People QuickFacts	Tuscaloosa	Alabama
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	83,052	4,599,030
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	6.7%	3.4%
  	Population, 2000    	77,906	4,447,100
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	5.7%	6.7%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	19.8%	25.3%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	11.8%	13.0%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	52.4%	51.7% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	54.1%	71.1%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	42.7%	26.0%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.2%	0.5%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	1.5%	0.7%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	Z	Z
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	0.9%	1.0%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	1.4%	1.7% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	43.0%	57.4%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	2.5%	2.0%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	5.3%	3.9%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	78.8%	75.3%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	30.9%	19.0%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	17.1	24.8 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	34,857	1,963,711
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	47.7%	72.5%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$99,600	$85,100 			
  	Households, 2000    	31,381	1,737,080
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.22	2.49
  	Median household income, 1999    	$27,731	$34,135
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$19,129	$18,189
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	23.6%	16.1%

   	Business QuickFacts	Tuscaloosa	Alabama
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	367,184	43,641,369
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	1,416,505	43,784,342
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$18,094	$9,773
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	194,947	4,692,297
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	5,325	309,544
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	12.2%	9.3%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.9%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	2.5%	1.4%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.8%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	Z
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	26.7%	26.4% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Tuscaloosa	Alabama
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	56	50,744
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	1,385.2	87.6
  	FIPS Code    	77256	01
 	Counties    	Tuscaloosa County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts