| Significant City History |
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Tuscaloosa is named after the Choctaw chieftain Tuskalusa.
December 13, 1819, the territorial legislature incorporated the town of Tuscaloosa, exactly one day before Congress admitted Alabama to the Union as a state.
From 1826 to 1846 Tuscaloosa was the capital of Alabama.
During the last weeks of the Civil War, a brigade of Union troops raiding the city burned the campus of The University of Alabama.
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| Famous people |
| Dinah Washington, John Stallworth, George Foster, Margaret Tutwiler |
| City |
State |
Population |
Year Founded |
| Tuscaloosa |
AL |
81,358 |
1817 |
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| Elevation |
Industry |
% Unemploy |
Avg. Income |
| 227 feet |
Manufacturing |
7.6% |
$26,929 |
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| Ethnic Groups |
% of Population |
Average Age |
Pop. Density |
| White |
54% |
28 |
1,245 per sq mile |
| Black |
43% |
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| Hispanic |
1% |
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| Asian |
1% |
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| Other |
1% |
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| Avg Max Mean Temp |
Avg Max Mean Temp |
Avg Min Mean Temp |
Avg Min Mean Temp |
| July 1961 |
July 2000 |
Jan 1961 |
Jan 2000 |
| 88.4 |
94.3 |
28.3 |
42.6 |
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| Avg July Precip |
Avg July Precip |
Avg Jan Precip |
Avg Jan Precip |
| July 1961 |
July 2000 |
Jan 1961 |
Jan 2000 |
| 6.6 |
4.4 |
7.5 |
8.2 |
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| Current Avg |
% of Sunny Days |
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| Precip |
(Yearly) |
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| 5 |
51% |
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| State Ranking |
Total Carbon |
Total Carbon |
Resid. Carbon |
| C02 Footprint |
Output Per Person |
Output Tuscaloosa |
Output Tuscaloosa |
| (most consumption) |
Metric Tons of |
Metric Tons of |
Metric Tons of |
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CO2 Per Year |
CO2 Per Year |
CO2 Per Year |
| 15th |
30.58 |
2,487,928 |
248,142 |
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