St. Clair County, Alabama

St. Clair County is a of the  of. Its name is in honor of General, who came to America from as an ensign in the. As of 2000 the population was 64,742. It has one in  and another in. While other counties in have multiple courthouses, St. Clair County is the only county in  with more than one.

History
St. Clair County was established on,. The county seat was incorporated and named "Ashville" in honor of. In 1836, a portion of St. Clair County was separated to establish and. In 1866, after the, a northeast section of the county was used to create.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,693 km² (654 square miles). 1,641 km² (634 sq mi) of it is land and 51 km² (20 sq mi) of it (3.04%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 64,742 people, 24,143 households, and 18,445 families residing in the county. The was 39/km² (102/sq mi). There were 27,303 housing units at an average density of 17/km² (43/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 90.03%, 8.13% or , 0.37% , 0.17% , 0.03% , 0.41% from , and 0.85% from two or more races. 1.06% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 24,143 households out of which 35.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.80% were living together, 10.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.60% were non-families. 20.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.40% under the age of 18, 7.90% from 18 to 24, 30.70% from 25 to 44, 24.30% from 45 to 64, and 11.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 101.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $37,285, and the median income for a family was $43,152. Males had a median income of $33,914 versus $24,433 for females. The for the county was $17,960. About 9.60% of families and 12.10% of the population were below the, including 15.20% of those under age 18 and 12.60% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns

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 * (part - most of Trussville is in )
 * (part - most of Vincent is in )
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