Demographics of Arab city, Alabama

Arab city, Alabama had 9,061 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +616 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Arab city, in four figures

9,061
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 8,679 ±127.; +7.3%
Change since July 2020: +616 people.; 35.9 ±1.8
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $64,333 ±$4,936
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Arab city, Alabama's population grew 7.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Arab city, Alabama's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Arab city, Alabama's population grew 7.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Arab city, Alabama's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	8,445	100.0	100.0
2021	8,486	100.5	100.2
2022	8,634	102.2	100.7
2023	8,863	104.9	101.6
2024	8,975	106.3	102.5
2025	9,061	107.3	103.1

Population of Arab city, Alabama on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	8,445	—
2021	8,486	+41
2022	8,634	+148
2023	8,863	+229
2024	8,975	+112
2025	9,061	+86

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 35.9 ±1.8: for men 34.0 ±2.6 and for women 37.4 ±2.2. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Arab city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Alabama	United States
Under 5	727 ±150	8.4% ±1.7	5.8% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,619 ±154	18.7% ±1.8	16.5% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	689 ±91	7.9% ±1.0	9.5% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	2,263 ±172	26.1% ±1.9	25.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	2,034 ±177	23.4% ±2.0	25.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,347 ±103	15.5% ±1.2	17.8% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $64,333 ±$4,936, and income per person $34,940 ±$2,294, in 2024 dollars. The median is $63,999 ±$399 in Alabama and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Arab city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Alabama	United States
Under $25,000	672 ±90	20.1% ±2.6	19.7% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	697 ±87	20.8% ±2.4	20.3% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	474 ±60	14.2% ±1.7	16.7% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	448 ±52	13.4% ±1.4	12.7% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	543 ±79	16.2% ±2.3	15.5% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	254 ±48	7.6% ±1.4	7.4% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	256 ±55	7.7% ±1.6	7.8% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Arab city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Alabama	United States
All ages	1,143 ±222	13.3% ±2.6	15.6% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	374 ±139	16.1% ±5.8	21.3% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	578 ±127	13.2% ±2.8	14.7% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	191 ±37	10.3% ±1.8	12.4% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Arab city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Arab city	Alabama	United States
Housing units	3,631 ±155	2,337,265 ±430	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	92.1% ±5.5	85.5% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	7.9% ±1.8	14.5% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	70.0% ±2.5	70.2% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	30.0% ±2.7	29.8% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$215,200 ±$8,248	$209,900 ±$1,076	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$718 ±$37	$1,007 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1979 ±2	1986 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Arab city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Alabama	United States
Hispanic or Latino	581 ±250	6.7% ±2.9	5.6% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	7,649 ±262	88.1% ±2.7	63.4% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	21 to 121	0.2% to 1.4%	25.6% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	148 ±68	1.7% ±0.8	1.4% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 43	0% to 0.5%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 5	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	3 to 27	< 0.1% to 0.3%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	194 ±60	2.2% ±0.7	3.3% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Arab city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Alabama	United States
Born in the state	6,124 ±196	70.6% ±2.0	67.5% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	2,308 ±195	26.6% ±2.2	27.6% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	17 to 71	0.2% to 0.8%	1.0% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	101 to 305	1.2% to 3.5%	4.0% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	70 ±30	0.8% ±0.3	1.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	35 to 231	0.4% to 2.7%	2.4% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Arab city among the places of Alabama

83rd of 120 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Alabama page.

Places of Alabama near Arab city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Tuscumbia city	9,115 ±29
Clanton city	8,958 ±25
Tuskegee city	8,938 ±18
Guntersville city	8,916 ±74
Andalusia city	8,766 ±49
Arab city	8,679 ±127
Orange Beach city	8,407 ±19
Atmore city	8,334 ±18
Bay Minette city	8,295 ±23
Brook Highland CDP	8,146 ±930
Pinson city	7,832 ±26

Rankings this appears in

No. 12 Places in Alabama by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 27 Places in Alabama by per capita income
No. 30 Places in Alabama by homeownership rate
No. 32 Places in Alabama by poverty rate
No. 33 Places in Alabama by median household income
No. 39 Places in Alabama by median home value

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026