Leeds is a tricounty municipality located in Jefferson, St. Clair, and Shelby Counties in the State of Alabama; it is an eastern suburb of Birmingham. As of the 2020 census, its population was 12,324.
Leeds was founded in 1877, during the final years of the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era. It housed the workers and their families of Lehigh, a Portland cement manufacturing plant.
Named, "The City of Valor" due to three Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, from World War II and the Korean War, who called Leeds home: Alford McLaughlin, William Lawley and Henry "Red" Erwin. A wall in the Leeds Historical Society's Jonathan Bass House Museum is dedicated to the city's three Medal of Honor winners. In spring 2023, Chip Wise, the Leeds...
| Ethnicity | Leeds | USA |
|---|---|---|
| White | 81.4% | 60.1% |
| African American | 13.8% | 12.2% |
| American Indian | 0% | 0.6% |
| Asian | 0.1% | 5.6% |
| Hawaiian | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Multiracial | 0.7% | 2.8% |
| Hispanic | 3.9% | 18.2% |
| Other | 0% | 0.3% |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | Leeds | USA |
|---|---|---|
| Less than $10,000 | 2% | 5.8% |
| $10,000 to $14,999 | 4.4% | 4.1% |
| $15,000 to $24,999 | 7.8% | 8.5% |
| $25,000 to $34,999 | 6.8% | 8.6% |
| $35,000 to $49,999 | 14.6% | 12.0% |
| $50,000 to $74,999 | 21.4% | 17.2% |
| $75,000 to $99,999 | 15.3% | 12.8% |
| $100,000 to $149,999 | 16% | 15.6% |
| $150,000 to $199,999 | 9% | 7.1% |
| Education | Leeds | USA |
|---|---|---|
| < 9th Grade | 3% | 5.0% |
| 9-12th Grade | 8% | 7.0% |
| High School or GED | 25% | 27.0% |
| Other College | 25% | 20.0% |
| Associate's Degree | 11% | 9% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 17% | 20.0% |
| Master's Degree | 8% | 9.0% |
| Professional Degree | 1% | 2.0% |
| Doctorate Degree | 2% | 1.0% |