Birmingham Alabama Census and demographic information

 

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Subject	Number	Percent		Subject	Number	Percent
Total population	242,820	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	242,820	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	3,764	1.6%
Male	112,046	46.1%		Mexican	2,471	1.0%
Female	130,774	53.9%		Puerto Rican	250	0.1%
				Cuban	96	0.0%
Under 5 years	16,564	6.8%		Other Hispanic or Latino	947	0.4%
5 to 9 years	17,349	7.1%		Not Hispanic or Latino	239,056	98.4%
10 to 14 years	16,967	7.0%		White alone	57,096	23.5%
15 to 19 years	17,325	7.1%
20 to 24 years	19,511	8.0%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	36,196	14.9%		Total population	242,820	100.0%
35 to 44 years	36,628	15.1%		In households	233,968	96.4%
45 to 54 years	31,407	12.9%		Householder	98,782	40.7%
55 to 59 years	9,675	4.0%		Spouse	30,705	12.6%
60 to 64 years	8,516	3.5%		Child	71,511	29.5%
65 to 74 years	16,388	6.7%		Own child under 18 years	48,737	20.1%
75 to 84 years	11,661	4.8%		Other relatives	21,629	8.9%
85 years and over	4,633	1.9%		Under 18 years	10,437	4.3%
				Nonrelatives	11,341	4.7%
Median age (years)	34.3	(X)		Unmarried partner	4,417	1.8%
				In group quarters	8,852	3.6%
18 years and over	182,013	75.0%		Institutionalized population	3,902	1.6%
Male	81,124	33.4%		Noninstitutionalized population	4,950	2.0%
Female	100,889	41.5%
21 years and over	170,726	70.3%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	37,772	15.6%		Total households	98,782	100.0%
65 years and over	32,682	13.5%		Family households (families)	59,287	60.0%
Male	11,774	4.8%		With own children under 18 years	27,359	27.7%
Female	20,908	8.6%		Married couple family	30,705	31.1%
				With own children under 18 years	12,395	12.5%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	24,346	24.6%
One race	240,793	99.2%		With own children under 18 years	13,467	13.6%
White	58,457	24.1%		Nonfamily households	39,495	40.0%
Black or African American	178,372	73.5%		Householder living alone	33,950	34.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native	422	0.2%		Householder 65 years and over	10,295	10.4%
Asian	1,942	0.8%
Asian Indian	463	0.2%		Households with individuals under 18 years	32,854	33.3%
Chinese	716	0.3%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	24,119	24.4%
Filipino	113	0.0%
Japanese	80	0.0%		Average household size	2.37	(X)
Korean	138	0.1%		Average family size	3.09	(X)
Vietnamese	213	0.1%
Other Asian1	219	0.1%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	87	0.0%		Total housing units	111,927	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	23	0.0%		Occupied housing units	98,782	88.3%
Guamanian or Chamorro	38	0.0%		Vacant housing units	13,145	11.7%
Samoan	10	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	358	0.3%
Other Pacific Islander2	16	0.0%
Some other race	1,513	0.6%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.7%	(X)
Two or more races	2,027	0.8%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	11.6%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	59,732	24.6%		Occupied housing units	98,782	100.0%
Black or African American	179,569	74.0%		Owner-occupied housing units	53,036	53.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,147	0.5%		Renter-occupied housing units	45,746	46.3%
Asian	2,332	1.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	213	0.1%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.49	(X)
Some other race	2,080	0.9%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.23	(X)
Date: December 13, 2004
- Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
1Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.
2Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.
3In combination with one or more of the other races listed. The six numbers may add to more than the total population and the six percentages may add to more than 100 percent because individuals may report more than one race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.