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The last Census shows that Tuscaloosa had a population<1> of 77,906 people in 2000. This represents 1.75% of the total population of Alabama, making it the state's 5th most populous community. The following is a list of similarily sized communities (based on the 2000 Census):
Every year, the US Census produces an estimate for the number of people living in Tuscaloosa. The most recent estimate is for the year 2007 and at that time, Tuscaloosa had a population of 88,722 people. This is an increase of 13.88% since the 2000 Census. The following table contains the yearly population estimates since the last Census (the next Census will be in 2010).
The city of Tuscaloosa had 34,857 Housing Units<3> at the time of the 2000 Census. The 2000 Census shows that Tuscaloosa has a total area of 66.7 square miles [172.8 km²]<4>. Of this total, 56.2 square miles [145.7 km²] of the area is land, with the balance (15.68%) being water (10.46 square miles [27.09 km²]). Using the above population and land area values, Tuscaloosa had a 2000 population density of 1,385 people per square mile [3,587 people/km²], making it the state's 21st most densely populated area. Tuscaloosa CountyTuscaloosa is located in Tuscaloosa County and is the county seat. The county had a population of 165,207 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 77,906 people, Tuscaloosa accounted for 47.16% of the Tuscaloosa County total. In addition, where the community of Tuscaloosa has a population density of 1,385 people per square mile [3,587 people/km²], Tuscaloosa County averages 124.7 people per square mile [323.1 people/km²]. For more information, please visit our Census Page for Tuscaloosa County. Population RingsTo help identify the number of people who live in Tuscaloosa and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Tuscaloosa. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.<5>
US Census QuickFactsThe Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Tuscaloosa. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Tuscaloosa, it also contains a comparison between Tuscaloosa and the state of Alabama. Click here for the Tuscaloosa QuickFact (QF-0177256). A Census Quickfact is available for Tuscaloosa County (QF-01125). Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Tuscaloosa County.
Miscellaneous InformationThe Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Tuscaloosa:
Tuscaloosa is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #6 (the East South-Central Division). For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Tuscaloosa. Search for Local BusinessesPeople have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Tuscaloosa. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches. For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area. If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results). Other Roadside StopsOff-the-Road Links
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