Demographic comparison of the state of Alabama, the city of Birmingham, the city of Montgomery, and the Alabama state legislature
| Total population | Voting-age citizen population | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Birmingham | Montgomery | Alabama | Birmingham | Montgomery | State legislature | |
| Total | 4,887,871 | 189,807 | 195,469 | 3,712,212 | 160,034 | 145,638 | 140 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||
| White | 65.3% | 22.1% | 31.1% | 68.7% | 26.3% | 33.4% | 75.0% |
| Black | 26.7% | 69.2% | 60.8% | 26.3% | 69.2% | 63.8% | 22.1% |
| Latinx | 4.3% | 5.5% | 3.2% | 2.2% | 1.8% | 1.2% | 0.0% |
| AAPI/other | 3.7% | 3.2% | 4.9% | 2.8% | 2.7% | 1.6% | 0.7% |
| Gender | |||||||
| Men | 48.4% | 47.1% | 47.0% | 47.5% | 44.9% | 45.7% | 84.3% |
| Women | 51.6% | 52.9% | 53.0% | 52.5% | 55.1% | 54.3% | 15.7% |
| Age | |||||||
| 17 and under | 22.2% | 20.8% | 23.8% | – | – | – | – |
| 18–29 | 16.3% | 19.8% | 18.0% | 20.7% | 25.6% | 24.0% | – |
| 30–44 | 18.4% | 18.7% | 19.6% | 23.1% | 23.1% | 25.1% | – |
| 45–64 | 26.1% | 25.0% | 24.7% | 33.9% | 31.5% | 31.9% | – |
| 65 and over | 17.0% | 15.6% | 13.9% | 22.2% | 19.8% | 18.9% | – |
| Citizenship | |||||||
| U.S.-born | 96.7% | 95.7% | 94.8% | – | – | – | – |
| Naturalized citizen | 1.3% | 0.8% | 2.1% | – | – | – | – |
| Not a citizen | 2.0% | 3.5% | 3.1% | – | – | – | – |
| Poverty status | |||||||
| Poverty level | 800,422 | 54,536 | 40,590 | 524,972 | 36,269 | 23,459 | – |
| Poverty rate | 16.8% | 27.1% | 21.2% | 14.5% | 23.7% | 16.8% | – |
Note: Blank cells indicate demographic breakdowns that are not applicable to the voting-age citizen population or not available for all state legislators.
Sources: National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), Legislatures at a Glance; EPI analysis of American Community Survey microdata.