Saraland, Alabama
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Saraland Alabama is located in North Mobile County. Its small town atmosphere is a wonderful place to live and raise a family. Saraland features many business interest, stores, banks and other conveniences. Now Saraland real estate has gained great popularity because of it's central location.

Saraland was sparsely populated during the first part of this century, until an industrial and population boom occurred in neighboring Mobile. At the time of incorporation, the city reported only 125 residents. In 1980, census figures cited 9,844 Saraland residents. Current census records report that as of 2000, Saraland's population has grown to 12,288.

As of the census ^GR2 of 2000, there were 12,288 people, 4,810 households, and 3,602 families residing in the city. The population density was 216.5/km˛ (560.9/mi˛). There were 5,138 housing units at an average density of 90.5/km˛ (234.5/mi˛). The racial makeup of the city was 88.50% White, 8.97% Black or African American, 0.56% Native American, 0.46% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.37% from other races, and 1.13% from two or more races. 1.17% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 4,810 households out of which 31.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.0% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.1% were non-families. 21.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the city the population was spread out with 23.4% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 24.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 95.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $38,318, and the median income for a family was $43,471. Males had a median income of $35,431 versus $22,787 for females. The per capita income for the city was $19,470. About 7.4% of families and 9.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.2% of those under age 18 and 8.9% of those age 65 or over.

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