Pike County (Alabama)
The Pike County is a county located in the U.S. state of Alabama in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Troy.
Geography
The County is located in the central southeastern part of Alabama, is in the east about 100 km from Georgia, located in the south about 110 miles from Florida's northern border and has an area of 1741 square kilometers, of which three square miles are water. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Bullock County, Barbour County, Dale County, Coffee County, Crenshaw County and Montgomery County.
History
Pike County was formed on 17 December 1821. It was named for General Zebulon Pike, a soldier in the War of 1812. The first county seat was Louisville, later Monticello and finally in 1839 Troy. The first public school, the Troy Normal School, was founded in 1887.
Others
Is the Troy University Arboretum, an arboretum with an area of 16,186 m² at the Troy University in the City of Troy.
Demographics
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census of 2000, there were 29 605 people in Pike County. Of these, 1,198 people lived in collective centers, the other inhabitants lived in 11,933 households and 7,649 families. The population density was 17 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 60.77 percent White, 36.60 percent Black or African American, 0.66 percent Native American, 0.35 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.26 percent from other races groups; 1.35 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.23 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 11,933 households out of which 29.7 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. In 43.6 percent lived married couples living together, 16.8 percent were single mothers, 35.9 percent were non-families, 29.8 percent of all households were single-person households, and 11.0 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or above. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.98.
24.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 15.8 percent between 18 to 24, 26.0 percent between 25 and 44, 21.2 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.6 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 89.5 males to females age 18 and over, there 84.9 males.
The median income for a household was $ 25,551, and the median income for a family $ 34,132. Males have a median income of $ 27,094, women $ 18,758. The per capita income was $ 14,904. 18.5 percent of families and 23.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Pike County
- Ansley
- Antioch
- Baltic
- Banks
- Briar Hill
- Brundidge
- Buckhorn
- Catalpa
- China Grove
- Corcoran
- Curry
- Enon
- Goshen
- Hamilton Crossroads
- Henderson
- Hephzibah
- Jonesville
- Josie
- Kent
- Linwood
- Little Oak
- Logton
- McClure Town
- Meeksville
- Monticello
- Mossy Grove
- Needmore
- Olustee
- Orion
- Pleasant Ridge
- Pronto
- Richland
- Saco
- Sanders Hill
- Sandfield
- Shady Grove
- Shell Horn
- Shiloh
- Spring Hill
- Stills Crossroads
- Tarentum
- Tennille
- Thomas Cross Road
- Troy
- Wingard
- Youngblood