Pickens County (Alabama)
Pickens County is a county located in the state of Alabama in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Carrollton. 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 2305 square kilometers, of which 22 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Lamar County, Fayette County, Tuscaloosa County, Greene County and Sumter County.
History
Pickens County was formed on 20 December 1820. It was named after Andrew Pickens of South Carolina, a general in the American Revolutionary War. The first seat of the county government was in Picken 's Courthouse, later called and Pickensville Pickens. 1830, the headquarters were moved to Carrollton.
Demographics
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census of 2000, there were 20 949 people in Pickens County. Of these, 211 people were living in collective centers, the other residents living in 8,086 households and 5,789 families. The population density was 9 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 55.95 percent White, 42.96 percent Black or African American, 0.12 percent Native American, 0.11 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.22 percent from other races groups; 0.63 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.70 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 8,086 households out of which 32.6 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. In 49.8 percent lived married couples living together, 18.2 percent were single mothers, 28.4 percent were non-families, 26.4 percent of all households were single-person households, and 12.5 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or above. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.11 persons.
27.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.5 percent between 18 to 24, 25.8 percent between 25 and 44, 22.8 percent between 45 and 64 and 15.7 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 88.1 males to females age 18 and over, there 83.3 males.
The median income for a household was $ 26,254, and the median income for a family $ 32,938. Males had a median income of $ 28,843, women $ 20,569. The per capita income was $ 13,746. 20.1 percent of families and 24.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Pickens County
- Aliceville
- Beards Mill
- Beasley
- Beavertown
- Bell
- BENEVOLA
- Bridgeville
- Carrollton
- Coal Fire
- Cochrane
- Cunningham
- Dancy
- Delma
- Dillsburg
- Ethelsville
- Forest
- Garden
- Gordo
- Hickory
- Kirk
- Lathrop
- Lois Spring
- Macedonia
- McMullen
- McShan
- Melrose
- Memphis
- Olney
- Palmetto
- Pickensville
- Pioneer
- Reform
- SAPPS
- Shaw
- Stafford
- Stansel
- Vienna
- Zion