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Birmingham City PUMA, AL

187,453 Population
94.6 square miles 1,982.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,937 ±$2,260 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $36,940 ±$421
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$47,823 ±$4,399 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $66,659 ±$780
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

24.6% ±3.5% (43,731  ±6,454) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 15.2% 760,634 (±0.5% / ±23,122)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.3 minutes ±1.1 (1,669,880  ±154,462) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 26 55,283,836 (±0.3 / ±727,269)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

83,100 ±3,226 Number of households
  • Alabama: 2,059,528 ±11,700
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0 (175,551  ±7,405) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.4 5,012,179
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.5% ±1.7% (1,690  ±841) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 5.5% 66,284 (±0.4% / ±4,512)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

103,461 ±3,529 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,381,771 ±264
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$172,300 ±$11,553 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $233,300 ±$2,461
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.3% ±2.7% (30,329  ±5,253.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 580,213 (±0.4% / ±21,123.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.5% ±2.8% (113,039  ±6,600) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 89.6% 3,170,126 (±0.8% / ±28,414.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
28.2% ±2.6% (36,434  ±3,734.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 29.9% 1,056,835 (±0.5% / ±16,975.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

7.9% ±2% (13,955  ±3,540.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 6.1% 289,812 (±0.1% / ±5,392.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

6.7% ±1.4% (12,548  ±2,692) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 4.5% 230,850
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.6% ±0.8% (5,357  ±1,248) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 7.5% 298,792 (±0.2% / ±9,595)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,357 Total veterans ±1,248 4,654 Male ±1,134 703 Female ±421

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