The 2010 Census Bureau announced that local census data and breakdowns would be available in February.

Dr. Bob Gross told reporters at a press conference last week that the numbers presented to President Barack Obama have “only been looked at over a few days, so it will take some time” to weed through the data before releasing it.

Some basic facts released from the state included a 7.5 percent growth rate in the last ten years, a trend that stems from a growing job market. Alabama has 4,779,436 residents, ranking it 29th in the country.

The state has 94.4 people per square mile compared to the national average of 87.4.

Some data has been projected since the last national census was taken in 2000.

In those findings, the American Community Survey (ACS) — an offshoot of the Census Bureau — projected the population for St. Clair County for 2009 to sit just shy of 77,600, with a statistically equal number of men-women ratio from 2000-2009.

The ACS stated that as of 2009:

* St. Clair County’s average household size should have sat at 2.84 people, while the average family sat at 3.33

* the population 25 years and older was 52,678, with a +/- 241 person margin of error

* there were 16,945 males now married, excluding those separated (+/- 670 men)

* 17,346 women were now married, excluding those separated (+/- 666 women, with spouses living abroad — or in the military — likely account for the difference in male-female ratio)

* 1,707 people in St. Clair County speak a language other than English at home

* 6,990 civilian veterans over the age of 18

The median household income last year, adjusted for inflation, was $48,425 (+/- 2,722) while the median family income was $56,030 (+/- 1,961).

The county’s per capita income was $21,067. Just under nine percent of families lived below the poverty level according to the ACS while 11.3 percent of individuals lived under the national level.

The ACS estimated that there were 31,099 total housing units with 21,721 of them owner-occupied. The median value at that time was set to be $119,600 with an average mortgage of $997 a month.

Racial breakdown: the ACS estimated 69,195 whites, 6,830 black or African American, 296 American Indian or Alaskan Native, 316 Asian, 817 mixed race and 124 people of “some other race” living in the county last year.

As for this year’s numbers, only time will tell.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2005-2009 American Community Survey