1. Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama
Tuskegee, Macon County is located in South Central Alabama. The county seat is
Tuskegee, Alabama. The county has a population of 19,688 and Tuskegee has a
population of 9,035.

2. History of Tuskegee, Alabama: Success Stories in Economic and Community Development

3. The Alabama Black Belt

4. 623 Black Belt Counties in the United
States

5. Highest percentage of African American Ancestry in the
US Predominately still reside in the Black Belt Region of
the US (Purple)

6. The USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) has defined counties as being persistently poor ifThe USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) has defined counties as being persistently poor if
20 percent or more of their populations were living in poverty over the last 30 years20 percent or more of their populations were living in poverty over the last 30 years
(measured by the 1980, 1990, and 2000 decennial censuses and the 2007-11 American(measured by the 1980, 1990, and 2000 decennial censuses and the 2007-11 American
Community Survey).Community Survey).

7. 252 Persistent
Poverty Counties in the US are in the South
“Using this definition, there were 353 persistently poor counties in the United States. The large majority (301)
of the persistent-poverty counties were nonmetropolitan (non-metro) and exhibited a strong regional pattern.
There are no non-metro persistent-poverty counties in the Northeast, 29 non-metro persistent-poverty
counties in the Midwest, and 20 in the West. The remaining 252 non-metro persistent-poverty counties are in
the South, comprising just over 26 percent of the total Southern non-metro population.” The Birmingham
News calls it this Blackbelt Region in Alabama, “Alabama’s Third World”. Macon County’s percentage of the
population below the Poverty level is in excess of 30%, persistently, and one of 5 counties in Alabama with
poverty rates consistently this high.

8. Population Data

9. Tuskegee Population Data

10. Macon County Economic Data
Primary Employment Industries
Educational, health and social services (37.9%), Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food
services (12.9%), Manufacturing (10.6%).
Type of Workers
Private wage or salary:71%
Government: 24%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 5%
Unpaid family work: 0%
Household Demographics
Housing

11. Tuskegee, Macon County
Unemployment and Poverty Rates
Poverty Rate: 32.8%
Unemployment Rate: 6.9%
Current:
Fed Rate: 5.6%
Ala. Rate: 6.3%
Month/Yr
Tuskegee,
AL%
Alabama% National %
1 / 2014 8.8% 6.8% 6.6%
2 / 2014 9.3% 7.3% 6.7%
3 / 2014 9.5% 6.9% 6.7%
4 / 2014 8.2% 6.2% 6.3%
5 / 2014 8.1% 6.2% 6.3%
6 / 2014 9.7% 7.1% 6.1%
7 / 2014 10.2% 7.7% 6.2%
8 / 2014 9.4% 7.1% 6.1%
9 / 2014 7.9% 6.1% 5.9%
10 / 2014 7.6% 5.8% 5.8%
11 / 2014 6.9% 5.5% 5.8%

12. Economic Development Districts for Tuskegee,
Macon County, Alabama
Appalachian Regional Commission
Delta Regional Authority
Alabama Development Authority
South Central Alabama Regional Commission

13. Appalachian Regional Commission
Macon County is one of 90 Depressed Counties of the
Appalachia Region
• The employment/population ratio;
• Poverty rate;
• Per-capita market income;
• Percent of the adult population (25 + years old)
with at least one-year of college education,
and/or percent with at least a four-year college
degree; and,
• Ten-year percent change in population.
Depressed County Index

14. Delta Regional Authority’s Local
Development Districts. Macon County is
part of Alabama, Region 5
Delta Regional Authority
Delta Regional Authority Area Map of
Depressed Counties
To be deemed distressed, counties and parishes must meet
one of the following criteria:
•An unemployment rate of one percent higher (9.8 percent)
than the national average (8.8 percent) for the most recent
24-month period; or
•Have a per capita income of 80 percent or less of the national
per capita income.
Delta Region Depressed County Index

15. Macon County is one of 20 of 67 total Counties in Alabama that are part of Delta
Regional Authority and Alabama Development Commission, Region 5, The South
Central Regional Development Commission (SCADC). SCADC, which is composed of 7
Alabama Counties, is one of 12 Regions of the Alabama Development Commission.

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