Birmingham-Hoover, AL

Birmingham-Hoover Metro Area industry wages have increased by 17.7% percent since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in the Birmingham-Hoover Metro Area by a total of 17.7%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for Alabama and greater than the growth in average industry wages for the United States.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Birmingham-Hoover Metro Area Industry Wages Exceed Alabama, but Wages Lag Behind the United States Industry Wages

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The overall industry wages in Birmingham-Hoover, AL can be understood as being relatively high when compared to other Metro Areas throughout the US in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 12.1 percent higher than the state, which accounted an average of $34,182. The average pay was less than the national industry average of $40,259.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Birmingham-Hoover Five-Year Industry Employment Change

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Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the Birmingham-Hoover Metro Area

Given the industries in the area, the Grantmaking and giving services industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 237 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Grantmaking and giving services industry make up 51.5 percent of the total employment decline in Birmingham-Hoover, AL.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grantmaking and giving services (237 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (97 jobs lost)
3. Scheduled air transportation (69 jobs lost)
4. Local messengers and local delivery (34 jobs lost)
5. Specialized design services (23 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the Birmingham-Hoover Metro Area

The Limited-service eating places industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 2,813 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 49.2 percent of the growth in Birmingham-Hoover.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (2,813 new jobs)
2. Nonresidential building construction (1,024 new jobs)
3. Legal services (620 new jobs)
4. Building equipment contractors (475 new jobs)
5. Specialized freight trucking (355 new jobs)

Of the 14 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 6 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 8 industries reported a drop in employment.

In the Birmingham-Hoover, AL metro area, the entire sum of jobs in all of the industries has increased by 8,233 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

The Birmingham-Hoover Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Grantmaking and giving services industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 41.2 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Alabama, where the industry felt a loss of 9.3 percent. The losses in the Grantmaking and giving services industry in Birmingham-Hoover outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 3.5 in percent of workers in the Grantmaking and giving services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grantmaking and giving services (41.2 percent decline)
2. Scheduled air transportation (29.1 percent decline)
3. Local messengers and local delivery (18.7 percent decline)
4. Specialized design services (9.9 percent decline)
5. Taxi and limousine service (2.9 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 2 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are less than growth in Alabama, experiencing a gain of 3.3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains felt were less than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

The Birmingham-Hoover Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Nonscheduled air transportation industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 189.9 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Birmingham-Hoover has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Alabama, where the industry took a gain of 59 percent. The Nonscheduled air transportation industry in Birmingham-Hoover outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 5.3 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonscheduled air transportation (189.9 percent gain)
2. Specialized freight trucking (20.5 percent gain)
3. Nonresidential building construction (19.3 percent gain)
4. Limited-service eating places (18.2 percent gain)
5. Offices of dentists (12.9 percent gain)

Birmingham-Hoover One-Year Industry Employment Change

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In the Birmingham-Hoover, AL metro area, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 6,235 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Given the 132 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 52 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 79 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Birmingham-Hoover Metro Area

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Employment services industry has grown the most with 1,044 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Employment services industry makes up 12.5 percent of the total employment growth in Birmingham-Hoover.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (1,044 new jobs)
2. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (715 new jobs)
3. Insurance carriers (433 new jobs)
4. Nonresidential building construction (377 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (376 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Birmingham-Hoover Metro Area

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Grocery stores industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 991 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Grocery stores industry make up 17.6 percent of the total employment decline in Birmingham-Hoover, AL.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (991 jobs lost)
2. General medical and surgical hospitals (985 jobs lost)
3. Grantmaking and giving services (401 jobs lost)
4. Department stores (395 jobs lost)
5. Other general merchandise stores (273 jobs lost)

Total industry employment has increased by 1.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is less than growth in the State of Alabama, which went through a gain of 2 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains felt were less than than the gain reported at the US level of 2 percent.

The Birmingham-Hoover Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Grantmaking and giving services industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 54.3 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Alabama, where the industry reported a loss of 31.4 percent. The losses in the Grantmaking and giving services industry in Birmingham-Hoover outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 0.2 percent in terms of employees in the Grantmaking and giving services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grantmaking and giving services (54.3 percent decline)
2. Other general purpose machinery manufacturing (16.9 percent decline)
3. Steel product mfg. from purchased steel (12.7 percent decline)
4. Spring and wire product manufacturing (12.3 percent decline)
5. Other ground passenger transportation (11.5 percent decline)

The Birmingham-Hoover Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 46.8 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Birmingham-Hoover has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Alabama, where the industry felt a gain of 11.9 percent. The Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals industry in Birmingham-Hoover outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 2.2 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals (46.8 percent gain)
2. Basic chemical manufacturing (46.6 percent gain)
3. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (43.3 percent gain)
4. Support activities for animal production (32.9 percent gain)
5. Nonscheduled air transportation (23.8 percent gain)

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Income and Poverty in Birmingham-Hoover, AL

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When compared to other Metro Areas throughout the United States, the Birmingham-Hoover metro area reported a medium-high median household income of $45,955 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 13.1 percent higher than the median income in State of Alabama of $39,938 and the median household income is 6.9 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Evaluated with other MSAs across the nation, the Birmingham-Hoover metro area can be understood to have a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 13.1 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 25.8 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Birmingham-Hoover, reporting 18.8 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

The household income has declined from the 2000 values (inflation adjusted). The median income has decreased to $43,802, which amounts to a 4.7 percent decline. The Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA, when analyzing percentage of decline, ranks 7 of 10 metro area in percent of decline for income levels in the State of Alabama. Birmingham-Hoover ranks 183 of 233 metro area in terms of the decline in median household income in the United States.

The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Birmingham-Hoover reported a median household income of $48,047, this level was 4.6 percent greater than the median level for total households in the area. In Birmingham-Hoover, AL White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $53,645 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 16.7 percent greater than the median in 2000. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $57,363. This median is 24.8 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 34.3 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $30,180. Hispanic households in Birmingham-Hoover, AL , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $38,303, this income level is 16.7 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households.

The poverty rate in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro has increased by 0.2 percent from the rates reported in the Decennial Census, moving from 13.1 percent to 13.3 percent.

While the median household income saw a decline from 2000 to 2005 in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL metro area, the Race/Ethnicity group that experienced the largest decline in median income was the Hispanic Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced a decline of 40.5 percent since the year 2000. The Asian Race/Ethnicity category has been least effected by the income level decline in Birmingham-Hoover, undergoing a 64.3 percent increase in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Higher Education in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area

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From 2000, the Birmingham-Hoover metro area has increased in the percent of the total population (+25) with a BA or Higher. The portion of this population has grown by 1.2 percent to a total of 26 percent in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proportion of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is greater than the State of Alabama percent of 21.4 and less than the average US percent of 27.2.

Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area is made up of a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 26 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2005 American Community Survey. The Birmingham-Hoover MSA has a higher percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Alabama's proportion of 21.4 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 27.2 percent.

The American Community Survey reported that in the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 29.8 percent receiving this level of education. The women in the Birmingham-Hoover metro area have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 27.2 percent (Men) versus 24.8 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 31.4 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

In the Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area as reported in the American Community Survey of the year 2005, 29.4 percent of the White Alone, 15.8 percent of Black or African American, 54.2 percent of the Asian alone and 12 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has increased by 1.2 percent. As reported in 2005, 27.2 percent of area's male population (+25) achieved a BA or Higher. During the same period, the percent of women (+25) that have earned a BA or higher has increased by a total of 1.6 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 24.8 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Birmingham-Hoover, AL

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In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in the Birmingham-Hoover metro area to be 37.0 years of age. The median in Birmingham-Hoover is less than the median age in the State of Alabama of 37.4. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median age, when it was 35.9 years of age. With a total of 4.1 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Birmingham-Hoover can be understood as having a medium-low proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a relatively high representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 65.7 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 11.4 percent of the population. When compared to other metro areas in the United States, this represents a medium-low proportion of the area population base.

The Birmingham-Hoover metro area had a population that was estimated at 1,090,126 in 2005. The estimated population has increased, since the population in 2000 of 1,053,390. This growth denotes an increase of 3.5 percent. Birmingham-Hoover ranks 1 of 11 MSAs in terms of population growth in Alabama and the metro area ranks 73 of 361 metro areas by growth in MSA population in the United States.

The Birmingham-Hoover metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is made of 67.6 percent White, 28.1 percent African American, 0.9 percent Asian, and 2.6 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a high amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 31.6 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is greater than the State of Alabama percent of 29.3. Since 2000, Birmingham-Hoover has increased the level of diversity when 30.0 percent of the population were minorities.

By measuring total land area, the Birmingham-Hoover metro area spans a total of 5298 square miles. The land areas has a medium-high population density of 206 persons per square mile. Other metro areas with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Goldsboro (207 per sq. mile ), Dalton (208 per sq. mile ), Oklahoma City (210 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Tyler (205 per sq. mile ), Binghamton (203 per sq. mile ), Auburn-Opelika (202 per sq. mile ).

Estimated since the year 2000, a medium-high amount of people have migrated into the Birmingham-Hoover metro area, with 7,375 people migrating in internationally. The international migration into Birmingham-Hoover makes up 28.4 percent of the total migration into the State of Alabama. This percent of immigration can be considered medium-high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other metro areas across the US.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Birmingham-Hoover

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The residential home values in Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama have experienced moderate increases from the housing values in 2000. The residential values have increased by $18,800, or 18.9 percent, from their 2000 median values of $99,400.

Birmingham-Hoover had a median home value in the year 2005 of $118,200, published by the American Community Survey. This home value is greater than the overall Alabama 2005 median home value of $97,500 and less than median home value of $167,500 for the United States in the same year.

When comparing areas across the State of Alabama, Birmingham-Hoover is positioned 4 of the 11 metro areas in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The MSA stands 197 of 361, when comparing the change in housing structures in other metropolitan areas throughout the nation.

In Birmingham-Hoover, there were a total of 484,775 housing structures in 2005. The metro area has seen a medium level of growth in the number housing units, adding a total of 22,481 residential units since 2001, or 4.9 percent.

Birmingham-Hoover can be understood as having a medium proportion of residential real estate that is high priced. During the year 2005, the American Community Survey reports that 3.5 percent of the houses were valued over a half a million dollars.

It can be understood that there is a large amount of housing that is affordable in Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama. In 2005, 52.9 percent of the homes were valued under $125,000.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Birmingham, Alabama -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

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A high-wage industry in Birmingham is the finance and insurance industry with an average annual wage of $56,879. From the year 2001, the industry annual average wages have grown by 23.3 percent or $10,739. The State of Alabama has a similar economic condition in the finance and insurance sector, standing near the top of industries in terms of 2004 annual average wages.

Accommodation and food services saw the biggest increase in jobs since the year 2001 in Birmingham, with an industry growth of 9.1 percent. This is greater than the United States change in the sector jobs of 7.6 percent. The State of Alabama experienced a sector employment shift of 8.9 percent, from 2001 to 2005.

In Birmingham, Finance and insurance, Mining and Construction industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Finance and insurance industry has an LQ of 1.43. This means the percent of total employment in the Finance and insurance sector is 1.43 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Birmingham may be an exporter of products or services of Finance and insurance.

Mining has the largest employers in Birmingham MSA, with the industry averaging 41 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the US industry average of 21 and greater than the Alabama average establishment size of 27 for the Mining industry.

In Birmingham, Retail Trade, Health care and social assistance, and the Manufacturing sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Retail Trade is the largest employment industry and makes up 15.1 percent of all jobs throughout the region, totaling 62,229 employees. The Health care and social assistance and Manufacturing industries make up 13.5 and 10.4 percent of all employment.

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).