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Homeless Demographics

Indicators Alabama Jefferson County Mobile County Montgomery County  Populations Total population 4,627,851[1] 658,779[2] 404,406[3] 225,791[4] Families 545,788[5] 77,853[6] 50,290[7] 24,849[8] Children 1,330,757[9] 185,808[10] 127,296[11] 67,333[12]  Households Average family size 3.02[13] 2.98[14] 3.13[15] 3.08[16]  Family Composition One parent (female) 28.85%[17] 32.35%[18] 35.74%[19] 42.66%[20] One parent (male) 7.13%[21] 7.93%[22] 7.28%[23] 7.08%[24] Two-parent 64.02%[25] 59.72%[26] 56.98%[27] 50.26%[28]  Income Median family income $50,770[29] $57,303[30] $44,556[31] $54,804[32] Mean family income $65,505[33] $77,800[34] $59,475[35] $74,151[36] Fair market rent two-bedroom apartment $595[37] $690[38] $628[39] $660[40] Income needed to afford two-bedroom apartment $23,789[41] $27,600[42] $25,120[43] $26,400[44]  Employment Unemployed 6.68%[45] 7.24%[46] 7.15%[47] 8.68%[48]  Families Below Poverty Level Total 20.51%[49] 16.91%[50] 25.29%[51] 23.18%[52] Children under 5 27.63%[53] 27.01%[54] 42.24%[55] 35.79%[56] Children 5-17 22.59%[57] 19.26%[58] 26.87%[59] 25.40%[60]  Education No high school diploma 19.61%[61] 14.22%[62] 19.18%[63] 15.76%[64] High school and above 80.39%[65] 85.78%[66] 80.82%[67] 84.24%[68] Bachelor’s degree and above 21.39%[69] 28.27%[70] 18.92%[71] 31.81%[72] High school dropout rate 2.80%[73] n/a n/a n/a  Teen Birth Rate Percent of total births to teens 13.10%[74] 11.82%[75] 14.53%[76] 14.20%[77] Birth rate ranking 43[78] 396[79] 509[80] 493[81]