Editing Birmingham, Alabama (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880=3086
|1890=26178
|1900=38415
|1910=132685
|1920=178806
|1930=259678
|1940=267583
|1950=326037
|1960=340887
|1970=300910
|1980=284413
|1990=265968
|2000=242840
|2010=212237
|2020=200733
|estyear=2023
|estimate=196644
|estref=<ref name=quickfacts/>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=}}</ref><br> 1990<ref name=1990Census/> 2000<ref name="2000CensusP004" /> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Birmingham city, Alabama – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 1990<ref name=1990Census>{{Cite web|title=1990 Census of Population – General Population Characteristics - Alabama |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cp-1/cp-1-2.pdf|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Birmingham city, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12000.P004?q=p004&g=160XX00US0107000|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Birmingham city, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0107000&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Birmingham city, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0107000&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
!% 1990
!% 2000
!% 2010
!% {{partial|2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|95,123
|57,096
|44,819
|style='background: #ffffe6; |45,993
|35.76%
|23.51%
|21.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |22.91%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|168,002
|177,709
|155,258
|style='background: #ffffe6; |136,731
|63.17%
|73.19%
|73.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |68.12%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|313
|383
|361
|style='background: #ffffe6; |346
|0.12%
|0.16%
|0.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.17%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|1,431
|1,900
|2,132
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,255
|0.54%
|0.78%
|1.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.62%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|x
|49
|48
|style='background: #ffffe6; |109
|x
|0.02%
|0.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.05%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|61
|138
|150
|style='background: #ffffe6; |575
|0.02%
|0.06%
|0.07%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.29%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|x
|1,781
|1,765
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,450
|x
|0.73%
|0.83%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.22%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|1,038
|3,764
|7,704
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9,274
|0.39%
|1.55%
|3.63%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.62%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''265,968'''
|'''242,820'''
|'''212,237'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''200,733'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

In the [[2020 United States census]], there were 200,733 people, 93,300 households, and 46,816 families living in Birmingham.

;2010
According to the [[2010 United States census|2010 U.S. census]]:<ref name="census2010">{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/01/0107000.html |title=Birmingham (city), Alabama |work=State & County QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=April 21, 2012 |archive-date=June 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611040552/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/01/0107000.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*73.4% [[African American|African American (Black)]]
*22.3% [[White American]]
*0.2% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]
*1.0% [[Asian American|Asian]]
*0.0% [[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander American|Pacific Islander]]
*1.0% [[Multiracial American|Two or more races]]
*2.1% [[Race (United States census)|Other races]]
*3.6% [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (of any race)

[[File:Race and ethnicity 2010- Birmingham (5559862755).png|thumb|A racial distribution map of Birmingham, 2010 U.S. census]]

;2000
In the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]], there were 242,820 people, 98,782 households, and 59,269 families living in Birmingham.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=http://factfinder2.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=American FactFinder}}</ref> The population density was {{convert|1,619.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 111,927 housing units at an average density of {{convert|746.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 62.46% [[African American|Black]], 35.07% [[White American|White]], 0.17% [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]], 0.80% [[Asian American|Asian]], 0.04% [[Pacific Islander]], 0.62% from [[Race (United States census)|other races]], and 0.83% from [[Multiracial American|two or more races]]. 1.55% of the population were [[Hispanic or Latino American|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race.

There were 98,782 households, out of which 27.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 31.1% were married couples living together, 24.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.0% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65&nbsp;years of age or older.

In Birmingham, 25.0% of the population was under the age of 18, 11.1% was from 18 to 24, 30.0% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% was 65&nbsp;years of age or older. The median age was 34&nbsp;years. For every 100 females there were 85.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $31,898, and the median income for a family was $38,776. Males had a median income of $36,031 versus $30,367 for females. The city's per capita income was $19,962. About 22.5% of families and 27.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 41.9% of those under the age of 18 and 18.3% of those age 65 or over.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/11_5YR/DP03/1600000US0107000 |title=Birmingham city, Alabama: Selected Economic Characteristics: 2007–2011 |work=Census.gov |access-date=November 13, 2013}}</ref>

===Religion===
[[File:St Paul 05.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Cathedral of Saint Paul (Birmingham, Alabama)|St. Paul's Cathedral]] in downtown Birmingham]]

The Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies published data showing that in 2010, among metro areas with a greater than one million population, Birmingham had the second highest ratio of Christians, and the greatest ratio of [[Protestant]] adherents, in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rcms2010.org/compare.php |title=Religious Congregations & Membership Study |work=rcms2010.org |access-date=July 21, 2015 |archive-date=July 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150729064453/http://www.rcms2010.org/compare.php |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/08/most-and-least-christian-cities_n_1915050.html#slide=1569432 |title=Most And Least Christian Cities In America (PHOTOS) |work=The Huffington Post |date=October 8, 2012 |access-date=July 21, 2015}}</ref>

The [[Southern Baptist Convention]] has 673 congregations and 336,000 members in the Birmingham Metro area. The United Methodists have 196 congregations and 66,759 members. The headquarters of the [[Presbyterian Church in America]] had been in Birmingham until the early 1980s; the PCA has more than 30 congregations and almost 15,000 members in the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan area with megachurches like [[Briarwood Presbyterian Church]]. The National Baptist Convention has 126 congregations and 69,800 members.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/m/13820/rcms2010_13820_metro_name_2010.asp |title=The Association of Religion Data Archives – Maps & Reports |work=thearda.com |access-date=July 21, 2015}}</ref>

The city is home to the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama|Roman Catholic Diocese of Birmingham]], covering 39 counties and comprising 75 parishes and missions as well as seven Catholic high schools and nineteen elementary schools; there are also two [[Eastern Catholic]] parishes in the Birmingham area.<ref name=RCDiocese>{{cite web |title=Parish Directory |url=http://www.bhmdiocese.org/directory.asp?catID=1865 |work=Diocese of Birmingham Official Website |publisher=Catholic Diocese of Birmingham |access-date=December 28, 2012 |archive-date=September 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924001602/http://www.bhmdiocese.org/directory.asp?catID=1865 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Catholic television network [[EWTN]] is headquartered in metropolitan Birmingham. There are three Eastern Orthodox Churches in the Metro Area as well, Greek, Russian and American. There is also a [[Unitarian Universalist]] church in the Birmingham area.

The main campus of the [[Church of the Highlands]] is located in Birmingham. The church operates schools and churches across Alabama.<ref>{{cite web |title=About |publisher=Church of the Highlands |url=https://www.churchofthehighlands.com/ |access-date=August 28, 2021}}</ref>