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Atmore is a city in Escambia County
Escambia County, Alabama

Escambia County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is said to be from the name of a river in an Native Americans in the United States language ....
, Alabama
Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the Southern United States of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west....
, United States
United States

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. At the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000

File:US-Census-2000Logo.svgThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the United States Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons Enumeration during the United States Census, 1990....
 the population was 7,676. According to the 2005 U.S. Census estimates, the city had a population of 7,530. The city was named for Mr. C.P. Atmore. The Poarch Band of Creek Indians
Poarch Band of Creek Indians

The Poarch Band of Creek Indians is the only federally recognized group of Native Americans residing in Alabama. They were formerly known as the Creek Nation East of the Mississippi....
 is headquartered here.

re is located at (31.023183, -87.492067).

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Atmore is a city in Escambia County
Escambia County, Alabama

Escambia County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is said to be from the name of a river in an Native Americans in the United States language ....
, Alabama
Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the Southern United States of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. At the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000

File:US-Census-2000Logo.svgThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the United States Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons Enumeration during the United States Census, 1990....
 the population was 7,676. According to the 2005 U.S. Census estimates, the city had a population of 7,530. The city was named for Mr. C.P. Atmore. The Poarch Band of Creek Indians
Poarch Band of Creek Indians

The Poarch Band of Creek Indians is the only federally recognized group of Native Americans residing in Alabama. They were formerly known as the Creek Nation East of the Mississippi....
 is headquartered here.

Geography

Atmore is located at (31.023183, -87.492067).

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, ity has a total area of 8.4 square miles (21.6 kmē), of which, 8.3 square miles (21.5 kmē) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 kmē) of it (0.36%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census
Census

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 of 2000, there were 7,676 people, 3,148 households, and 2,071 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density

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 was 922.5 people per square mile (356.2/kmē). There were 3,535 housing units at an average density of 424.9/sq mi (164.0/kmē). The racial makeup of the city was 49.48% White
Race (United States Census)

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, 46.31% Black
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 or African American
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, 2.41% Native American
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, 0.47% Asian
Race (United States Census)

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, 0.05% Pacific Islander
Race (United States Census)

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, 0.36% from other races
Race (United States Census)

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, and 0.91% from two or more races. 0.73% of the population were Hispanic
Race (United States Census)

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 or Latino
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
 of any race.

There were 3,148 households out of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.1% were married couples
Marriage

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 living together, 20.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.2% were non-families. 30.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the city the population was spread out with 26.4% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 79.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 74.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $22,867, and the median income for a family was $29,813. Males had a median income of $28,114 versus $19,594 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
 for the city was $13,734. About 20.0% of families and 23.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 33.0% of those under age 18 and 17.5% of those age 65 or over.

Community Information

Atmore first registered on the map as a railroad stop on the Great Northern Railroad out of Mobile
Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern United States United States state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama....
. In fact, the city is named after Mr. C.P. Atmore, a railroad engineer, who often stopped at the Williams Station depot there. Since the early 1990s, the city has held an Arts and Crafts festival in honor of this event.

For most of the 20th Century, the Atmore area was primarily a farming, timber, and light industry community. A major commercial industry in the town was and is Swift Supply Lumber Company. For many years, the "Vanity Fair" lingerie company operated a sewing plant in Atmore, offering employment to the citizens of Atmore and surrounding communities, the closing of which generated a short term employment crisis.

In the last 20 years, Telecommunications have taken a greater role in the economy, first with Southland Systems, a long distance and fiber optics corporation, which sold out to Worldcom (later MCI-Worldcom). Later, its offices were incorporated into Touch #1, another long distance corporation, which was then bought out by Z-Tel.

The Poarch Band of Creek Indians
Poarch Band of Creek Indians

The Poarch Band of Creek Indians is the only federally recognized group of Native Americans residing in Alabama. They were formerly known as the Creek Nation East of the Mississippi....
 reservation
Indian reservation

An Indian reservation is an area of land managed by a Native Americans of the United States tribe under the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs....
 near I-65 has come to regional importance. The tribe now operates the the Creek Casino, as well the Wind Creek Casino and Hotel in Atmore.

Atmore is now in the process of building a subdivision and Water Park near I-65.

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