- State:AlabamaCounty:Jefferson CountyZips:35261,35283,35297,35288,35123,35142,35219,35232,35255,35259,35266,35139,35021,35202,35285,35220,35231,35254,35260,35253,35036,35060,35238,35201,35048,35022,35118,35214,35229,35091,35249,35243,35226,35061,35118,35006,35020,35116,35294,35221,35073,35224,35228,35117,35228,35127,35062,35005,35213,35215,35218,35234,35207,35226,35023,35068,35216,35064,35180,35212,35213,35208,35214,35226,35023,35204,35223,35206,35126,35210,35217,35210,35223,35243,35094,35215,35222,35216,35244,35071,35211,35216,35022,35235,35209,35173,35020,35243,35244,35205,35233,35209,35203Coordinates:33.55432791810184, -86.89639789335479Area total:1124.10 sq. mi., 2911.40 sq. km, 719422.72 acresArea land:1111.42 sq. mi., 2878.55 sq. km, 711305.60 acresArea water:12.68 sq. mi., 32.85 sq. km, 8117.12 acresEstablished:1819Capital seat:
Birmingham
Address: 716 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd North
County Courthouse
Birmingham, AL 35203-0100
Governing Body: Commission with 5 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Jefferson County, Alabama, United States
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- Population:674,721; Population change: 2.47% (2010 - 2020)Population density:607 persons per square mileHousehold income:$45,837Households:266,750Unemployment rate:6.20% per 315,957 county labor force
- Sales taxes:9.00%Income taxes:5.00%GDP:$41.36 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Jefferson County's population of Alabama of 431,493 residents in 1930 has increased 1,56-fold to 674,721 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 52.55% female residents and 47.45% male residents live in as of 2020, 53.93% in Jefferson County, Alabama are married and the remaining 46.07% are single population.
As of 2020, 53.93% in Jefferson County, Alabama are married and the remaining 46.07% are single population.
- Housing units:307,927 residential units of which 89.21% share occupied residential units.
26.4 minutes is the average time that residents in Jefferson County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
84.24% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 11.34% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 1.00% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 1.90% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Jefferson County, Alabama 59.39% are owner-occupied homes, another 28.95% are rented apartments, and the remaining 11.67% are vacant.
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The 57.94% of the population in Jefferson County, Alabama who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 47.070%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 52.150%) of those eligible to vote in Jefferson County, Alabama.
