Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
The Tuscaloosa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Alabama in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Tuscaloosa.
Geography
The County is located in the central northwestern Alabama and has an area of 3500 square kilometers, of which 70 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Walker County, Jefferson County, Bibb County, Hale County, Greene County, Pickens County and Fayette County.
History
Tuscaloosa County was formed on February 6, 1818. The name comes from the dialect of Choctaw Indians for the Black Warrior River, or by other sources after the Choctaw chieftain Tuskalusa.
Others
The University of Alabama Arboretum, an arboretum located at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa with an area of 24.3 hectares.
Demographics
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census of 2000, there were 164 875 people in Tuscaloosa County. Of these, 8,691 people lived in collective centers, the other inhabitants living in 64 517 households and 41 677 families. The population density was 48 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 68.12 percent White, 29.31 percent Black or African American, 0.23 percent Native American, 0.92 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.56 percent from other races groups; 0.82 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.29 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 64 517 households out of which 30.3 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. In 47.2 percent lived married couples living together, 14.0 percent were single mothers, 35.4 percent were non-families, 28.4 percent of all households were single-person households and 8.3 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or above. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.00.
23.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 16.5 percent between 18 to 24, 28.1 percent between 25 and 44, 20.8 percent between 45 and 64 and 11.3 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 92.8 males to females age 18 and over, there 89.5 males.
The median income for a household was $ 34,436, and the median income for a family $ 45,485. Males have a median income of $ 34,807, women $ 24,128. The per capita income was $ 18,998. 11.3 percent of families and 17.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Tuscaloosa County
- Abernant
- Brookwood
- Brownsville
- Bucksville
- Bull City
- Burchfield
- Caffee Junction
- Cedar Cove
- Chambers
- Cloverdale
- Coaling
- Coker
- Cottondale
- Docray
- Dowdle
- Dudley
- Duncanville
- East Brookwood
- Echola
- Elrod
- Englewood
- Fleetwood
- Fosters
- Grimes
- Hagler
- Holman
- Holt
- Howton
- Hull
- Kellerman
- Kimbrell
- Lakeview
- Maxwell
- One million U.S. dollars Lake Estates
- Moores Bridge
- Moundville
- New Lexington
- Northport
- Pattersontown
- Pearson
- Peterson
- Ralph
- Rickey
- Romulus
- Samantha
- Sandtown
- Searles
- Shirley
- South Holt
- Stokes
- Taylorsville
- Three Forks
- Tuscaloosa
- Vance
- Whitson
- Wiley
- Windham Springs
- Yolande