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Quick Facts - Demographics - Economic - Housing - Social
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People QuickFacts
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Birmingham
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Alabama
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Population, 2000
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242,820
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4,447,100
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Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000
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-8.7%
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10.1%
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000
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6.8%
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6.7%
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000
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25.0%
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25.3%
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000
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13.5%
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13.0%
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Female persons, percent, 2000
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53.9%
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51.7%
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a)
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24.1%
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71.1%
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Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)
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73.5%
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26.0%
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)
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0.2%
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0.5%
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)
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0.8%
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0.7%
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)
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Z
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Z
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Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)
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0.6%
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0.7%
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000
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0.8%
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1.0%
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)
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1.6%
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1.7%
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000
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54.7%
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57.4%
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000
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2.1%
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2.0%
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
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4.7%
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3.9%
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000
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75.5%
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75.3%
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000
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18.5%
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19.0%
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
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23.5
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24.8
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Housing units, 2000
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111,927
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1,963,711
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Homeownership rate, 2000
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53.7%
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72.5%
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000
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$62,100
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$85,100
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Households, 2000
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98,782
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1,737,080
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Persons per household, 2000
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2.37
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2.49
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Median household income, 1999
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$26,735
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$34,135
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Per capita money income, 1999
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$15,663
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$18,189
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999
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24.7%
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16.1%
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Business QuickFacts
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Birmingham
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Alabama
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Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)
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3,179,467
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67,970,076
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Wholesale trade sales, 1997 ($1000)
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6,744,435
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40,986,328
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Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)
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3,085,494
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36,623,327
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Retail sales per capita, 1997
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$12,219
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$8,477
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Accommodation and food services sales, 1997 ($1000)
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346,844
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3,881,782
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Total number of firms, 1997
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15,265
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285,206
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Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997
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24.8%
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9.9%
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Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997
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24.3%
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24.4%
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Geography QuickFacts
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Birmingham
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Alabama
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Land area, 2000 (square miles)
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150
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50,744
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Persons per square mile, 2000
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1,619.7
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87.6
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FIPS Code
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07000
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01
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(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
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