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Decatur, Alabama
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Decatur, Alabama Factbook |
Population: 53,953
Longitude: -86.98;
Latitude: 34.58
Land Area: 53.72 square miles
Population Density: 1004.34 per square mile
Per Capita Income (1999): $20,431
Typical Home Value: $89,200
Median Household Income: $37,192
Typical Rent (Monthly): $392.00
Median Year Homes Built: 1974
Urban Population: 91.34%
Rural Population: 8.66% (0% Farm) |
Demographics
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African or African-American*:
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19.09%
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Asian*:
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0.67%
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Indigenous (North America)*:
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0.86%
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5.26% |
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White:
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72.91%
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*Not Hispanic
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Education (among those over 25)
High-school Diploma, no college: 26.66%
College Degree, no graduate school: 16.51%
Professional Degree: 1.41%
Doctoral Degree: 0.59%
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Statistics from or adapted from the U.S. Census 2000.
Decatur, Alabama Resources: Here's What's Here |
Places of Worship
Austinville First Baptist Church
Baileys Temple Church
Beech Street Church of Christ
Bethany Presbyterian Church
Cave Spring Church
Center Star Church
Central Baptist Church
Central Methodist Church
Chapel Baptist Church
Church of God of Prophecy
Decatur Christian Church
Deer Springs Church
East End Methodist Church
Fairview Baptist Church
Faith Baptist Church
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
First Assembly of God Church
First Baptist Church
First Christian Church
First Church of Christ Science
First Church of the Nazarene
First Methodist Church
First Missionary Baptist Church
First Presbyterian Church
Flint Creek Church
Garner Memorial Methodist Church
Grace Baptist Church
Grant Street Church of Christ
Holy Temple Church of God in Christ
Jones Chapel Methodist Church
Kings Memorial Church
Larkwood Church
Macedonia Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Minor Hill Church
Newcomb Street Church of Christ
Ninth Street United Methodist Church
Northside Baptist Church
Oak Park Baptist Church
Parkview Church
Pisgah Baptist Church (historical)
Pleasant Valley Church
Point Mallard Parkway Church
Priceville Church of Christ
Rural Grove Church
Saint Anns Catholic Church
Saint Johns Episcopal Church
Saint Pauls Episcopal Church (historical)
Saint Pauls Lutheran Church
Saint Pauls Spiritual Church
Sand Hill Church
Seventh Avenue West Presbyterian Church
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Shiloh Baptist Church
Shoal Creek Church
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Sixth Avenue Church of God
Somerville Road Church of Christ
Southside Baptist Church
Union Grove Primitive Baptist Church
Wayman African Methodist Episcopal Chapel
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Westside Baptist Church
Willowby Presbyterian Church (historical)
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Landmarks and Facilities
Albany Station Post Office (historical)
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Austinville Post Office (historical)
Bean Cemetery
Bibb and Garretts Steam Mill (historical)
Bishop Cemetery
Blackwell Cemetery
Burleson Ferry (historical)
Burning Tree Memorial Gardens
Burningtree Country Club
Carrie Matthews Recreation Center
Cedar Lake Post Office (historical)
Center Star Cemetery
Central Industrial Park
Chamber of Commerce Industrial Park
Crow Cemetery
Crowton Post Office (historical)
Dancy Quarters
Decatur and Wheeler Basin Regional Library
Decatur City Hall
Decatur General Hospital
Decatur Golf and Country Club
Decatur Harbor
Decatur Shopping Center
Disco Harbor
District Number One Sanatorium
Flint Bridge
Flint Post Office (historical)
Fort Decatur Recreation Center
Gateway Shopping Center
Grizzard Cemetery
Harris Cemetery (historical)
Interchange 334
Keller Memorial Bridge
Lurleen B Wallace Developmental Center
Minor Hill Cemetery
Mitchell Cemetery
Morgan County Courthouse
Morgan Lake
Mount Pisgah Ford
Norris Bridge
Oakview Memorial Gardens
Pisgah Cemetery
Price Cemetery
Priceville Post Office (historical)
Rather Cemetery
Ratliff Cemetery
Red Bank Bridge
Red Bank Ford
Rhodes Ferry (historical)
Robinson Private Airport
Rountree Cemetery
Sand Hill Cemetery
Shoal Creek Cemetery
Southfield Industrial Park
T C Almon Recreation Center
Thach Cemetery
WAJF-AM (Decatur)
Watson Hospital (historical)
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters
White Springs Dewatering Area
Wildlife Observation Building
Wise Cemetery
Wiseville Post Office (historical)
WMSL-AM (Decatur)
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Schools and Colleges
Brookhaven Middle School
Carver Elementary School
Cave Spring School (historical)
Cherry Street Elementary School
Crowton School (historical)
Decatur High School
East End School (historical)
Eastwood Elementary School
Female Academy at Decatur (historical)
Flint Elementary School
Frances Nungester Elementary School
Gordon Bibb School
Grace Baptist Elementary School
Grace Baptist School
Lafayette Street Public School (historical)
Lakeview Elementary School
Minor Hill School (historical)
Mooresville Female Academy (historical)
Oak Park Middle School
Priceville Junior High School
Priceville School (historical)
Riverside High School (historical)
Saint Anns School
Sand Hill School (historical)
Somerville Road Elementary School
Walter Jackson Elementary School
West Decatur Elementary School
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Parks
Aquadome Park
Bank Street-Old Decatur Historic District
Delano Park
Funland Park
Malone Park
Morgan Lake Park
Point Mallard Park
Rhodes Ferry Park
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
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Natural Features
Beaver Lake (historical)
Beaverdam Creek
Bird Spring
Black Branch
Black Branch
Blue Hole Branch
Brush Creek
Burleson Mountain
Clark Spring Branch
Crabtree Slough
Dinsmore Slough
English Pond
Flint Creek
Flint Creek Island
Garth Slough
Goose Pond (historical)
Harris Mountain
Johnson Pond
Limestone Bar (historical)
Limestone Creek
Long Branch
Mooresville Spring
Muddy Branch
Parker Spring
Peck Hollow
Piney Creek
Priceville Mountain
South Flint River Bar (historical)
Susie Hole
Swan Lake (historical)
Village Branch
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