Alabama State Profile

State population (2000)

4,447,100

Child population 1,123,422
  White

65%

  African American 32%
Children in poverty 269,621 24%
Under 5 in poverty 81,804 28%
Births to unmarried women
  White 7,107 18%
  African American 13,962 68%
  Hispanic 472 25%
Single parent families 33%
 

 Source: ACF, Census Bureau, CWLA