Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Birmingham city GEOCODE:01-0185 AL ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 284,413 100.0% 265,852 100.0% -18,561 -6.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 241,230 84.8% 217,063 81.6% -24,167 -10.0 -3.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 4,317 1.5% 6,444 2.4% 2,127 49.3 0.9 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 1,458 0.5% 1,458 0.5 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 124,767 43.9% 94,988 35.7% -29,779 -23.9 -8.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 158,200 55.6% 168,464 63.4% 10,264 6.5 7.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 933 0.3% 1,734 0.7% 801 85.9 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 220 0.1% 431 0.2% 211 95.9 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 2,054 0.7% 1,175 0.4% -879 -42.8 -0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 21,281 7.5% 19,674 7.4% -1,607 -7.6 -0.1 5-17.................. 54,483 19.2% 47,807 18.0% -6,676 -12.3 -1.2 18-24.................. 40,237 14.1% 28,042 10.5% -12,195 -30.3 -3.6 25-44.................. 72,995 25.7% 85,613 32.2% 12,618 17.3 6.5 45-64.................. 55,987 19.7% 45,268 17.0% -10,719 -19.1 -2.7 65 AND OVER............ 39,430 13.9% 39,448 14.8% 18 0.0 1.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 75,764 26.6% 67,481 25.4% -8,283 -10.9 -1.3 40 AND OVER............ 108,001 38.0% 101,933 38.3% -6,068 -5.6 0.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.7 32.9 3.2 10.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,412 $19,193 -1,219 -6.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $25,979 $23,892 -2,087 -8.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,963 $10,127 164 1.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 61,658 22.0% 64,572 24.8% 2,914 4.7 2.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 107,325 100.0% 104,991 100.0% -2,334 -2.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 73,046 68.1% 67,534 64.3% -5,512 -7.5 -3.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 35,676 33.2% 32,981 31.4% -2,695 -7.6 -1.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 51,516 48.0% 41,709 39.7% -9,807 -19.0 -8.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 22,990 21.4% 17,762 16.9% -5,228 -22.7 -4.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 18,777 17.5% 22,391 21.3% 3,614 19.2 3.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 10,444 9.7% 11,742 11.2% 1,298 12.4 1.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 30,670 28.6% 33,342 31.8% 2,672 8.7 3.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.1 -5.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 168,412 100.0% 170,329 100.0% 1,917 1.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 52,797 31.3% 44,284 26.0% -8,513 -16.1 -5.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 21,822 13.0% 27,509 16.2% 5,687 26.1 3.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 125,450 100.0% 121,406 100.0% -4,044 -3.2 FEMALE................ 58,803 46.9% 61,721 50.8% 2,918 5.0 4.0 EMPLOYED.............. 114,568 91.3% 110,156 90.7% -4,412 -3.9 -0.6 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 22,747 18.1% 25,121 20.7% 2,374 10.4 2.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 19,589 15.6% 19,924 16.4% 335 1.7 0.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 114,471 100.0% 117,636 100.0% 3,165 2.8 OCCUPIED.............. 107,238 93.7% 105,416 89.6% -1,822 -1.7 -4.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 57,151 53.3% 56,274 53.4% -877 -1.5 0.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $56,204 $52,156 -4,048 -7.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 50,087 46.7% 49,142 46.6% -945 -1.9 -0.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $297 $322 25 8.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 76,074 66.5% 75,030 63.8% -1,044 -1.4 -2.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 190 0.2% 480 0.4% 290 152.6 0.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1952.0 1959.0 7.0 0.4 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis