Birmingham, Alabama Economy Profile

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Birmingham, Alabama Economy

fifty-eight point five nine percent of people are in the labor force of Birmingham, Alabama. The total population of Birmingham, Alabama is 242,820 people. Per capita income in Birmingham, Alabama is equal to fifteen thousand, six hundred and sixty-three dollars. On an average, male full-time, year-round workers in Birmingham, Alabama, receive $28,184, female full-time, year-round workers in Birmingham, Alabama, are paid $23,641. There are eight thousand, seven hundred and eighty-nine families with female householder, no husband present.

Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business make up 3.53% of workers in Birmingham, Alabama. 79.94% comprise private wage and salary workers in Birmingham, Alabama. There are 236 Unpaid family workers in Birmingham, Alabama. Four thousand, five hundred and thirty-seven people are involved in public administration. 24.7% of workers provide educational, health and social services in Birmingham, Alabama. The percentage of people involved into transportation and warehousing, and utilities in Birmingham, Alabama is as follows: 5.45%.

	Birmingham, Alabama	%, Birmingham, Alabama	United States
Population 16 years and over	188,947		217,168,077
In labor force	110,697	58.59%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	110,558	58.51%	63.39%
- - Employed	98,574	52.17%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	11,984	6.34%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	10.8		5.8
- Armed Forces	139	0.07%	0.53%
Not in labor force	78,250	41.41%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	104,435	55.27%	51.66%
In labor force	57,289	30.32%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	57,260	30.3%	29.65%
- - Employed	51,244	27.12%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	17,550	9.29%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	11,008		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	96,725		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	74,393	76.91%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	15,316	15.83%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	2,554	2.64%	4.73%
Walked	2,348	2.43%	2.93%
Other means	988	1.02%	1.19%
Worked at home	1,126	1.16%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	23.5	0.02%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	98,574		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	27,602	28.0%	33.65%
Service occupations	18,991	19.27%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	29,373	29.8%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	119	0.12%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	7,317	7.42%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	15,172	15.39%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	383	0.39%	1.87%
Construction	4,796	4.87%	6.78%
Manufacturing	9,530	9.67%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	4,220	4.28%	3.6%
Retail trade	10,915	11.07%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	5,372	5.45%	5.2%
Information	3,537	3.59%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	9,008	9.14%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	8,042	8.16%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	24,346	24.7%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	8,577	8.7%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	5,311	5.39%	4.87%
Public administration	4,537	4.6%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	78,803	79.94%	78.47%
Government workers	16,059	16.29%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	3,476	3.53%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	236	0.24%	0.31%

	Birmingham, Alabama	%, Birmingham, Alabama	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	98,748		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	19,813	20.06%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	9,591	9.71%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	17,047	17.26%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	14,679	14.87%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	15,339	15.53%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	13,022	13.19%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	4,796	4.86%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	2,831	2.87%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	637	0.65%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	993	1.01%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	26,735		41,994
With earnings	73,954	39.14%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	38,305		56,604
With Social Security income	28,540	15.1%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	9,784		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	7,542	3.99%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,797		6,320
With public assistance income	3,406	1.8%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	1,984		3,032
With retirement income	14,860	7.86%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,370		17,376
Families	59,696		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	8,647	14.49%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	4,746	7.95%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	9,948	16.66%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	9,023	15.11%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	10,256	17.18%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	9,893	16.57%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	3,765	6.31%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	2,213	3.71%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	461	0.77%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	744	1.25%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	31,851		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	15,663		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	28,184		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	23,641		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	12,448		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	9,872	79.31%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	4,364	35.06%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	8,789		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	7,539	85.78%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	3,285	37.38%	42.27%
Individuals	58,339		33,899,812
18 years and over	37,097	63.59%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	5,775	9.9%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	20,995	35.99%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	14,949	25.62%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	15,762	27.02%	31.63%

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