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Bessemer, Alabama
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Bessemer, Alabama Factbook |
Population: 29,949
Longitude: -86.96;
Latitude: 33.39
Land Area: 40.94 square miles
Population Density: 731.53 per square mile
Per Capita Income (1999): $12,232
Typical Home Value: $56,500
Median Household Income: $23,066
Typical Rent (Monthly): $276.00
Median Year Homes Built: 1961
Urban Population: 92.32%
Rural Population: 7.68% (0% Farm) |
Demographics
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African or African-American*:
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69.65%
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Asian*:
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0.2%
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Indigenous (North America)*:
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0.28%
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0.62% |
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White:
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28.7%
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*Not Hispanic
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Education (among those over 25)
High-school Diploma, no college: 31.90%
College Degree, no graduate school: 6.15%
Professional Degree: 0.79%
Doctoral Degree: 0.14%
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Statistics from or adapted from the U.S. Census 2000.
Bessemer, Alabama Resources: Here's What's Here |
Places of Worship
Antioch Baptist Church
Antioch Baptist Church Number 2
Belview Heights Church of Christ
Bessemer Church of God
Bethel Baptist Church
Bethlehem Church
Beulah Baptist Church
Beulah Baptist Church
Blessed Assembly Church of God
Brookhaven Methodist Church
Brooklane Church
Bryant Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Calvary Baptist Church
Calvary Church of God
Calvary Free Will Baptist Church
Canaan Baptist Church Number 2
Central Park Baptist Church
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Christ Episcopal Church
Church of Christ
Church of Christ
Church of God
Church of the Nazarene
Community Full Gospel Church
Crumbley Bethel Baptist Church
Dolonah Church
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Ensley Oakland Church (historical)
Fairfield First Baptist Church
Fairfield First United Methodist Church
Fairfield Highlands Baptist Church
Fairfield Highlands Church of Christ
Fairfield Highlands Presbyterian Church
Fairfield Presbyterian Church
Faith Mission Holiness Church of God Number 3
Faith Outreach Center
Fifteenth Street Baptist Church
Fiftyfourth Street Church of God
First Alliance Church of Bessemer
First Baptist Church of Bessemer
First Baptist Church of Fairfield
First Baptist Church of Jonesboro Heights
First Baptist Church of Midfield
First Bethel Baptist Church
First Christian Church
First Church of God
First Presbyterian Church of Bessemer
First United Methodist Church of Bessemer
First United Methodist Church of Hueytown
First United Pentecostal Church
Friendship Baptist Church
Galilee Baptist Church
Good Hope Presbyterian Church
Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church
Grasselli Heights Church of Christ
Greater Fourteenth Street Baptist Church
Greater Lily Star Baptist Church
Greater Saint Pauls Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Greater Sixteenth Street Church of God
Greenleaf Baptist Church
Jerusalem Baptist Church
Lakeside Church of Bessemer
Lipscomb Church of God
Lipscomb Church of God On Avenue K
Little Souls Saving Church
McNeil Baptist Church
Metropolitan Baptist Church
Moody Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Temple
Morning Star United Methodist Church
Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church
Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church
Mount Zion Baptist Church
New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church
New Bethlehem Baptist Church
New Jerusalem Baptist Church
New Life Independent Church
New Macedonia Baptist Church
New Saint Paul Church
New Salem Baptist Church
New Zion Baptist Church
Ninth Street First Baptist Church
Noble Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Perry Chapel Mission Church
Pettys African Methodist Episcopal Zion Chapel
Pine Haven Church
Pleasant Grove Church
Pleasant Grove Church of Christ
Pleasant Ridge Church
Pleasant Valley Church
Porters Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Powderly Baptist Church
Raimund Heights Baptist Church
Renewed Hope Ministries
Restoration Revival Tabernacle
Rising Star Methodist Church
Saint Aloysius Convent
Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
Saint James Independent Methodist Church
Saint Johns Baptist Church
Saint Marys Catholic Church
Saint Paul Spiritual Church
Saint Peter Primitive Baptist Church
Seventh Street Baptist Church
Shady Grove Methodist Church
Shiloh Baptist Church
South Highland Baptist Church
Spiritual House of Prayer
Star Light Baptist Church
Thompson African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Touching Jesus Independent Church
Trinity Episcopal Church
Twentyeighth Street Church of God
Twentyfirst Street Baptist Church
Twentyfourth Street Church of Christ
Union Baptist Church
Vinesville Baptist Church
West Side Baptist Church
Willing Workers Prayer Bank Church
Zion Hill Baptist Church
Zion Lutheran Church
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Landmarks and Facilities
Bell Building
Bellview Plaza West Shopping Center
Bessemer City Hall
Bessemer City Jail
Bessemer Furnace (historical)
Bessemer Plaza Shopping Center
Bessemer Public Library
Beth-El Cemetery
Brighton Cemetery
Brighton City Hall
Brown Hall
Brownville City Hall
Bryant Bridge
Burstall (historical)
C A Kirkendoll Learning Resources Center
Cedar Hill Cemetery
Clicks Mill (historical)
Dolonah Quarry
Elliott Yard
Fairfield City Hall
Fairfield Post Office
Fire Station Number 1
Fire Station Number 5
Five Points West Shopping Center
Forest (historical)
Green Springs Shopping Center
Halls Tank (historical)
Hammakers Mill (historical)
Highland Memorial Gardens
Hillman Mine
Hueytown City Hall
Hueytown Public Library
Interchange 112
Interchange 113
Interchange 115
Interchange 118
Interchange 119A
Interchange 119B
Joley Cemetery
Knox-Windham Gymnasium
Lipscomb City Hall
Mason Cemetery
McKenzie Hall
Metro West Hospital (historical)
Midfield City Hall
Midfield Park Shopping Center
Midfield Plaza Shopping Center
Morris Mines
Murchison Hall
Norton Student Center
Oakdale Cemetery
Oakland Cemetery
Pitts Hall
Pleasant Grove City Hall
Pleasant Grove Public Library
Ramsay Hall
Readers (historical)
Redding (historical)
Redding Mines
Rice (historical)
River Square Plaza Shopping Center
Robertstown Furnace (historical)
Shannon Post Office
Sloss Mines
Smith Mines
Smiths Mines
Taggart Hall
Turpin
Union Cemetery
Union Cemetery
Valhalla Cemetery
Vineville (historical)
WDJC-FM (Birmingham)
Weibel Square Shopping Center
West Lake Mall Shopping Center
West Lakes (historical)
West Town Plaza Shopping Center
Western Hills Mall Shopping Center
Wheeling Slope Mine
Williams Hall
WJLD-AM (Fairfield)
Woodfield Square Shopping Center
Woodward Country Club
Woodward Industrial Park
Woodward Mines
WQEZ-FM (Birmingham)
WRKK-FM (Birmingham)
WSGN-AM (Birmingham)
WSMQ-AM (Bessemer)
WVOK-AM (Birmingham)
WVOK-AM (Midfield)
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Schools and Colleges
Abrams High School
Addison Elementary School
Arlington Elementary School
Baker School (historical)
Brighton Elementary School
Brighton Elementary School (historical)
Brighton High School
Brighton Junior High School
Brown Elementary School
Central Park Elementary School
Clarendon Middle School
Davis Middle School
Dolomite Elementary School
Dunbar High School
Englewood Grammar School
Fairfield High School
Five Points Elementary School
Forest Hills Elementary School
Green Acres Elementary School
Hard Elementary School
Hueytown Elementary School
Hueytown High School
Jones Valley High School
Jonesboro Elementary School
Lawson State College
Lipscomb Junior High School
McNeil Junior High School
Midfield Elementary School
Midfield Senior High School
Miles Memorial College
Muscoda Junior High School
Muscoda School
Old Jonesboro Elementary School (historical)
Pipe Shop Elementary School (historical)
Pittman High School
Pittman Junior High School
Pleasant Grove Elementary School
Pleasant Grove High School
Pleasant Hill Academy (historical)
Price Elementary School
Raimund Elementary School
Ravine Elementary School
Red Ore Elementary School
Riley Elementary School (historical)
Roberts Town Elementary School
Robinson Elementary School
Roosevelt Elementary School
Rutledge Junior High School
Saint Aloysius School
Saint Francis of Assisi School
Saint Josephs School
Saint Marys School
Shades Mountain Elementary School
Shannon Elementary School
Vance Elementary School
Wenonah Elementary School
Wenonah High School
West Highlands Elementary School
Westfield High School
Westfield Number 1 School (historical)
Westfield Number 2 School (historical)
Wilkes Elementary School
Woodward Elementary School (historical)
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Parks
Fairfield City Park
Greenacres Park
Roosevelt Park
Snitz Snider Memorial Stadium
Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge
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Natural Features
Enon Gap
Flint Ridge
Glen Spring
Halls Creek
Halls Spring
Hawkins Spring
Jones Valley
Little Creek
Little Shades Mountain
Moores Spring
Muscoda Mountain
Nabors Branch
Opossum Creek
Opossum Valley
Prince Spring
Readers Gap
Spring Gap
West Red Mountain
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