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About Bessemer, Alabama
Bessemer

Bessemer is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States and a southwestern suburb of Birmingham. The population was 26,019 at the 2020 census. It is within the Birmingham–Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area, of which Jefferson County is the center. It developed rapidly as an industrial city in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Gender
Gender Bessemer Alabama Country
Female 54.1% 51.7% 50.8%
Male 45.9% 48.3% 49.2%
Gender
Created with Raphaël 2.2.054%46%Female54.1%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.013%9%19%14%13%12%9%8%2%1%$15K to $25K18.7%

 < $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more

Income Bessemer Alabama Country
Less than $10,000 13.4% 8.1% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 8.6% 5.6% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 18.7% 10.9% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 14.2% 10.5% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 13.2% 13.2% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 11.8% 17.5% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 8.8% 11.8% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 8.4% 13.1% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 2% 4.9% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 0.89999999999999% 4.4% 8.3%
Education
Created with Raphaël 2.2.05%10%40%23%8%11%3%0%0%High School or GED40%

 < 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Education Bessemer Alabama Country
< 9th Grade 5% 4% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 10% 9% 7.0%
High School or GED 40% 30% 27.0%
Other College 23% 22% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 8% 9% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 11% 16% 20.0%
Master's Degree 3% 7% 9.0%
Professional Degree 0% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 0% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
 Bessemer Alabama  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.005101520>$200K$150K$200K$100K$150K$75K$100K$50K$75K$35K$50K$25K$35K$15K$25K$10K$15K<$10K13.48.15.88.65.64.118.710.98.514.210.58.613.213.21211.817.517.28.811.812.88.413.115.624.97.10.899999999999994.48.3
Education
 Bessemer Alabama  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0010203040Dr.DegreeProf.DegreeMastersDegreeBachelorDegreeAssociateDegreeOtherCollegeHighSchool9-12thGrade< 9thGrade5451097403027232220899111620379022011
Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.021%73%0%0%4%0%1%0%African American72.7%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

Ethnicity Bessemer Alabama Country
White 21% 65.2% 60.1%
African American 72.7% 26.4% 12.2%
American Indian 0% 0.4% 0.6%
Asian 0.2% 1.4% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0% 0.2%
Other 0.4% 0.2% 0.3%
Multiracial 1.4% 1.9% 2.8%
Hispanic 4.3% 4.4% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity
 Bessemer Alabama  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0020406080Hispanic2 or More$OthersHawaiianAsianAmericanIndianAfricanAmericanWhite2165.260.172.726.412.200.40.60.21.45.6000.20.40.20.31.41.92.84.34.418.2