{{Use American English|date=September 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Calvert, Alabama | settlement_type = Census-designated place | image_skyline = ThyssenKrupp Steel USA in Calvert, Alabama.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = AM/NS Calvert's hot dip galvanizing lines in Calvert | image_seal = | image_map = File:Mobile County and Washington County Alabama Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Calvert Highlighted 0111488.svg | mapsize = | map_caption = Location in Mobile and Washington counties, Alabama <!-- Location --> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = United States | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Alabama | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Mobile <!-- Government --> | established_date = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = <!-- Area --> | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021">{{cite web|title=2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2021_Gazetteer/2021_gaz_place_01.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=April 22, 2022}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 6.10 | area_total_sq_mi = 2.36 | area_land_km2 = 6.06 | area_land_sq_mi = 2.34 | area_water_km2 = 0.05 | area_water_sq_mi = 0.02 <!-- Population --> | population_as_of = 2020 | population_total = 255 | population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US0111488&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=Calvert CDP, Alabama: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=April 22, 2022}}</ref> | population_density_sq_mi = 109.07 | population_density_km2 = 42.11 <!-- General information --> | timezone = Central (CST) | utc_offset = -6 | timezone_DST = CDT | utc_offset_DST = -5 | elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> | elevation_ft = 36 | coordinates = {{coord|31|09|25|N|88|00|32|W|type:city|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> <!-- Area/postal codes and others --> | postal_code_type = ZIP code | postal_code = 36513 | area_code = 251 | blank_name = FIPS code<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/> | blank_info = {{FIPS|01|11488}} | blank1_name = GNIS ID<ref name="GNIS"/> | blank1_info = 2628582<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2628582}}</ref> | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Calvert''' is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mobile and Washington counties, Alabama, United States.<ref name="GNIS">{{Cite GNIS|115421|Feature Detail Report for: Eight Mile (Mobile County, Alabama)|January 8, 2013}}</ref><ref name="HTL">{{cite web | title = Calvert, Alabama | work = Alabama Home Town Locator | url = http://alabama.hometownlocator.com/al/mobile/calvert.cfm | accessdate = July 24, 2010}}</ref> It is located in the extreme northeast corner of Mobile County and southeast corner of Washington County near the Tombigbee River, along U.S. Route 43. As of the 2020 census, the population of Calvert was 255.<ref name="Census 2020"/>
==Demographics== {{US Census population |align = left |2010 = 277 |2020 = 255 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=}}</ref><br> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/> }}
Calvert was first listed as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.<ref>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Alabama |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 2010|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121211347/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-2.pdf| archive-date=January 21, 2022}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |+'''Calvert CDP, 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) – Calvert CDP, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US0111488&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=United States Census Bureau |access-date= }}</ref> !style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |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) – Calvert CDP, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US0111488&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=United States Census Bureau |access-date= }}</ref> !% 2010 !style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020 |- |White alone (NH) |146 |style='background: #ffffe6; |156 |52.71% |style='background: #ffffe6; |61.18% |- |Black or African American alone (NH) |98 |style='background: #ffffe6; |62 |35.38% |style='background: #ffffe6; |24.31% |- |Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) |18 |style='background: #ffffe6; |28 |6.50% |style='background: #ffffe6; |10.98% |- |Asian alone (NH) |0 |style='background: #ffffe6; |0 |0.00% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00% |- |Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) |0 |style='background: #ffffe6; |0 |0.00% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00% |- |Other race alone (NH) |2 |style='background: #ffffe6; |0 |0.72% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00% |- |Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) |7 |style='background: #ffffe6; |7 |2.53% |style='background: #ffffe6; |2.75% |- |Hispanic or Latino (any race) |6 |style='background: #ffffe6; |2 |2.17% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.78% |- |'''Total''' |'''277''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''255 ''' |'''100.00%''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%''' |}
===2020 census===
==Education== Residents of the Mobile County section are zoned to Mobile County Public School System campuses.<ref>"[https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st01_al/place/p0111488_calvert/DC10BLK_P0111488_001.pdf 2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Calvert CDP, AL]." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on November 27, 2018.</ref> Residents of that section are zoned to Citronelle High School.<ref>"[http://images.pcmac.org/Uploads/MCPSS/MobileCounty/Departments/DocumentsCategories/Documents/Citronelle%20High%20School.pdf Citronelle High School Attendance Zone] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725055213/http://images.pcmac.org/Uploads/MCPSS/MobileCounty/Departments/DocumentsCategories/Documents/Citronelle%20High%20School.pdf |date=2021-07-25 }}." Mobile County Public School System. Retrieved on November 27, 2018.</ref> The Mobile County section of the community was formerly in the attendance boundary of the Belsaw/MT. Vernon K-8 school in Mount Vernon,<ref>A copy of the school's attendance boundary, as the file "Belsaw Mt. Vernon.pdf", is available from the Mobile County Public School System Student Support Services Department. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160906221725/http://www.mcpss.com/?PN=DocumentUploads&L=2&DivisionID=2150&DepartmentID=7061&iRead=A&iAdd=A&iEdit=A&iDelete=A&LMID=289110&ClientModuleID=4057 This file was previously available online] (see "Elementary Attendance Zone Maps(A-I)" "Belsaw Mt Vernon" but the link is broken)</ref> which closed in 2016.<ref name=Devoe>{{cite web|author=Devoe, Emily|url=https://www.wkrg.com/news/local-news/mobile-county-school-board-votes-to-close-two-schools_20180207090453412/957191902|title=Mobile County School Board Votes to Close Two Schools|publisher=WKRG|date=May 24, 2016|accessdate=November 27, 2018|archive-date=November 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127125150/https://www.wkrg.com/news/local-news/mobile-county-school-board-votes-to-close-two-schools_20180207090453412/957191902|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Residents of the Washington County section are served by Washington County School District.
==Industry== German technology conglomerate ThyssenKrupp broke ground on a US$4.65 billion stainless and carbon steel processing facility in Calvert in 2007. The facility became operational in July 2010.<ref name="thyssenkrupp">{{Cite web |url=http://www.thyssenkruppnewusplant.com/ |title=ThyssenKrupp Steel and Stainless USA |accessdate=July 24, 2010 |publisher=ThyssenKrupp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011074127/http://thyssenkruppnewusplant.com/ |archive-date=October 11, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Cloos, Paul. [http://blog.al.com/live/2007/05/mobile_county_wins_thyssenkrup.html Mobile County wins ThyssenKrupp plant] ''Press-Register'' May 11, 2007.</ref> ThyssenKrupp's stainless steel division, Inoxum, including the stainless portion of the Calvert plant, was sold to Finnish stainless steel company Outokumpu in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=New owners of ThyssenKrupp stainless steel division plan visit in June |work=Press-Register |date=May 31, 2012 |url=http://blog.al.com/press-register-business/2012/05/new_owners_of_thyssenkrupp_sta.html |accessdate=June 15, 2013}}</ref> The remaining portion of the ThyssenKrupp plant, with a production capacity of 5.3 million metric tons that includes a hot strip mill, cold roll mill and four coating lines, was purchased by a 50/50 joint partnership of ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel in February 2014 for $1.5 billion and renamed AM/NS Calvert. At the time, ThyssenKrupp was the region's 2nd largest industrial employer.<ref>{{cite news|last=Finch II|first=Michael|title=Sale of ThyssenKrupp Steel USA clears all regulatory approval|url=http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2014/02/post_96.html|accessdate=February 26, 2014|newspaper=Press-Register|location=Mobile, Alabama|date=February 26, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=ArcelorMittal AM/NS Calvert Webpage | url=http://usa.arcelormittal.com/Our-operations/Joint-ventures/Calvert/ | access-date=March 21, 2014 | archive-date=July 28, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728142124/https://usa.arcelormittal.com/our-operations/joint-ventures/calvert | url-status=dead }}</ref>
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{{Mobile County, Alabama}} {{Washington County, Alabama}}
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