Lowndes County, Alabama

administration
The Lowndes County Courthouse in Hayneville
US state :	Alabama
Administrative headquarters :	Hayneville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 65 Hayneville, AL 36040-0065
Foundation :	January 20, 1830
Made up from:	Montgomery County Dallas County Butler County
Area code :	001 334
Demographics
Residents :	11,299 (2010)
Population density :	6.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1878 km²
Water surface :	18 km²
map

The Lowndes County is a county in the state of Alabama of the United States . The county seat is Hayneville .

geography

The county is located in south-central Alabama and has an area of 1,878 square kilometers, of which 18 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Autauga County , Montgomery County , Crenshaw County , Butler County , Wilcox County, and Dallas County .

history

Lowndes County was formed on January 20, 1830 from parts of Montgomery County, Dallas County and Butler County. It was named after the South Carolina politician William Lowndes . Lowndes served in the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina from 1811 to 1822 .

Calhoun School Principal's House (2012)

Four structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of April 4, 2020, including the Calhoun School Principal's House , the Lowndes County Courthouse, and the Lowndesboro Historic District .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	9410	-
1840	19,530	107.5%
1850	21,915	12.2%
1860	27,710	26.4%
1870	25,719	-7.2%
1880	31,167	21.2%
1890	31,550	1.2%
1900	35,651	13%
1910	31,894	-10.5%
1920	25,406	-20.3%
1930	22,878	-10%
1940	22,661	-0.9%
1950	18,018	-20.5%
1960	15,417	-14.4%
1970	12,897	-16.3%
1980	13,253	2.8%
1990	12,658	-4.5%
2000	13,473	6.4%
2010	11,299	-16.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010 Lowndes County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

The Meadowlawn Plantation is a Contributing Property of the Lowndesboro Historic District .

As of the 2000 census , Lowndes County had 13,473 people. Of these, 47 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 4,909 households and 3,588 families. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 25.86 percent white, 73.37 percent African American, 0.11 percent Native American, 0.12 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.12 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.40 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.63 percent of the population.

Of the 4,909 households, 35.4 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. There were married couples living together in 42.9 percent, 25.7 percent were single mothers, 26.9 percent were non-families, 24.6 percent of all households were single households and 9.4 percent had people aged 65 and over or above. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.28 people.

30.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.1 percent between 18 and 24, 27.1 percent between 25 and 44, 21.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.2 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 87.9 males and for females aged 18 and over there were 82.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 23,050 , and the median income for a family is $ 28,935. Males had a median income of $ 27,694 versus $ 20,137 for females. The per capita income was $ 12,457. 26.6 percent of families and 31.4 percent of residents were below the poverty line, 23.5 percent of the population has diabetes - the highest rate in the United States - and 34.5 percent of residents have hookworm , a disease that as a result of extreme poverty.

Places in Lowndes County

literature

Thomas McAdory Owen: History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. SJ Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago IL 1921.
Virginia O. Foscue: Place Names in Alabama. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa et al. 1989, ISBN 0-8173-0410-X .

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 161568. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ Lowndes County at alabama.gov
↑ Extract from the Encyclopedia of Alabama . Retrieved February 12, 2011.
↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 186.
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 4, 2020.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 4, 2020.
↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ Excerpt from census.gov ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 31, 2012 @1@ 2

^ Lowndesboro Historic District on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 4, 2020.

^ Lowndes County, Alabama , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

^ County Data Indicators - County Data - Data and Statistics - Diabetes - CDC .

↑ Megan L. McKenna, Shannon McAtee, Peter J. Hotez, Patricia E. Bryan, Rebecca Jeun, Maria E. Bottazzi, Catherine C. Flowers, Tabitha Ward, Jacob Kraus, Rojelio Mejia: Human Intestinal Parasite Burden and Poor Sanitation in Rural Alabama . In: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene . 97, No. 5, November 8, 2017, pp. 1623–1628. doi : 10.4269 / ajtmh.17-0396 . ; Ed Pilkington: Hookworm, a disease of extreme poverty, is thriving in the US south. Why? . 5th September 2017.

Web links

Commons : Lowndes County, Alabama - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

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[1] GNIS-ID: 161568. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[2] Lowndes County at alabama.gov

[3] Extract from the Encyclopedia of Alabama . Retrieved February 12, 2011.

[4] Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 186.

[5] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 4, 2020.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 4, 2020.

[6] US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011

[7] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011

[8] Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

[9] Excerpt from census.gov ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 31, 2012 @1@ 2

[10] Lowndesboro Historic District on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 4, 2020.

[11] Lowndes County, Alabama , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

[12] County Data Indicators - County Data - Data and Statistics - Diabetes - CDC .

[13] Megan L. McKenna, Shannon McAtee, Peter J. Hotez, Patricia E. Bryan, Rebecca Jeun, Maria E. Bottazzi, Catherine C. Flowers, Tabitha Ward, Jacob Kraus, Rojelio Mejia: Human Intestinal Parasite Burden and Poor Sanitation in Rural Alabama . In: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene . 97, No. 5, November 8, 2017, pp. 1623–1628. doi : 10.4269 / ajtmh.17-0396 . ; Ed Pilkington: Hookworm, a disease of extreme poverty, is thriving in the US south. Why? . 5th September 2017.