Demographics

DEMOGRAPHICS

Overview

Population: 23,068
Area: 1,025.85 sq. miles
Median: Age 37.6

Weather

Average Rainfall
Average Temperature

Educational Attainment

HS Graduates or Higher: 67.9%
Less Than 9th Grade: 11.2%
Finished 9th-12th Grade, No Diploma: 21.0%
HS Graduate (incl.GED): 34.4%
Some College, No Degree: 17.1%
Associate Degree: 4.6%
Bachelor's Degree: 7.3%
Grad/Prof Degree: 4.5%

Diversity

POPULATION BY RACE
White Alone: 13,311
Black Alone: 9,540
American Indian & Alaskan Native: 241
Asian: 70
Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander: 2
Two or More Races: 178

ETHNIC COMPOSITION
Hispanic: 190
Non-Hispanic: 23,152

Economic

Total Employment: 8,660
Assessed Valuation: NA
Retail Sales: NA
Taxable Sales: NA
Unemployment Rate: 20.00

Income

Median Household Income: $44,900
Median Housing Value: $66,900

Health Care

​Number Insured: 19
Number Uninsured: 4,269
90% Confidence Interval: 493
Percent Uninsured: 17.8
90% Confidence Interval: 2.1

Major Employers

​Monroe County Board of Education: 569
Hornady Truck Lines, LLC: 600
Alabama River Cellulose, LLC: 420
Billy Barnes Enterprises: 200
Monroe County Hospital: 255
Coastal Alabama Community College: 150
Gate Precast Co.: 155
Monroe County Commission: 154
Standard Furniture: 135
Rocky Creek Lumber: 125

Estimated Cost of Construction

Residential $1,337,105.00
Commercial $2,015,792.00
* Miscellaneous Construction Cost $70,000

Monroeville Building Permit Volumes
Building Permits, City of Monroeville:
2009 Residential $556,709
2009 Commercial $11,422,361
2008 Residential $820,783
2008 Commercial $6,230,033
2007 Residential $1,421,705
2007 Commercial $4,113,281
2006 Residential $1,733,859
2006 Commercial $2,883,723
2005 Residential $637,644
2005 Commercial $4,464,069

•Includes $3,400,000 for VF Distribution

Industrial Sites & Buildings

Employment by Sector

  • Total employment 12,321
  • Wage and Salary employment 9,742
  • Proprietors employment 2,579
  • Farm proprietors employment 460
  • Nonfarm proprietors employment 2/2,119
  • Farm employment 505
  • Nonfarm employment 11,816
  • Private employment 10,053
  • Forestry, fishing, related activities,and other 3/524
  • Mining 28
  • Utilities 28
  • Construction 383
  • Manufacturing 3,330
  • Wholesale trade 270
  • Retail trade 1,243
  • Transportation & warehousing 932
  • Information 114
  • Finance & Insurance 254
  • Real estate & rental & leasing 218
  • Professional & technical services(D)
  • Management of compaines & enterprises(D)
  • Administrative & waste services 389
  • Educational Services(D)
  • Health care & social assisstance(D)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation(D)
  • Accommodation & food services(D)
  • Other services, except public administration 853
  • Government & government enterprises 1,763
  • Federal, civilian 61
  • Military 136
  • State & Local 1,566
  • State government 223
  • Local government 1,343
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