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Calhoun County, Alabama is a county of the State of Alabama. Its name is in honor of John C. Calhoun, famous member of the United States Senate from South Carolina. As of 2000 the population was 112,249. Its county seat is Anniston.
Benton County was established on December 18, 1832, named for Thomas Hart Benton, a member of the United States Senate from Missouri, with its county seat at Jacksonville. On January 29, 1858Events January 14 Felice Orsini and his accomplices fail to assassinate Napoleon III in Paris but their bombs kill 156 bystanders. Because of the involvement of French emigres living in Britain, there is a brief anti-British feeling in France but the empe, it was renamed Calhoun County. It is not known when its county seat was moved.
According to the U.S. Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. Its mission is defined in the Constitution of the United States, which directs that the population be enumerated at least once every te, the county has a total area of 1,586 km˛ (612 mi˛This article is about the unit of measure. In England, the Square Mile is a traditional name for the City of London. A square mile (symbol sq. or mi is an imperial unit which is the area of a square whose side is one mile (or 5,280 feet). A square mile is). 1,576 km˛ (608 mi˛) of it is land and 10 km˛ (4 mi˛) of it is water. The total area is 0.63% water.
As of the censusA census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). It can be contrasted with sampling in which information is only obtained from a subset of a population. As such it is a method used f 2The following is a list of sources used in the creation of Wikipedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. These sources are cited within the thousands of articles which link to this page. of 2000, there are 112,249 people, 45,307 households, and 31,307 families residing in the county. The population density is 71/km˛ (184/mi˛). There are 51,322 housing units at an average density of 33/km˛ (84/mi˛). The racial makeup of the county is 78.88% White, 18.54% Black or African American, 0.40% Native American, 0.56% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 0.59% from other races, and 0.96% from two or more races. 1.56% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 45,307 households out of which 29.50% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.20% are married couples living together, 13.40% have a female householder with no husband present, and 30.90% are non-families. 26.90% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.70% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.42 and the average family size is 2.94.
In the county the population is spread out with 23.60% under the age of 18, 10.40% from 18 to 24, 27.80% from 25 to 44, 24.10% from 45 to 64, and 14.10% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 91.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 88.10 males.
The median income for a household in the county is $31,768, and the median income for a family is $39,908. Males have a median income of $30,847 versus $21,076 for females. The per capita income for the county is $17,367. 16.10% of the population and 12.40% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 22.60% of those under the age of 18 and 12.70% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
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