Editing Snead, Alabama

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|population_total         = 1032
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'''Snead''' is a town in [[Blount County, Alabama]], United States. At the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 1,032.

==History==
First settled in 1839, what is now Snead began to expand in the 1850s when local businessman G.W. White built a [[gristmill]] on the nearby [[Black Warrior River]].  The town is named for John Snead, who became its first postmaster in 1882 ([[Snead State Community College]] in nearby [[Boaz, Alabama|Boaz]] is also named for John Snead).  The Town of Snead incorporated in 1966.<ref>James P. Kaetz, "[http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-3361 Snead]," ''Encyclopedia of Alabama'', 2012.</ref>

==Geography==
Snead is centered on the crossroads of [[U.S. Route 278]] and [[Alabama State Route 75]]. US-278 leads east {{convert|26|mi}} to [[Gadsden, Alabama|Gadsden]] and west {{convert|27|mi}} to [[Cullman, Alabama|Cullman]]. Highway 75 leads northeast {{convert|15|mi}} to [[Albertville, Alabama|Albertville]] and {{convert|14|mi}} southwest to [[Oneonta, Alabama|Oneonta]], the Blount County seat.

The town is bordered to the northeast by the [[Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River]].

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|13.7|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|13.6|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.05|km2|order=flip|3}}, or 0.36%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0171280| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212163054/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0171280| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Snead town, Alabama| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=September 18, 2013}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1970= 347
|1980= 667
|1990= 632
|2000= 748
|2010= 835
|2020= 1032
|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}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Snead racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0171280&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 18, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|875
|84.79%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|6
|0.58%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|7
|0.68%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|2
|0.19%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|28
|2.71%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|114
|11.05%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,032 people, 382 households, and 251 families residing in the town.

===2010 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 2010, there were 835 people, 374 households, and 233 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|154.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 415 housing units at an average density of {{convert|76.85|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 96.8% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.1% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[African American (U.S. census)|African American]], 0.5% [[Native American (U.S. census)|Native American]], 0.8% from some other race, and 1.7% from two or more races. 1.8% of the population were [[Race (United States census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 374 households, out of which 25.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.9% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.7% were non-families. 35.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.9.

In the town, the age distribution of the population shows 22.6% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 23.0% from 25 to 44, 25.9% from 45 to 64, and 22.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $36,029, and the median income for a family was $41,563. Males had a median income of $23,558 versus $13,799 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $15,891. About 9.8% of families and 15.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 15.8% of those under age 18 and 20.2% of those age 65 or over.

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==External links==
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[[Category:Towns in Blount County, Alabama]]
[[Category:Towns in Alabama]]
[[Category:Birmingham metropolitan area, Alabama]]