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People QuickFacts | Bessemer | Alabama
Population, 2012 estimate | 27,289 | 4,822,023
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 27,463 | 4,779,745
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.6% | 0.9%
Population, 2010 | 27,456 | 4,779,736
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 7.1% | 6.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 24.7% | 23.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 15.1% | 13.8%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 53.3% | 51.5%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 24.3% | 68.5%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 71.2% | 26.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.3% | 0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 1.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.0% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 0.9% | 1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 4.1% | 3.9%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 23.6% | 67.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 86.3% | 84.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 1.8% | 3.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 3.7% | 5.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 79.1% | 81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 12.4% | 22.0%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 2,076 | 403,982
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 24.6 | 24
Housing units, 2010 | 12,369 | 2,171,853
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 59.8% | 70.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 20.1% | 15.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $86,800 | $120,800
Households, 2007-2011 | 11,195 | 1,831,269
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.42 | 2.53
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $17,085 | $23,483
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $29,600 | $42,934
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 26.5% | 17.6%
Business QuickFacts | Bessemer | Alabama
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,566 | 382,350
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 39.5% | 14.8%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.8%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.3% | 1.2%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 33.7% | 28.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 373,138 | 112,858,843
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 769,072 | 52,252,752
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 633,181 | 57,344,851
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $21,891 | $12,364
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 62,329 | 6,426,342
Geography QuickFacts | Bessemer | Alabama
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 39.85 | 50,645.33
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 689 | 94.4
FIPS Code | 5980 | 1
Counties | Jefferson County
(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
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts