Dallas County, Alabama

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Dallas County is a county located in Alabama, in the Southern Region (East South Central) of United States. As per the 2000 census, county has a population of 46365 inhabitants. Its population in July 2008 was estimated to be about 42867, It is the 29th most populous county in the U.S. state of Alabama. The county extends throughout a territory of 993.37 square miles (2572.82 sq km ), of which, 980.71 square miles (2540.03 sq km) of it is land and 12.66 square miles (32.79 sq km) of it is water, it is the tenth largest by area in the U.S. state of Alabama.


As of the census of 2000, there were 46365 residents, 17841 households, and 12494 families in the county. The population density was 47.3 people per square mile (18.26/kmē), it is the 34th most densely populated county in the U.S. state of Alabama. There were 20450 housing units at an average density of 20.9 per square mile (8.07/kmē). The average household size was 2.57 persons, and the average family size was 3.15 persons. In the county Age distribution was 28.6% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 or older. For every 100 females there were 83.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.8 males. In July 2008, its estimated population was 42867, The racial makeup of the county was 31.35% White, 67.53% Black or African American, 0.14% American Indian, 0.38% Asian, 0.01% Native Hawaiian, and 0.59% from two or more races.

Population 2000-2008

School Enrollment 2000

GDP 2000

The median income for a household in the county was $23370, making its Alabama's ninth lowest county by median household income. The median income for a family in the county was $29906, it is the eighth poorest county in terms of median family income. The per capita income for the county was $13638, it would be the ninth lowest county by per capita income in the U.S. state of Alabama.

In 2000, 13032 pupils and students, of which 6251 are male and 6781 are female, 28.11% of the total population, are in the education system. Of which, total enrollment of student are in, 904 nursery or pri school, 682 kindergarten, 6054 elementary school, 3522 high school and 1870 College graduate school.

Rank	City	County	Total Area mi2	Land Area mi2	Water Area mi2	Population	Density mi2	Per capita Income	House hold Income
1	Orrville Town	Dallas County	1.03	1.03	0	230	222.5	15418	28571
2	Selma City	Dallas County	14.44	13.86	0.58	20512	1479.6	13369	21261
3	Selmont-west Selmont Cdp	Dallas County	3.31	3.28	0.04	3502	1068.1	9602	11591

Year	Population
April 2000 census	46365
April 2000 Estimate	46393
July 2000 Estimate	46194
July 2001 Estimate	45922
July 2002 Estimate	44955
July 2003 Estimate	44517
July 2004 Estimate	43945
July 2005 Estimate	43379
July 2006 Estimate	43210
July 2007 Estimate	42991
July 2008 Estimate	42867

School	Male	Female	Total
Nursery school	460	444	904
Kindergarten	330	352	682
Elementary school	3060	2994	6054
High school	1634	1888	3522
College or graduate school	767	1103	1870

Place	Median household income	Median family income	Per capita income
Dallas County, Alabama	$23370	$29906	$13638
Alabama, United States	$34135	$41657	$18189
United States	$41994	$50046	$21587