2024 population: 154,766 ( 3,750 from 2020)
Land area: 1716.1 square miles
Population density: 90.2 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	104,742	67.68%	0.7%
Black:	36,357	23.49%	1.4%
Indian:	795	0.51%	7.3%
Asian:	1,683	1.09%	21.2%
2+ races:	3,514	2.27%	20.8%
Hispanic:	7,675	4.96%	25.9%

Total non-White:	50,024	32.32%	6.5%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	7,416	12.3
Deaths:	9,141	15.1
Net Migration:	4,662	7.7
Net Immigration:	722	1.2

Change in White population:	714	0.5
Change in Non-White pop.:	3,036	2.0

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
151,016
104,028	68.89%
35,856	23.74%
741	0.49%
1,389	0.92%
2,908	1.93%
6,094	4.04%
46,988	31.11%

2010
145,639
104,154	71.52%
33,476	22.99%
644	0.44%
968	0.66%
1,977	1.36%
4,304	2.96%
41,485	28.48%

2000
130,861
97,140	74.23%
29,675	22.68%
538	0.41%
610	0.47%
1,004	0.77%
1,824	1.39%
33,721	25.77%

1990
120,352
91,918	76.37%
27,021	22.45%
369	0.31%
460	0.38%
n/a
584	0.49%
28,434	23.63%

1980
114,187
87,510	76.64%
24,835	21.75%
377	0.33%
357	0.31%
n/a
1,091	0.96%
26,677	23.36%

1970
91,752
69,932	76.22%
21,551	23.49%
64	0.07%
50	0.05%
n/a
135	0.15%
21,820	23.78%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
16,420	11.3
15,263	10.5
2,454	1.7
213	0.1

-126	-0.1
5,503	3.8

Number	Rate
2000's
16,847	12.9
13,269	10.1
8,136	6.2
786	0.6

7,014	5.4
7,764	5.9

Number	Rate
1990's
17,246	14.3
12,702	10.6
2,675	2.2
315	0.3

5,222	4.3
5,287	4.4

Number	Rate
1980's
17,789	15.6
10,954	9.6
-23	-0.0
n/a

4,408	3.9
1,757	1.5

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
12,464	13.6
n/a

17,578	19.2
4,857	5.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Dothan, AL Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
41.4
33,821	21.9%
120,945	78.1%
28,817	18.6%

58,620
2.55

38,243	65.2%
27,458	71.8%
3,996	10.4%
20,377	34.8%

2010
Number	Percent
39.7
34,835	23.9%
110,804	76.1%
22,393	15.4%

58,883
2.44

40,633	69.0%
28,852	71.0%
4,965	12.2%
18,250	31.0%

2000
Number	Percent
37.6
33,090	25.3%
97,771	74.7%
18,946	14.5%

52,862
2.45

37,579	71.1%
28,684	76.3%
4,351	11.6%
15,283	28.9%

1990
Number	Percent
33.9
32,618	27.1%
87,734	72.9%
16,568	13.8%

45,807
2.60

34,128	74.5%
27,473	80.5%
3,169	9.3%
11,679	25.5%

1980
Number	Percent
30.3
34,958	30.6%
79,229	69.4%
13,326	11.7%

39,918
2.85

31,697	79.4%
26,539	83.7%
2,347	7.4%
8,221	20.6%

2022 Housing Data for Dothan, AL Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	3,828	6.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	3,470	5.9%
$15,000 to $19,999	3,456	5.9%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,906	5.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	3,222	5.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,752	4.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,894	4.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,427	4.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,519	4.3%
$50,000 to $59,999	4,322	7.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	5,460	9.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	7,242	12.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	4,734	8.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	3,271	5.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	3,366	5.7%
$200,000 or more	2,751	4.7%

Median Household Income	54,122
Per Capita Income	30,765

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	74

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	4,382	7.5%
Public Assistance	674	1.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	9,180	15.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	57,251	64.6%
Unemployed	3,072	3.5%
In Armed Forces	293	0.3%

Total Labor Force	60,616	68.3%
Not in Labor Force	28,076	31.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		35.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	23,554	20,412	53.6%
Non-Profit	1,332	2,556	34.3%
Self-Employed	4,515	2,154	67.7%

Local Government	2,250	2,365	48.8%
State Government	709	1,963	26.5%
Federal Government	1,192	695	63.2%

Total Private + Self	28,069	22,566	55.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	5,483	7,579	42.0%
Total	33,552	30,145	52.7%

Pct. Govt.	14.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	8,083	12.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	14,364	22.5%
Professional, Technical	13,041	20.4%
Service Occupations	11,264	17.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	494	0.8%
All others	17,167	26.9%

White Collar		55.5%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	10,884	17.0%
Retail trade	8,866	13.9%
Manufacturing	6,568	10.3%
Accommodation and food services	4,654	7.3%
Educational services	4,531	7.1%
Construction	4,420	6.9%
Transportation and warehousing	4,088	6.4%
Other services	3,331	5.2%
Public administration	3,261	5.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	2,608	4.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	2,415	3.8%
Wholesale trade	2,251	3.5%
Finance and insurance	1,771	2.8%
Utilities	1,378	2.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	964	1.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	676	1.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	635	1.0%
Information	534	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	62	0.1%
Management	22	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	3,353	2.22%
Puerto Rican	823	0.55%
Cuban	228	0.15%
Dominican	76	0.05%

Total Central American	469	0.31%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	268	0.18%
Honduran	37	0.02%
Nicaraguan	13	0.01%
Panamanian	98	0.06%
Salvadoran	51	0.03%
Other Central American	2	0.00%

Total South American	165	0.11%
Argentinean	3	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	5	0.00%
Colombian	36	0.02%
Ecuadorian	22	0.01%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	48	0.03%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	51	0.03%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	384	0.25%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	246	0.16%
Vietnamese	237	0.16%
Korean	235	0.16%
Chinese	151	0.10%
Filipino	138	0.09%
Thai	37	0.02%
Japanese	31	0.02%
Indonesian	19	0.01%
Taiwanese	6	0.00%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	136,830	96.3%
Spanish	3,284	2.3%
Other Indo-European	549	0.4%
Korean	286	0.2%
German, other Germanic	211	0.1%
Other Asian	170	0.1%
Tagalog	158	0.1%
Vietnamese	150	0.1%
Other	135	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	21,982	14.6%
English	16,648	11.0%
Irish	12,946	8.6%
German	8,616	5.7%
Scottish	2,599	1.7%
European	2,250	1.5%
Italian	2,119	1.4%
Scotch-Irish	1,651	1.1%
French	1,482	1.0%
Dutch	1,053	0.7%
Polish	801	0.5%
Welsh	677	0.4%
African	556	0.4%
British	552	0.4%
Norwegian	389	0.3%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	149,349	98.9%
Not a citizen	1,620	1.1%

Native	147,621	97.8%
Foreign-born	3,348	2.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
4,587	4.3%	10,048	9.5%	34,756	32.9%	34,252	32.5%	14,216	13.5%	7,677	7.3%
Average years of education: 12.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	4,587	4.3%
9-12 Years	10,048	9.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	34,756	32.9%
Some College	34,252	32.5%
Bach. Degree	14,216	13.5%
Grad Degree	7,677	7.3%
Average years of education: 12.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	117,822	112,506	5,316	4.5%
1991	118,614	112,110	6,504	5.5%
1992	121,152	114,274	6,878	5.7%
1993	121,744	113,256	8,488	7.0%
1994	122,996	115,642	7,354	6.0%
1995	122,684	116,102	6,582	5.4%
1996	123,664	117,124	6,540	5.3%
1997	126,018	120,008	6,010	4.8%
1998	124,616	119,462	5,154	4.1%
1999	125,040	119,388	5,652	4.5%

2000	130,818	124,754	6,064	4.6%
2001	129,452	123,136	6,316	4.9%
2002	128,370	122,024	6,346	4.9%
2003	129,322	122,760	6,562	5.1%
2004	130,432	124,212	6,220	4.8%
2005	130,060	125,030	5,030	3.9%
2006	131,956	127,304	4,652	3.5%
2007	132,792	127,936	4,856	3.7%
2008	130,336	123,174	7,162	5.5%
2009	128,186	116,728	11,458	8.9%

2010	130,584	118,258	12,326	9.4%
2011	131,096	119,534	11,562	8.8%
2012	128,840	118,744	10,096	7.8%
2013	127,308	118,250	9,058	7.1%
2014	125,650	117,092	8,558	6.8%
2015	123,806	116,036	7,770	6.3%
2016	123,142	115,898	7,244	5.9%
2017	124,070	118,410	5,660	4.6%
2018	126,018	120,912	5,106	4.1%
2019	128,220	124,260	3,960	3.1%

2020	128,014	121,478	6,536	5.1%
2021	130,384	126,180	4,204	3.2%
2022	132,640	129,230	3,410	2.6%
2023	133,264	129,846	3,418	2.6%
2024	135,582	131,362	4,220	3.1%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	70,943
Median Value	$152,942

Occupied	58,620	82.6%
Vacant	12,323	17.4%

Owned	40,520	69.1%
Rented	18,100	30.9%
Median Rent	$806

Single-Family Units	50,667	71.4%
Detached	49,989	70.5%
Attached	678	1.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	4,579	6.5%
Mobile Homes	11,664	16.4%

Dothan, AL Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Dothan, AL Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Dothan, AL Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Dothan, AL Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Dothan, AL Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Dothan, AL Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Dothan, AL Metro Area