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Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area

1,090,435 Population
4,488.5 square miles 242.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 39.4 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$33,131 ±$928 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $28,650 ±$323
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$58,366 ±$1,780 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $51,734 ±$600
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

14% ±1% (149,331  ±10,936) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 15.5% 739,108 (±0.5% / ±24,870)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

28.1 minutes ±0.6 (13,547,285  ±376,059) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 25.4 52,412,110 (±0.3 / ±695,900)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

428,665 ±4,441 Number of households
  • Alabama: 1,897,576 ±10,370
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.5 ±0 (1,068,119  ±2,851) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,786,560 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

5% ±0.8% (13,092  ±2,212) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 58,542 (±0.3% / ±3,947)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

489,791 ±1,399 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,284,922 ±264
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$177,600 ±$5,069 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $154,000 ±$2,032
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

14.8% ±0.9% (159,372  ±10,009.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 13.4% 651,811 (±0.5% / ±21,998.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

89.8% ±1.8% (673,010  ±13,479.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 87.1% 2,926,985 (±0.8% / ±28,118.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
32.3% ±1.1% (242,151  ±8,097.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 26.4% 885,357 (±0.5% / ±16,169.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

4% ±0.3% (43,068  ±3,650) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 3.6% 174,952 (±0.2% / ±7,356)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

7.2% ±0.6% (60,377  ±4,700) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 8.4% 318,254 (±0.2% / ±8,711)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
60,377 Total veterans ±4,700 53,797 Male ±4,133 6,580 Female ±1,481

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