0.15 % Pacific Islander, 1.02 % reported other races to belong and 0.70 % from two or more races. 1.92 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Residents of North ports distributed to 7844 households out of which 32.8 % were living in children under 18 years. 48.3% married couples living together, 15.7 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.0 % were non-families. 28.6% of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 9.7 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size is 2.98.

The city population was spread out with 24.9 % under the, 10.5% 18-24 year olds, 29.3 % 25 -44- year-old, 21.3% 45-64 year olds and 14.1 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 83.9 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 79.6 men.

The median household income in North Port was 40 206 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 48 673 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 41 008 U.S. dollars, compared to 26,340 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in North Port was 20,163 U.S. dollars. 13.9 % of the population and 11.6 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 20.4 % of minors and 10.6 % of those age 65 or over.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Frank Lary, Baseball Player