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Birmingham, AL

196,518 Population
147.1 square miles 1,336.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2

Economics

$32,403 ±$2,908 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $39,776 ±$1,374
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $35,046 ±$484
$44,951 ±$3,460 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $69,284 ±$1,967
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $62,212 ±$711

23.5% ±3.5% (43,949  ±6,617) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 13.9% 160,191 (±1% / ±11,507)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 773,166 (±0.5% / ±24,550)

21.6 minutes ±0.4 (1,736,375  ±59,925) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 27 12,532,795 (±0.3 / ±188,484)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.3 51,658,912 (±0.1 / ±345,778)

Families

91,740 ±3,237 Number of households
  • the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 471,767 ±4,985
  • Alabama: 2,051,545 ±10,192
2.1 ±0.1 (187,960  ±1,230) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 2.4 1,151,848 (±0 / ±550)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.4 † 4,964,454 (±,270.8 / ±-555,555,600)

4.7% ±2.2% (2,422  ±1,121) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 5% † 14,169 (±0.8% / ±2,360)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 60,506 (±0.4% / ±4,925)

Housing

111,597 ±2,940 Number of housing units
  • the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 531,634 ±559
  • Alabama: 2,360,120 ±220

$157,200 ±$14,921 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $247,900 ±$5,791
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $216,600 ±$2,406

16.9% ±3% (32,979  ±5,818.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 11.6% 135,883 (±1.1% / ±12,337.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 575,405 (±0.5% / ±22,628.7)

Social

89.1% ±3.7% (121,307  ±6,048.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 90.9% 739,825 (±1.7% / ±14,150.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 89.1% 3,119,065 (±0.8% / ±29,507.9)
30.8% ±2.6% (41,955  ±3,742.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 33.4% 271,821 (±1% / ±8,285.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 28.9% 1,010,840 (±0.5% / ±16,612.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.9% ±0.8% (7,560  ±1,531) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 4.7% † 55,693 (±2,206% / ±4,639)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 4% † 203,143 (±,432.5% / ±9,674)

3.8% ±0.8% (6,107  ±1,252) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 5.5% 50,533 (±0.4% / ±3,303)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 7.6% 299,495 (±0.2% / ±7,686)
6,107 Total veterans ±1,252 5,152 Male ±1,117 955 Female ±462

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