Editing Banks, Alabama

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Banks, Alabama
| settlement_type          = [[Town]]
| image_skyline            = Banks Alabama.JPG
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| image_caption            = Banks Recreation Hall in Banks, Alabama
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| map_caption              = Location of Banks in Pike County, Alabama.
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| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Alabama|County]]
| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_name1        = [[Alabama]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Pike County, Alabama|Pike]]
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| established_date         = 
| area_magnitude           = 
| area_total_km2           = 5.15
| area_total_sq_mi         = 1.99
| area_land_km2            = 5.15
| area_land_sq_mi          = 1.99
| area_water_km2           = 0.00
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00
| elevation_ft             = 554
| elevation_m              = 179
| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = <ref>1</ref>
| population_total         = 156
| population_metro         = 
| population_density_km2   = 30.32
| population_density_sq_mi = 78.51
| timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset               = -6
| coordinates              = {{coord|31|48|48|N|85|50|25|W|region:US-AL|display=inline}}
| timezone_DST             = CDT
| utc_offset_DST           = -5
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = 36005
| area_code                = [[Area code 334|334]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 01-03940
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 0113446
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| unit_pref                = Imperial
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_01.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
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'''Banks''' is a town in [[Pike County, Alabama|Pike County]], [[Alabama]], United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 156, down from 179 in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/all?q=banks,%20alabama |access-date=May 18, 2022 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> It incorporated in December 1894.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-3546|title=Banks}}</ref>

==Geography==
Banks is located at {{coord|31|48|48|N|85|50|25|W|type:city}} (31.813464, -85.840281).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|2.0|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
[[File:Banks Alabama Post Office.JPG|thumb|left|Banks Post Office ([[ZIP Code]]:36005)]]  The Deleon Post Office was closed at the end of September 1904 and moved to Banks.<ref>Original US Post Office Document</ref>
{{US Census population
|1900= 198
|1910= 307
|1920= 299
|1930= 296
|1940= 252
|1950= 222
|1960= 201
|1970= 170
|1980= 160
|1990= 195
|2000= 224
|2010= 179
|2020= 156
|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|accessdate=June 6, 2013}}</ref><br>2013 Estimate<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2013/SUB-EST2013-3.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013|accessdate=June 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522161634/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2013/SUB-EST2013-3.html|archive-date=May 22, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}

===2010 Census data===
As of the 2010 Census Banks had a population of 179.  The racial and ethic composition of the population was 69.3% white, 24.6% black or African American, 2.2% Native American, 1.1% from some other race, 2.8% reporting two or more races and 1.1% Hispanic or Latino from any race.<ref>2010 population by race and Hispanic or Latino by place for Alabama from the US Census]</ref>

===2000 Census data===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 224 people, 92 households, and 62 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|111.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 102 housing units at an average density of {{convert|50.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 84.82% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 10.27% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 1.79% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.89% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.23% from two or more races. 0.89% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 92 households, out of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.6% were non-families. 29.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the town, the population dispersal was 25.4% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $21,719, and the median income for a family was $32,500. Males had a median income of $25,417 versus $26,500 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $15,601. About 4.8% of families and 10.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 10.9% of those under the age of eighteen and 11.3% of those 65 or over.

==Education==
Banks Public Schools are part of the [[Pike County School District]]. Schools in the district include Goshen Elementary School, Pike County Elementary School, Banks Middle School, Goshen High School, Pike County High School and the Troy-Pike Center for Technology.

Banks Middle School is located in Banks.

Dr. Mark Bazzell is the Superintendent of Schools.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.pikecountyschools.com/|title= Pike County Schools
|publisher= Crenshaw County Schools|accessdate=June 21, 2012}}</ref>

==Notable person==
* [[Audrey Williams]], wife of [[Hank Williams]] and mother of [[Hank Williams, Jr.]] was from Banks.
* William Bartley Crawley, member, Board of Directors, Commodity Credit Corporation<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 12 - TRIBUTE TO MR. WILLIAM BARTLEY CRAWLEY UPON THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRECB-2005-pt12/html/CRECB-2005-pt12-Pg16550-3.htm |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=www.govinfo.gov}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Coord|display=title|31.813464|-85.840281}}
{{Pike County, Alabama}}

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[[Category:Towns in Alabama]]
[[Category:Towns in Pike County, Alabama]]