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People QuickFacts | Birmingham | Alabama
Population, 2011 estimate | 212,413 | 4,803,689
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 212,244 | 4,779,745
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 0.1% | 0.5%
Population, 2010 | 212,237 | 4,779,736
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.9% | 6.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 21.5% | 23.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 12.4% | 13.8%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 53.2% | 51.5%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 22.3% | 68.5%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 73.4% | 26.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.0% | 1.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 1.0% | 1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 3.6% | 3.9%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 21.1% | 67.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 77.2% | 84.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 3.4% | 3.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 4.6% | 5.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 82.6% | 81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 21.3% | 22.0%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 16,214 | 403,982
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 21.7 | 24
Housing units, 2010 | 108,981 | 2,171,853
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 51.2% | 70.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 34.8% | 15.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $87,100 | $120,800
Households, 2007-2011 | 89,822 | 1,831,269
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.3 | 2.53
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $19,962 | $23,483
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $31,898 | $42,934
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 27.3% | 17.6%
Business QuickFacts | Birmingham | Alabama
Total number of firms, 2007 | 20,088 | 382,350
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 37.7% | 14.8%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.5% | 0.8%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.7% | 1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.3% | 1.2%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 31.6% | 28.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 4,724,751 | 112,858,843
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 6,667,818 | 52,252,752
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 4,690,397 | 57,344,851
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $20,338 | $12,364
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 587,726 | 6,426,342
Geography QuickFacts | Birmingham | Alabama
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 146.07 | 50,645.33
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,453.0 | 94.4
FIPS Code | 7000 | 1
Counties | Jefferson County  Shelby 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