Birmingham, Alabama – Phonecations

Birmingham
City in the United States

Location
State	Alabama
County	Jefferson County
Coordinates	33°31’3″N, 86°48’34″WL
General
Surface	384.91 km²
– country	378.32 km²
– water	6.59 km²
Residents (2020)	200,733 (531 inhabitant/km²)
Politics
Mayor	Randall Woodfin (D)
Website	birminghamal.gov

According to ehuacom, Birmingham is the second largest city in the US state of Alabama with a population of 200,733 (2020). This makes it the 109th city in the United States (2019). Its surface area is 388.1 km², making it the 37th largest city. However, it is not the capital of Alabama, which is Montgomery.

Demographics

13.5% of the population is older than 65 and 34.4% consists of single -person households. Unemployment is 5% (census figures 2000).

About 1.6% of Birmingham’s population is Hispanic and Latino, 73.5% of African origin and 0.8% of Asian origin.

The number of inhabitants decreased from 265,945 in 1990 to 242,820 in 2000. In 2008 this number had fallen further to 228,798 inhabitants. In 2019, the number of inhabitants was estimated at 209,403. However, the city is still slightly larger than Alabama’s capital; Montgomery.

Race Conflict

A long-slumbering racial conflict erupted in the spring of 1963 when black clergyman Martin Luther King staged peaceful protest marches against the discriminatory treatment of black residents in the city. In May of that year, there were repeated clashes with authorities in the streets, with police using clubs and dogs violently. About 2,000 blacks were arrested, including Rev. King. The treatment of the protesters sparked outrage worldwide. More than four months later, on September 15, 1963, racists bombed a church in Birmingham, killing four black girls.

Climate

In January the average temperature is 5.3 °C, in July it is 26.6 °C. Annual average rainfall is 1386.3 mm (data based on the measurement period 1961-1990).

Sights

16th Street Baptist Church, a 1911 Baptist church

City Link

Birmingham has an active town twinning program.

Hitachi (Japan)
Gweru (Zimbabwe)
Székesfehérvár (Hungary)
Pomigliano d’Arco (Italy)
Vinnytsia (Ukraine)
Anshan (China)
Pilsen (Czech Republic) since 2005
Liverpool (United Kingdom) since October 2015
Kerak (Jordan)
Winneba (Ghana) since November 15, 2009
Guédiawaye (Senegal) since 2005
Rosh Haajin (Israel) since 2005
Maebashi (Japan)
Chaoyang (China)
Coban (Guatemala)

Nearby places

Birmingham

Adamsville (15 km)

Brookside (15 km)

Cahaba Heights (10 km)

Edgewater (13 km)

Fairfield (11 km)

Forestdale (10 km)

Fultondale (10 km)

Homewood (6 km)

Irondale (12 km)

Lake Purdy (15 km)

Lipscomb (15 km)

McDonald Chapel (12 km)

Midfield (13 km)

Minor (12 km)

Mountain Brook (5 miles)

Tarrant (8 km)

Vestavia Hills (11 km)

Notable residents of Birmingham

Born

Timuel Black (1918-2021), historian, war veteran, human rights activist, writer and professor
Al Killian (1916-1950), jazz trumpet player
Walker Percy (1916-1990), writer
Timuel Black (1918-2021), historian and human rights activist
Curley Hamner (1919-1982), rhythm and blues and jazz musician and songwriter
Wilbur Harden (1925–1969), jazz trumpet player
James A. Duke (1929-2017), botanist
Edward Osborne Wilson (1929-2021), biologist
Odetta (Holmes) (1930-2008), actress, musician and civil rights activist
Henry Hartsfield (1933-2014), astronaut
Wayne Rogers (1933-2015), actor
Louise Fletcher (1934-2022), actress
Richard Shelby (1934), Alabama Senator
Sam Lay (1935-2022), blues singer and drummer
Eddie Kendricks (1939-1992), lead singer of The Temptations
Paul Williams (1939-1973), lead singer of The Temptations
Dennis Edwards (1943-2018), lead singer of The Temptations
Angela Davis (1944), militant, activist and philosophy professor
Tobias Wolff (1945), writer
Hubert Green (1946–2018), golfer
Emmylou Harris (1947), country and folk singer and musician
Gail Strickland (1947), actress
Kate Jackson (1948), actress
Chuck Leavell (1952), pianist and session musician (including The Allman Brothers Band, Sea Level, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton)
Condoleezza Rice (1954), politician
Frank Deal (1958), actor
Ashley Crow (1960), actress
Carl Lewis (1961), athlete
Sunder Nix (1961), athlete
Charles Barkley (1963), basketball player
Courteney Cox (1964), actress
Walton Goggins (1971), actor and film producer
John Zimmerman (1973), figure skater
Amber Benson (1977), actress, film director, author
Jasika Nicole (1980), actress
Rachel Held Evans (1981-2019), writer
Trey Hardee (1984), athlete
Sarah Lipstate (1989), guitarist
Mac Styslinger (1993), tennis player
Chris Richards (2000), football player