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People MapStats |
Birmingham |
Alabama |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
229,424 | 4,599,030 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
-5.4% | 3.4% |
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Population, net change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
-13,010 | 151,679 |
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Population, 2000 |
242,820 | 4,447,100 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
6.8% | 6.7% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
25.0% | 25.3% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
13.5% | 13.0% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
53.9% | 51.7% |
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White persons, 2000 |
58,457 | 3,162,808 |
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Black or African American persons, 2000 |
178,372 | 1,155,930 |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, 2000 |
422 | 22,430 |
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Asian persons, 2000 |
1,942 | 31,346 |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, 2000 |
87 | 1,409 |
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Persons reporting some other race, 2000 |
1,513 | 28,998 |
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Persons reporting two or more races, 2000 |
2,027 | 44,179 |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, 2000 |
3,764 | 75,830 |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
24.1% | 71.1% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
73.5% | 26.0% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.2% | 0.5% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.8% | 0.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
Z | Z |
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Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 |
0.6% | 0.7% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
0.8% | 1.0% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
1.6% | 1.7% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
54.7% | 57.4% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
2.1% | 2.0% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
4.7% | 3.9% |
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High school graduates, persons age 25+, 2000 |
116,943 | 877,216 |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
18.5% | 19.0% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
23.5 | 24.8 |
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Households, 2000 |
98,782 | 1,737,080 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.37 | 2.49 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
111,927 | 1,963,711 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
53.7% | 72.5% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$62,100 | $85,100 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$26,735 | $34,135 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$15,663 | $18,189 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
24.7% | 16.1% |
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Very low-income (VLI) owner households, 2000 |
13,596 | 232,361 |
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Very low-income (VLI) renter households, 2000 |
23,478 | 217,498 |
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VLI owner households, pct of total owner households, 2000 |
26.3% | 18.6% |
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VLI renter households, pct of total renter households, 2000 |
52.1% | 46.0% |
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Critical housing needs, pct of VLI owner households 2000 |
39.0% | 36.7% |
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Critical housing needs, pct of total VLI renter hhlds, 2000 |
43.3% | 39.6% |
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Serious crimes known to police, 2000 |
20,749 | 202,159 |
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Serious crimes known to police per 100,000 population, 2000 |
8,173 | 4,546 |
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Property crimes known to police, 2000 |
17,802 | 180,539 |
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Violent crimes known to police, 2000 |
2,947 | 21,620 |
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Business MapStats |
Birmingham |
Alabama |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
15,722 | 309,544 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
21.2% | 9.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.9% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
22.3% | 26.4% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | Z |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
1.9% | 1.4% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
1.0% | 0.8% |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
9,705,488 | 43,641,369 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
3,536,101 | 43,784,342 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$14,895 | $9,773 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
443,862 | 4,692,297 |
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