Editing Gainesville, Alabama (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1850= 1500
|1880= 960
|1890= 1017
|1900= 817
|1910= 532
|1920= 355
|1930= 329
|1940= 283
|1950= 319
|1960= 214
|1970= 255
|1980= 207
|1990= 449
|2000= 220
|2010= 208
|2020= 172
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 6, 2013}}</ref>{{cbignore}}<br/>2013 Estimate<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2013/SUB-EST2013-3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522161634/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2013/SUB-EST2013-3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 22, 2014|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013|access-date=June 3, 2014 }}</ref>
}}

As of the [[2010 United States Census]], there were 208 people living in the town. The racial makeup of the town was 82.2% Black, 16.3% White and 1.4% from two or more races.

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 220 people, 87 households, and 58 families living in the town. The population density was {{convert|128.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 122 housing units at an average density of {{convert|71.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 22.73% [[Race (United States Census)|White]] and 77.27% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]].

[[File:Old Bank of Gainesville.jpg|thumb|left|The former Gainesville National Bank building (built 1838) on State Street.]]
There were 87 households, out of which 29.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 31.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 32.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.3% were non-families. 33.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.28.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 32.3% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 23.6% from 25 to 44, 14.5% from 45 to 64, and 20.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.5 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $10,938, and the median income for a family was $13,750. Males had a median income of $25,625 versus $15,625 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $16,176. About 60.4% of families and 70.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 82.6% of those under the age of eighteen and 48.3% of those 65 or over.