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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 7.82
The average living wage for the state of Alabama is $30.04/hr, while the states minimum wage is $7.25/hr, which can not be set above the state standard, and is not extended to farm workers. This gives Alabama a minimum wage score of 11.87 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.13/hr, which gives Alabama a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 8.97 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Alabama is $145, resulting in a UI benefit score of 8.98 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 14.29

X Alabama does not provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
X Alabama does not offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ Alabama does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
✓ Alabama does prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
✓ Alabama does restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X Alabama does not provide some form of paid family leave.
X Alabama does not provide some form of paid sick leave.
X Alabama does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X Alabama does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X Alabama does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X Alabama does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
X Alabama does not provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
X Alabama does not extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X Alabama does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 10

X Alabama does have a "right-to-work" law.
X Alabama does not legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
X Alabama does not protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ Alabama does partially require collective bargaining for public workers.
X Alabama does not provide collective bargaining for teachers.
X Alabama does not provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

Blount County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 89.32% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 89.57%
Democratic: 9.57%
Other: 0.86%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 35031
Latitude : 34.117896
Longitude : -86.562142
TimeZone : Central (GMT -06:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : South
Average Elevation : 978 ft.
Area Code(s) : 205

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.61
Male Population Estimate : 48.60%
Female Population Estimate : 48.15%
Median Age : 38.5
Male Median Age : 37.8
Female Median Age : 39.3

White Population Estimate : 91.17%
Black Population Estimate : 0.55%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 9.29%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.35%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.24%
Indian Population Estimate : 1.45%
Other Population Estimate : 4.30%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Blountsville specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Blount County: About 7 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Blount County: About 483 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Blount County is about 43% higher than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 40% higher than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.