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Birmingham, AL
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Birmingham profile


Living in Birmingham



Birmingham is a relatively large city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 196,910 people and 88 associated neighborhoods, Birmingham is the second largest community in Alabama.

Also of interest is that Birmingham has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.59% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One thing noticeable about Birmingham, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Birmingham is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Birmingham a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

The education level of Birmingham citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.43% of adults in Birmingham have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Birmingham in 2018 was $29,289, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,156 for a family of four. However, Birmingham contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Birmingham is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Birmingham home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Birmingham residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Birmingham include English, Irish, German, African, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Birmingham is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.