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Welcome to the Gadsden Home page. The Gadsden Home page provides as much information as possible on Gadsden. Knowing Gadsden’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Gadsden’s Home page, you will also find Gadsden’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Gadsden has a population of 35224. 47.7% of Gadsden’s inhabitants are Male, and 52.3 are female. 32.8% of Gadsden is married and 58.2% own their own home. The Average Home price is $83,228, and the average rent is $645. Household median income in Gadsden is $34,062, and the individual median income is $20,518. Gadsden’s Ethnic is the following: White(56.1%), Black(37.4%), Hispanic(7.2%), Multiple(2.7%), Other(2%), Asian(1%), Native(0.8%).


Gadsden is a city in and the county seat of Etowah County in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is located on the Coosa River about 56 miles (90 km) northeast of Birmingham and 90 miles (140 km) southwest of Chattanooga, Tennessee. It is the primary city of the Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of 103,931.


As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 33,945. In the 19th century, Gadsden was Alabama's second-most important center of commerce and industry, trailing only the seaport of Mobile. The two cities were important shipping centers: Gadsden for riverboats and Mobile for international trade. From the late 19th century through the 1980s, Gadsden was a center of heavy industry, including the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and Republic Steel.


In 1991, following more than a decade of sharp decline in industry, Gadsden was awarded the honor of All-America City by the National Civic League.


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