Birmingham, Alabama


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Birmingham
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Population 2000:242,820
Population 2002:239,416
Elevation:600 feet
Area codes:205
Land area:149.9 square miles
Foreign born:2.1% (1.0% Latin America, 0.6% Asia, 0.3% Europe)
County:Jefferson
Industries:Educational,health and social services (24.7%), Retail trade (11.1%).
Population growth:-3,404 (-1.40%)
Races
Black:73.5%
White Non-Hispanic:23.5%
Hispanic:1.6%
Two or more races:0.8%
Other race:0.6%
Marital Status
Now married:38.0%
Never married:35.2%
Divorced:13.3%
Widowed:9.5%
Separated:4.0%
Median
House value:$62,100
Household income:$26,735
Resident age:34.3 years
Birmingham Compared to Alabama State Average
House age:much above
Median house value:much below
Hispanic race population percentage:below
Length of stay since moving in:above
Black race population percentage:much above
Foreign-born population percentage:much below
Population density:above
Median household income:below
Education
High school or higher:75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher:18.5%
Unemployed:10.8%
Graduate or professional degree:6.6%
Crime Statistics
Ancestries
United States:3.9%
English:3.2%
Irish:2.8%
German:2.3%
Subsaharan African:1.4%
Scotch-Irish:1.1%
 

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Birmingham, Alabama ZIP Codes: 35203 35204 35205 35206 35207 35208 35209 35210 35211 35212 35213 35214 35215 35217 35218 35221 35222 35223 35226 35228 35233 35234 35235 35242 35243 35244