Crenshaw County, Alabama

Crenshaw County is a of the  of. Its name is in honor of a judge, Anderson Crenshaw. As of the population was 13,665. Its is.

History
Crenshaw County was established on,.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,582 (611 ). 1,579 km² (610 sq mi) of it is land and 3 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.21%) is water.

Major Highways

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Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 13,665 people, 5,577 households, and 3,892 families residing in the county. The was 9/km² (22/sq mi). There were 6,644 housing units at an average density of 4/km² (11/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 73.82%, 24.79% or , 0.37% , 0.11% , 0.01% , 0.20% from , and 0.70% from two or more races. 0.64% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 5,577 households out of which 31.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.70% were living together, 15.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.20% were non-families. 28.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.70% under the age of 18, 7.90% from 18 to 24, 26.30% from 25 to 44, 23.90% from 45 to 64, and 17.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 89.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $26,054, and the median income for a family was $31,724. Males had a median income of $27,286 versus $17,703 for females. The for the county was $14,565. About 18.60% of families and 22.10% of the population were below the, including 28.30% of those under age 18 and 23.50% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns


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