Hale County, Alabama

Hale County is a of the  of. It is named in honor of Confederate Colonel. As of the population was 17,185. Its is.

Hale County, one of the poorest counties in Alabama's poverty-stricken "," is connected to three major twentieth century artists: photographed the area in  while he collaborated with  on the  book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Since the 1960s, artist, born in , has been photographing various structures in Hale County as part of his multi-media artistic investigations. More recently, Hale County has become the home of the nationally-recognized, an architectural outreach program founded by architect and artist  and D. K. Ruth.

Hale County is the birthplace of, the second mayor of.

History
Hale County was established on,.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,700 (656 ). 1,667 km² (644 sq mi) of it is land and 33 km² (13 sq mi) of it (1.94%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 17,185 people, 6,415 households, and 4,605 families residing in the county. The was 10/km² (27/sq mi). There were 7,756 housing units at an average density of 5/km² (12/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 39.83%, 58.95% or , 0.17% , 0.16% , 0.02% , 0.29% from , and 0.58% from two or more races. 0.91% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 6,415 households out of which 36.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.60% were living together, 22.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.20% were non-families. 26.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.19.

In the county the population was spread out with 29.60% under the age of 18, 9.10% from 18 to 24, 26.70% from 25 to 44, 21.10% from 45 to 64, and 13.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 89.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $25,807, and the median income for a family was $31,875. Males had a median income of $28,493 versus $19,363 for females. The for the county was $12,661. About 22.20% of families and 26.90% of the population were below the, including 34.00% of those under age 18 and 26.70% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns

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