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Pickens County, AL

People
Population18,721B01003
Population, 2020 census19,123P1
Median age42.2B01002
Under 1819.1%B01001
65 and over19.9%B01001
Households6,764B11001
Foreign born2.9%B05002
Money
Median household income$46,274B19013
Median family income$63,551B19113
Per capita income$27,934B19301
Poverty rate20.0%B17001
Unemployment rate4.7%B23025
Civilian labor force7,077B23025
Mean commute (minutes)32.6B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher13.1%B15003
Housing
Housing units8,729B25001
Owner-occupied75.8%B25003
Renters24.2%B25003
Median home value$123,900B25077
Median gross rent$648B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic52.8%B03002
Black40.9%B03002
Hispanic or Latino3.6%B03002
Asian0.1%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native0.3%B03002

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the state: median household income here is 72% of Alabama's ($63,999); poverty 20.0% against 15.6%; 0.4% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

Census Tract 500: 4,302Census Tract 501: 3,125Census Tract 502: 2,102Census Tract 503: 4,498Census Tract 504.01: 2,165Census Tract 504.02: 2,529AlicevilleGordoReformPickensvilleCarrolltonMacedoniaMemphisEthelsvilleMcMullenZIP 35442: 60 nonprofits, $555,747ZIP 35466: 37 nonprofits, $233,542ZIP 35447: 26 nonprofits, $7,518,599ZIP 35481: 25 nonprofits, $330,421ZIP 35461: 8 nonprofits, $3,076,724Population (ACS 2020-2024)up to 2,1652,165 to 2,5292,529 to 3,1253,125 to 4,302over 4,302nonprofits (circle size: how many)

Click an area for its page. Circles are FURP records at their ZIP code's center point, sized by how many. Download this map's areas with their census figures: CSV (center points) · GeoJSON (outlines), ready for Datawrapper, Mapshaper or Google My Maps. Outlines: Census TIGER/Line 2026, simplified.

Places in the county

FURP records in Pickens County, AL

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits156$11,715,033 revenue (latest return)PICKENS COMMUNITY ACTION AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC ($5,008,252)
Nonprofit contractors1$901,305 paid by nonprofitsCARROLLTON DRUGS INC ($901,305)
Form 5500 plan sponsors2629 plansWEST ALABAMA BANK & TRUST (2)
Open Payments recipients31$65,868 industry paymentsJULIA L BOOTHE ($38,697)
Patent and trademark owners89 patents and marksSouth Yard Products, LLC (2)
Federal award recipients1,000$192,489,607 federal awardsCITY OF ALICEVILLE ($63,394,100)
State business registrations34PICKENS CO. COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE AND COMMUNITY

Cross-reference: 156 nonprofits for 18,721 residents is 83.3 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $11,715,033 is $626 per resident, 3.7% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1JASON B MOOREHEADMASTERPICKENS PRIVATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION$107,44820232.3x
2MICHELE P BANKSHEADMISTRESSPICKENS PRIVATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION$103,50720242.2x
3CYNTHIA SIMPSONEXECUTIVE DIRECTORPICKENS COMMUNITY ACTION AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC$102,07920242.2x
4JONATHAN B WHITEHEADMASTERPICKENS PRIVATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION$86,89520211.9x
5JOHN GILLUMEXECUTIVE DIRECTORALICEVILLE MUSEUM INC$81,83420241.8x
6JOE THOMASDIRECTORPICKENS COUNTY FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER$58,30020211.3x

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $46,274.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

All 6 tracts

Every tract with its figures is in the CSV and GeoJSON downloads.

TractPopulationMedian household incomePoverty rateMedian age
Census Tract 5034,498$34,02622.1%41.1
Census Tract 5004,302$51,03116.1%39.2
Census Tract 5013,125$45,06928.8%44.0
Census Tract 504.022,529$63,75013.0%39.4
Census Tract 504.012,165$51,02729.1%52.2
Census Tract 5022,102$51,96411.2%50.4

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0