Sheffield (Alabama)

Colbert County

01-69648

Sheffield is an American city in Alabama. It is located in Colbert County and 2004 had about 9,200 inhabitants. In Sheffield there was the recognized in the music world Muscle Shoals Sound Studio. Sheffield is also the birthplace of former senator and presidential candidate Fred Thompson.

Geography

Sheffield geographical coordinates are 34 ° 46 'N, 87 ° 42' W34.759722222222 - 87.694722222222 ( 34.759721, -87.694592 ).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 17.1 km ², 17.0 km ² wovom on land and 0.1 km ² omitted ( = 0.46 %) to water.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 9652 persons Sheffield. The population density was 568.1 people per km ². There were 4760 housing units at an average 280.2 per km ². The population of Sheffield consisted of 71.21 % White, 26.21 % African American, 0.39 % Native American, 0.28 % Asian, 0.04 % Pacific Islander, 0.57 % reported other races to belong and 1.30 % from two or more races. 1.50 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The residents of Sheffield distributed to 4243 households out of which 27.2% were living in children under 18 years. 43.3 % married couples living together, 16.7 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.1% were non-families. 32.5 % of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 15.5 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size is 2.87 people.

The city population was spread out with 23.7 % under the, 8.0 % 18 -24- year-old, 26.6 % 25 -44- year-old, 22.6% 45-64 year olds and 19.0 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 85.5 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 80.6 men.

The median household income in Sheffield was 26 673 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 33 877 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 30.378 U.S. dollars, compared to 18,033 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Sheffield was 16,022 U.S. dollars. 18.7 % of the population and 16.5 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 27.5 % of minors and 10.4 % of those age 65 or over.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Willie Ruff ( born 1931 ), jazz musician and high school teachers
• Fred Thompson ( b. 1942 ), actor