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People QuickFacts | Bessemer | Alabama
Population, 2012 estimate | 27,289 | 4,817,528
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 27,463 | 4,779,758
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.6% | 0.8%
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 alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 24.3% | 68.5%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 71.2% | 26.2%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.3% | 0.6%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 1.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.0% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 0.9% | 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 4.1% | 3.9%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 23.6% | 67.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 87.7% | 84.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 2.3% | 3.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 3.0% | 5.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 79.7% | 82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 12.6% | 22.3%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 1,928 | 398,343
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 24.1 | 24.1
Housing units, 2010 | 12,369 | 2,171,853
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 59.9% | 70.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 20.8% | 15.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $88,400 | $122,300
Households, 2008-2012 | 11,000 | 1,837,576
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.44 | 2.54
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $16,868 | $23,587
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $30,377 | $43,160
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 26.7% | 18.1%
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