Tuscumbia, Alabama

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The 2000 Census showed that Tuscumbia had a population of 7,856 people^<1>. This represents 0.18% of the total population of Alabama, making it the state's 64th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
61	Jacksonville	SE	127 mi [204.4 km]	10,077	19.91% increase
62	Moody	SE	103 mi [165.8 km]	13,400	66.4% increase
63	Lanett	SE	192 mi [309 km]	7,121	9.83% decrease
-64-	Tuscumbia			8,308	5.75% increase
65	Bay Minette	S	265 mi [426.5 km]	8,043	2.85% increase
66	Clanton	SE	143 mi [230.1 km]	8,836	13.28% increase
67	Atmore	S	255 mi [410.4 km]	7,428	3.23% decrease

Tuscumbia had 3,801 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Tuscumbia has an area^<4> of 7.3 square miles [18.9 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Tuscumbia had a 2000 population density of 1,076 people per square mile [415.6 people/km²], making it the state's 39th most densely populated area.

Colbert County

The city of Tuscumbia is located in Colbert County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 55,025 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 7,856 people, Tuscumbia contained 14.28% of the Colbert County total.

In addition, where the community of Tuscumbia has a population density of 1,076 people per square mile [415.6 people/km²], Colbert County averages 92.6 people per square mile [35.73 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Colbert County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Tuscumbia and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Tuscumbia. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Tuscumbia.

A Census Quickfact is available for Colbert County (QF-01033).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Colbert County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Lauderdale	QF-01077	NE	89,128	1.3% increase
	Lawrence	QF-01079	SE	34,166	1.98% decrease
	Franklin	QF-01059	S	30,801	1.29% decrease
	Tishomingo (MS)	QF-28141	W	18,947	1.1% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Tuscumbia:

Tuscumbia 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 Tuscumbia.

The Commemorative Quarter for Alabama<6>

Search for Local Businesses

People 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) Tuscumbia. 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).

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