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Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area

1,116,857 Population
4,488.7 square miles 248.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$38,709 ±$1,100 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$67,242 ±$1,701 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

13.9% ±0.9% (151,453  ±9,915) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

26.7 minutes ±0.5 (12,472,040  ±321,839) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

443,821 ±3,558 Number of households
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.5 ±0 (1,088,028  ±435) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

4.9% ±0.7% (12,940  ±1,864) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

497,126 ±929 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$247,500 ±$7,321 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

12.6% ±0.9% (139,204  ±10,208.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

90.4% ±1.7% (691,020  ±13,381.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
36% ±1.1% (274,965  ±8,063.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

4.4% (49,430  ±3,379) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

6% ±0.5% (51,590  ±3,865) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
51,590 Total veterans ±3,865 46,367 Male ±3,586 5,223 Female ±1,187

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