Birmingham, Alabama Neighborhood Info

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Birmingham, Alabama QuickFacts

	Birmingham, Alabama	United States
Total population	242,820	281,421,906
State	Alabama
City	birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama Population

	Birmingham, Alabama	%, Birmingham, Alabama	United States
Male	112,046	46.14%	49.06%
Female	130,774	53.86%	50.94%
Median age (years)	34.3		35.3

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	Birmingham, Alabama	%, Birmingham, Alabama	United States
18 years and over	182,013	74.96%	74.31%
21 years and over	170,726	70.31%	69.97%
62 years and over	37,772	15.56%	14.66%
65 years and over	32,682	13.46%	12.43%

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	Birmingham, Alabama	%, Birmingham, Alabama	United States
White	58,457	24.07%	75.14%
Black or African American	178,372	73.46%	12.32%
Asian	1,942	0.8%	3.64%
Some other race	2,022	0.83%	5.46%
Two or more races	2,027	0.83%	2.43%

Birmingham, Alabama Housing

	Birmingham, Alabama	%, Birmingham, Alabama	United States
Total households	98,782		105,480,101
Family households (families)	59,287	60.02%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	39,495	39.98%	31.94%

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	Birmingham, Alabama	%, Birmingham, Alabama	United States
Total housing units	112,229		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	13,145	11.71%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	98,782	88.02%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	53,036	47.26%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	45,746	40.76%	30.77%

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	Birmingham, Alabama	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	16,848	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	23,603	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	5,916	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,641	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	761	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	453	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	221	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	33	0.57%
Median (dollars)	62,100	119,600

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	Birmingham, Alabama	%, Birmingham, Alabama	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	21,757	22.03%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	28,393	28.74%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	14,110	14.28%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	12,415	12.57%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	9,207	9.32%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	13,055	13.22%	9.65%

Birmingham, Alabama Education

	Birmingham, Alabama	%, Birmingham, Alabama	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	66,226		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	4,251	6.42%	6.47%
Kindergarten	4,048	6.11%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	28,384	42.86%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	13,888	20.97%	21.38%
College or graduate school	15,655	23.64%	22.81%

Birmingham, Alabama Economy

	Birmingham, Alabama	%, Birmingham, Alabama	United States
Population 16 years and over	188,947		217,168,077
In labor force	110,697	58.59%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	110,558	58.51%	63.39%
- - Employed	98,574	52.17%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	11,984	6.34%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	10.8		5.8
- Armed Forces	139	0.07%	0.53%
Not in labor force	78,250	41.41%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	104,435	55.27%	51.66%
In labor force	57,289	30.32%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	57,260	30.3%	29.65%
- - Employed	51,244	27.12%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	17,550	9.29%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	11,008		12,787,501

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	Birmingham, Alabama	%, Birmingham, Alabama	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	98,748		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	19,813	20.06%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	9,591	9.71%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	17,047	17.26%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	14,679	14.87%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	15,339	15.53%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	13,022	13.19%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	4,796	4.86%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	2,831	2.87%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	637	0.65%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	993	1.01%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	26,735		41,994

	Birmingham, Alabama	%, Birmingham, Alabama	United States
With earnings	73,954	39.14%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	38,305		56,604
With Social Security income	28,540	15.1%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	9,784		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	7,542	3.99%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,797		6,320
With public assistance income	3,406	1.8%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	1,984		3,032
With retirement income	14,860	7.86%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,370		17,376

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