Editing Shorter, Alabama

{{Use American English|date=September 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Shorter, Alabama
|settlement_type          = [[Town]]
|motto                    = "A Town on the Move"
|image_skyline            = Shorter Alabama Town Hall.JPG
|imagesize                = 
|image_caption            = Shorter town hall and volunteer fire department
|image_seal               = 
|image_map                = File:Macon County Alabama Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Shorter Highlighted 0170128.svg
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location in Macon County, Alabama
|image_map1               = 
|mapsize1                 = 
|map_caption1             = 
|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        = [[Macon County, Alabama|Macon]]
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = 
|leader_name              = 
|established_date         = 
|area_magnitude           = 
|area_total_km2           = 11.83
|area_total_sq_mi         = 
|area_land_km2            = 11.76
|area_land_sq_mi          = 
|area_water_km2           = 0.07
|area_water_sq_mi         = 
|elevation_ft             = 367
|elevation_m              = 
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US0170128&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=Shorter town, Alabama: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=March 31, 2022}}</ref>
|population_total         = 385
|population_metro         = 
|population_density_km2   = 32.75
|population_density_sq_mi = 
|timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central (CST)]]
|utc_offset               = -6
|coordinates              = {{coord|32|24|5|N|85|56|36|W|region:US-AL|display=inline}}
|timezone_DST             = CDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 36075
|area_code                = [[Area code 334|334]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 01-70128
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 0126817
|footnotes                = 
|website                  = {{URL|www.shorteralabama.com}}
|pop_est_as_of = 
|pop_est_footnotes = 
|population_est = 
|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>
}}

'''Shorter''' is a town in [[Macon County, Alabama|Macon County]], [[Alabama]], United States. At the 2020 census the population was 385,<ref name="Census 2020"/> down from 474 at the 2010 census. According to the 1990 U.S. Census records, it was incorporated in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1990 CPH-2-2 |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-2.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206102857/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-2.pdf |archive-date=December 6, 2021 |website=Census Bureau}}</ref>

==Geography==
Shorter is located in western Macon County at {{coord|32|24|5|N|85|56|36|W|type:city}},<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> along [[U.S. Route 80]]. It is {{convert|24|mi}} east of [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]], the state capital, and {{convert|15|mi}} west of [[Tuskegee, Alabama|Tuskegee]].

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], Shorter has a total area of {{convert|11.8|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.07|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.60%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020"/> The center of town lies on a low ridge which drains south to Cubahatchee Creek and north to Calebee Creek, both of which are west-flowing tributaries of the [[Tallapoosa River]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1990= 461
|2000= 355
|2010= 474
|2020= 385
|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>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Shorter town, Alabama – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Shorter town, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0170128&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Shorter town, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0170128&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|88
|85
|18.57%
|22.08%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|373
|270
|78.69%
|70.13%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|0
|1
|0.00%
|0.26%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|3
|1
|0.63%
|0.26%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race or Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|5
|16
|1.05%
|4.16%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|5
|12
|1.05%
|3.12%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''474'''
|'''385'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|}

===2000 census===
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 355 people, 121 households, and 93 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|206.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 133 housing units at an average density of {{convert|77.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 82% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 16% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 1% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], and 1% from two or more races.

There were 121 households, out of which 36% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23% were non-families. 21% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.93 and the average family size was 3.45.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 33% under the age of 18, 8% from 18 to 24, 31% from 25 to 44, 20% from 45 to 64, and 8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 81.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.3 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $18,929, and the median income for a family was $37,188. Males had a median income of $26,667 versus $17,000 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $10,630. About 28% of families and 31% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 47% of those under age 18 and 43% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable persons==
* [[Morris Dees]],  co-founder and chief trial counsel for the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|www.shorteralabama.com}}
{{Coord|display=title|32.401397|-85.943326}}

{{Macon County, Alabama}}

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[[Category:Towns in Macon County, Alabama]]
[[Category:Towns in Alabama]]
[[Category:Columbus metropolitan area, Georgia]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1984]]