People QuickFacts	Birmingham	Alabama
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	229,424	4,599,030
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	-5.4%	3.4%
  	Population, 2000    	242,820	4,447,100
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	6.8%	6.7%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	25.0%	25.3%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	13.5%	13.0%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	53.9%	51.7% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	24.1%	71.1%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	73.5%	26.0%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.2%	0.5%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.8%	0.7%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	Z	Z
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	0.8%	1.0%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	1.6%	1.7% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	54.7%	57.4%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	2.1%	2.0%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	4.7%	3.9%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	75.5%	75.3%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	18.5%	19.0%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	23.5	24.8 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	111,927	1,963,711
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	53.7%	72.5%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$62,100	$85,100 			
  	Households, 2000    	98,782	1,737,080
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.37	2.49
  	Median household income, 1999    	$26,735	$34,135
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$15,663	$18,189
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	24.7%	16.1%

   	Business QuickFacts	Birmingham	Alabama
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	9,705,488	43,641,369
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	3,536,101	43,784,342
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$14,895	$9,773
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	443,862	4,692,297
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	15,722	309,544
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	21.2%	9.3%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.9%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	1.9%	1.4%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	1.0%	0.8%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	Z
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	22.3%	26.4% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Birmingham	Alabama
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	149	50,744
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	1,619.7	87.6
  	FIPS Code    	07000	01
 	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