Population: 4,662,000 (Ranked 23^th)

Birmingham: 229,900

Montgomery (Capital): 202,000

Mobile: 198,920

 

The largest city in Alabama, Birmingham is the county seat of Jefferson County. Birmingham was founded in 1871, just after the Civil War and was named after one of the UK’s major industrial cities. Birmingham has been the primary industrial center of the Southern United States in the twentieth century and has earned the nicknames “The Magic City” and “The Pittsburgh of the South”. Birmingham is famous for its iron and steel production.

The capital of Alabama, Montgomery is the county sear of Montgomery County. It is located in the Gulf Coastal Plain, in the southeast of the center of the state. In the mid-twentieth century, Montgomery was the primary site of the African-American Civil Rights Movement. Montgomery has a large military presence due to Maxwell Air Force Base.

 

Mobile is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the U.S and is the only seaport in Alabama. The Port of Mobile has played a key rol in the economic growth of the city as a trading center between the French and the Native Americans. Mobile is one of the Gulf Coast’s cultural centers, housing multiple art museums, a symphony orchestra, a professional opera and a professional ballet company.

 

Housing Units (2007): 2,137,018

Households (2000): 1,737,080

Home Ownership Rate (2000): 72.5%

 

Average AL Home Sales Price: $216,374

 

Alabama Income (2007)
Median Household: $40,596
Median Family: $ 53,690

 

Includes 14 four-year public universities (University of North Alabama, University of South Alabama, University of West Alabama…), multiple two-year community colleges, and 17 private, undergraduate and graduate universities(Virginia College, Samford University, Faulkner University…)