A look at Limestone County, according to the most recent U.S. Census data:

Population

• Estimate as of April 1, 2010: 82,782

• Estimate as of July 1, 2015: 91,663

• Percent change: 10.7 percent

Age and sex

• Persons under 5 as of April 2010: 6.5 percent

• Persons under 5 as of July 2015: 5.8 percent

• Persons under 18 as of April 2010: 24 percent

• Persons under 18 as of July 2015: 23.2 percent

• Persons 65 and over as of April 2010: 12.3 percent

• Persons 65 and over as of July 2015: 14.2 percent

• Female population as of April 2010: 49.4 percent

• Female population as of July 2015: 49.7 percent

Racial demographic

(Difference from 2010 in parentheses)

• White in 2015: 81.8 percent (+1.5 percent)

• Black in 2015: 13.5 percent (+0.9)

• American Indian and Alaskan native: 0.8 percent (+0.1)

• Asian: 1.5 percent (+0.4)

• Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.2 percent (+0.1)

• Two or more races: 2.2 percent (+0.4)

• Hispanic or Latino: 6.1 percent (+0.6)

Population characteristics

• Veterans 2011-2015: 6,675

• Foreign-born persons 2011-2015: 4.7 percent

Housing snapshot

(Spans 2011-2015)

• Units: 35,602 (+625 from 2010)

• Owner-occupied rate: 76.3 percent

• Median value of owner-occupied housing units: $142,100

• Median mortgage cost: $1,137

• Median monthly costs, not counting mortgage: $340

• Median rent: $616

Education

(Spans 2011-2015)

• High school graduate or higher, persons 25 and older: 83.1 percent

• Bachelor’s degree or higher, persons 25 and older: 23.2 percent

Economy

(Spans 2011-2015)

• In civilian labor force, total, percent of population 16 and older: 57.9 percent

• In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 and older: 52.8 percent

• Total accommodation and food services sales, 2012: $81,402

• Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2012: $170,064

• Total manufacturers shipments, 2012: $841,436

• Total merchant wholesaler sales, 2012: $332,711

• Total retail sales, 2012: $777,105

• Total retail sales per capita, 2012: $8,866

Income and poverty

• Median household income, 2011-2015: $49,570

• Per capita income in past 12 months, 2011-2015: $25,569

• Persons in poverty, 2011-2015: 14.3 percent

Business snapshot

• Total employer establishments, 2014: 1,301

• Total employment, 2014: 16,004

• Total annual payroll, 2014: $541,535

• Total employment, percent change 2013-2014: 4.6 percent

• Total nonemployer establishments, 2014: 5,606

• All firms, 2012: 5,969

• Men-owned firms, 2012: 3,073

• Women-owned firms, 2012: 2,245

• Minority-owned firms, 2012: 852

• Nonminority-owned firms, 2012: 4,938

• Veteran-owned firms, 2012: 759

• Nonveteran-owned firms, 2012: 5,016