Birmingham


Birmingham, AL

The Birmingham Metropolitan Area has the 23rd largest Black population in the United States with 327,640 African Americans making up 29% of the Metropolitan total. Source: Census Bureau 2017 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimate

Metropolitan Area DataBlackTotal Metro
Population327,6401,149,807
Median household income$35,301$53,107
Family poverty rate21.3%11.2%
Bachelor’s degree or higher18.7%30.5%
Married-couple family households24.1%46.0%
Homeowner rate47.4%68.0%

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Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area