Higdon is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Jackson County

Jackson County, Alabama

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, Alabama

Alabama

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, United States

United States

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. At the 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the 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 enumerated during the 1990 Census...

 the population was 1,214.

Geography

Higdon is located on top of Sand Mountain

Sand Mountain (Alabama)

Sand Mountain is a sandstone plateau in northeastern Alabama and northwestern Georgia. It is part of the southern tip of the Appalachian mountain chain. Geologically a continuation of Walden Ridge, Sand Mountain is part of the Cumberland Plateau, separated from the main portion of the plateau by...

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Higdon's coordinates are 34.83 N. Lat. 85.61 W. Long.

Higdon covers a land area of 10.205 square miles (26.4 km²) and a water area of 0 square mile (0 km²).

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,214 people. The population density was 119 persons per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 97.1% White, 0.6% Black and 2.3% from two or more races. 0.0% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

In Higdon the population was spread out with 30.7% under the age of 18 and 8.5% who were 64 years of age or older. Marriage status: 15.1% never married, 71.9% now married, 3.8% widowed, and 9.2% divorced.

The per capita income

Per capita income

Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...

 for Higdon was $13,257. About 10.3% of the population were below the poverty line.

Education

Higdon is home to North Sand Mountain School, which is part of the Jackson County School System.

External links

• http://northsandmountain.jc.schoolinsites.com/