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Population (year 2000): 242,820. Estimated
population in July 2005: 231,483 (-4.7% change)
Males: 112,046 (46.1%), Females: 130,774 (53.9%)
Jefferson County
Zip codes:
35203,
35204,
35205,
35206,
35207,
35208,
35209,
35210,
35211,
35212,
35213,
35214,
35215,
35216,
35217,
35218,
35221,
35222,
35223,
35224,
35226,
35228,
35233,
35234,
35235,
35242,
35243,
35244.
Median resident age: 34.3 years
Median household income: $26,735 (year 2000)
Median house value: $62,100 (year 2000)
Races in Birmingham:
- Black (73.5%)
- White Non-Hispanic (23.5%)
- Hispanic (1.6%)
- Two or more races (0.8%)
- Other race (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (3.9%), English
(3.2%), Irish (2.8%), German (2.3%), Subsaharan African (1.4%),
Scotch-Irish (1.1%).
Elevation: 600 feet
Land area: 149.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Birmingham
- High school or higher: 75.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.6%
- Unemployed: 10.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Birmingham city
- Never married: 35.2%
- Now married: 38.0%
- Separated: 4.0%
- Widowed: 9.5%
- Divorced: 13.3%
2.1% Foreign born (1.0% Latin America, 0.6%
Asia, 0.3% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: -22,695 (-8.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers in Birmingham:
- BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER PRINCETON (701
PRINCETON AVENUE SOUTHWEST)
- BIRMINGHAM BAPT MED CNTR MONTCLAIR SNU (800
MONTCLAIR RD)
- BROOKWOOD MEDICAL CENTER (2010 BROOKWOOD
MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE)
- CALLAHAN EYE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL (1720
UNIVERSITY BLVD)
- CARRAWAY METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER (1600
CARRAWAY BOULEVARD)
- CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA (1600 SEVENTH
AVENUE SOUTH)
- COOPER GREEN HOSPITAL (1515 6TH AVENUE SOUTH)
- HEALTHSOUTH LAKESHORE REHAB HOSPITAL (3800
RIDGEWAY DRIVE)
- HEALTHSOUTH MEDICAL CENTER (1201 ELEVENTH
AVENUE SOUTH)
- HILL CREST BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES (6869
FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH)
- MEDICAL CENTER EAST INC (50 MEDICAL PARK EAST
DRIVE)
- SELECT SPECIALTY HOSP-BIRMINGHAM (800
MONTCLAIR ROAD)
- ST VINCENTS HOSPITAL (810 ST VINCENTS DRIVE)
- UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HOSPITAL (619 SOUTH
19TH STREET)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Birmingham:
- BIRMINGHAM INTL (about 5 miles; BIRMINGHAM, AL; ID:
BHM)
- TALLADEGA MUNI (about 53 miles; TALLADEGA, AL; ID:
ASN)
- TUSCALOOSA REGIONAL (about 59 miles; TUSCALOOSA, AL;
ID: TCL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Birmingham:
- BESSEMER (about 18 miles; BESSEMER, AL; ID: EKY)
- SHELBY COUNTY (about 25 miles; ALABASTER, AL; ID:
EET)
- ST CLAIR COUNTY (about 41 miles; PELL CITY, AL; ID:
PLR)
Amtrak station:
BIRMINGHAM (1819 MORRIS AVE.). Services: ticket office,
partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area,
public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, paid
short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for taxi
service.
Biggest Colleges/Universities in Birmingham:
- UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
(Full-time enrollment: 12,178; Location: ADMINISTRATION
BLDG SUITE 1070; Public; Website: www.uab.edu; Offers
Doctor's degree)
- SAMFORD UNIVERSITY (FT enrollment: 4,106;
Location: 800 LAKESHORE DR; Private, not-for-profit;
Website: www.samford.edu; Offers Doctor's degree)
- JEFFERSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (FT
enrollment: 3,279; Location: 2601 CARSON RD; Public;
Website: www.jscc.cc.al.us)
- VIRGINIA COLLEGE-BIRMINGHAM (FT enrollment:
1,564; Location: 65 BAGBY DR; Private, for-profit;
Website: www.vc.edu)
- BIRMINGHAM SOUTHERN COLLEGE (FT enrollment:
1,416; Location: 900 Arkadelphia Road; Private,
not-for-profit; Website: www.bsc.edu; Offers Master's
degree)
- LAWSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (FT
enrollment: 1,251; Location: 3060 WILSON RD SW; Public;
Website: www.ls.cc.al.us)
- HERZING COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 453;
Location: 280 W VALLEY AVE; Private, for-profit;
Website: herzing.edu/birmingham)
- ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (FT enrollment: 362;
Location: 500 RIVERHILLS BUSINESS PK; Private,
for-profit; Website: www.itt-tech.edu)
- SOUTHEASTERN BIBLE COLLEGE (FT enrollment:
46; Location: 3001 HWY 280 E; Private, not-for-profit)
- ALABAMA STATE COLLEGE OF BARBER STYLING (FT
enrollment: 11; Location: 9480 PARKWAY E; Private,
for-profit)
- ROEBUCK BEAUTY SCHOOL (Location: 9098A
PARKWAY E; Private, for-profit)
- NORTH ALABAMA SKILLS CENTER (Location: 2112
11TH AVE S STE 201; Public)
- CENTER POINT BEAUTY SCHOOL (Location: 2328
FIRST ST NE; Private, for-profit)
- CARRAWAY METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER SCH OF RAD
TECHN (Location: 1600 CARRAWAY BLVD; Private,
not-for-profit; Website: www.carraway.org)
- ANDREW JACKSON UNIVERSITY (Location: 10 OLD
MONTGOMERY HWY; Private, not-for-profit; Offers Master's
degree)
- ACADEMY OF HAIR DESIGN (Location: 1573 CENTER
POINT RD; Private, for-profit)
- BIRMINGHAM-EASONIAN BAPTIST BIBLE COLLEGE
(Location: 630 ISHKOODA RD; Private, not-for-profit)
- EAST LAKE BEAUTY COLLEGE (Location: 6732 1ST
AVE S; Private, for-profit)
- FAULKNER UNIVERSITY-BIRMINGHAM (Location:
2970 LORNA RD; Private, not-for-profit; Website:
www.faulkner.edu)
- FAITH GRANT COLLEGE (Location: 1823 20TH ST
ENSLEY; Private, not-for-profit)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Birmingham:
- BEVILL STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 23 miles;
SUMITON, AL; Full-time enrollment: 2,670)
- UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO (about 29 miles;
MONTEVALLO, AL; FT enrollment: 2,651)
- GEORGE C WALLACE STATE COMMUNITY COLL-HANCEVILLE
(about 36 miles; HANCEVILLE, AL; FT enrollment: 3,272)
- SHELTON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 56 miles;
TUSCALOOSA, AL; FT enrollment: 3,635)
- UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA (about 56 miles; TUSCALOOSA,
AL; FT enrollment: 17,453)
- JOHN C CALHOUN STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 75
miles; DECATUR, AL; FT enrollment: 4,547)
- JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 75 miles;
JACKSONVILLE, AL; FT enrollment: 6,418)
Biggest public high schools in Birmingham:
- OAK MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,650;
Location: 5476 CALDWELL MILL RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- VESTAVIA HILLS HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,548;
Location: 2235 LIME ROCK RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- HUFFMAN HIGH SCHOOL-MAGNET (Students: 1,309;
Location: 950 SPRINGVILLE RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER HIGH SCHOOL
(Students: 1,274; Location: 3900 24TH ST N; Grades: 09 -
12)
- ERWIN HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,138; Location:
532 23RD AVE NW; Grades: 07 - 12)
- PARKER HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,090;
Location: 900 4TH ST N; Grades: 09 - 12)
- ENSLEY HIGH SCHOOL-MAGNET (Students: 1,070;
Location: 2301 AVE J ENSLEY; Grades: 09 - 12)
- WENONAH HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,042;
Location: 2916 WILSON RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL-MAGNET (Students: 907;
Location: 5620 1ST AVE N; Grades: 09 - 12)
- WEST END HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 847;
Location: 1840 PEARSON AVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Biggest private high schools in Birmingham:
- JOHN CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 939;
Location: PO BOX 19907; Grades: 9 - 12)
- SHADES MT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 521;
Location: 2290 TYLER RD; Grades: PK - 12)
- PARKWAY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 496;
Location: 959 HOFFMAN RD; Grades: PK - 12)
- JEFFERSON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 339;
Location: 1500 HERITAGE PLACE DRIVE; Grades: PK - 12)
- MOUNTAIN VIEW BAPTIST SCHOOL (Students: 202;
Location: 5568 CHALKVILLE ROAD; Grades: PK - 12)
- CENTRAL PARK CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS (Students:
188; Location: 1900 43RD STREET WEST; Grades: PK - 12)
- HOLY FAMILY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 169;
Location: 2001 19TH ST. -ENSLEY; Grades: 9 - 12)
- GATEWAY BAPTIST ACADEMY (Students: 160;
Location: 1009 WALKER AVENUE; Grades: KG - 12)
- GAN GAN & PAPA DAY CARE LEARNI (Students: 77;
Location: 9029 AIRPORT ROAD; Grades: PK - 12)
- CONNIE'S HERITAGE MUSIC SCH (Students: 31;
Location: 326-2ND AVE NORTH; Grades: PK - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Birmingham:
- OAK MOUNTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 1,254;
Location: 5650 CAHABA VALLEY RD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- CHALKVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
1,111; Location: 940 CHALKVILLE SCHOOL RD; Grades: KG -
05)
- RIVERCHASE MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 1,062;
Location: 853 WILLOW OAK DR; Grades: 06 - 08)
- ERWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 821;
Location: 528 23RD AVE NW; Grades: 03 - 06)
- OAK MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
810; Location: 5640 CAHABA VALLEY RD; Grades: KG - 03)
- CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
804; Location: 4915 AVE Q; Grades: KG - 05)
- OAK MOUNTAIN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (Students:
784; Location: 5486 CALDWELL MILL RD; Grades: 04 - 05)
- HAYES MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 736; Location:
505 43RD ST N; Grades: 09 - 11)
- GLEN IRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 732;
Location: 1115 11TH ST S; Grades: KG - 05)
- BUSH MIDDLE SCHOOL-MAGNET (Students: 718;
Location: 1112 25TH ST ENSLEY; Grades: 06 - 08)
Biggest private primary/middle schools in Birmingham:
- BRIARWOOD CHRISTIAN ELEM SCH (Students:
1,022; Location: 2204 BRIARWOOD WAY; Grades: PK - 6)
- OUR LADY OF SORROWS (Students: 522; Location:
1720 OXMOOR RD; Grades: PK - 8)
- OUR LADY OF THE VALLEY SCHOOL (Students: 477;
Location: 5510 DOUBLE OAK LANE; Grades: PK - 8)
- EAST BIHAM COGIC CHRISTIAN ACA (Students:
397; Location: 5600 1ST AVENUE NORTH; Grades: PK - 8)
- ADVENT EPISCOPAL DAY SCHOOL (Students: 339;
Location: 2019 6TH AVENUE NORTH; Grades: PK - 8)
- CREATIVE MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC (Students:
320; Location: 1650 28TH COURT SOUTH; Grades: KG - KG)
- ROEBUCK PARK CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 308;
Location: 216 ROEBUCK DRIVE; Grades: 1 - 8)
- HIGHLANDS SCHOOL (Students: 296; Location:
4901 OLD LEEDS RD; Grades: PK - 8)
- HOLY FAMILY ELEMENTARY (Students: 292;
Location: 1916 19TH STREET; Grades: KG - 7)
- WHISPERING PINES MONTESSORI SC (Students:
265; Location: 5509 TIMBER HILL RD.; Grades: PK - 8)
Libraries in Birmingham:
- BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$14,092,079; Location: 2100 PARK PLACE; 831,199 books;
33,841 audio materials; 34,548 video materials; 2,418
serial subscriptions)
- NORTH SHELBY LIBRARY (Operating income:
$592,819; Location: 5521 CAHABA VALLEY ROAD; 56,576
books; 1,748 audio materials; 2,018 video materials; 97
serial subscriptions)
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