Jefferson County, Alabama

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Jefferson County Courthouse
Jefferson County Courthouse
administration
US state : Alabama
Administrative headquarters : Birmingham
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
716 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. N.
Birmingham, AL 35203-0100
Foundation : December 13, 1819
Area code : 001 205
Demographics
Residents : 658,466  (2010)
Population density : 228.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2911 km²
Water surface : 29 km²
map
Map of Jefferson County within Alabama
Website : www.jeffcointouch.com

The Jefferson County is a county in the US state of Alabama of the United States . The county seat is Birmingham .

On November 9, 2011, the county filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy over $ 3 billion in debt . This is the largest case of a US county bankruptcy to date, triggered by a financial construct of a banking group that was supposed to finance a new sewage and sewer system.

geography

The county is located north of the geographic center of Alabama has an area of ​​2911 square kilometers, of which 29 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Blount County , St. Clair County , Shelby County , Bibb County , Tuscaloosa County, and Walker County .

history

Jefferson County was formed on December 13, 1819. It was named after Thomas Jefferson , the third President of America and one of the founding fathers of the United States . The first district capital was Carrollsville in 1819, then Elyton in 1821 and since 1873 Birmingham.

Historical objects

Located at numbers 3233, 3232, and 3236 at 29th Avenue North is the historic Parsonage Bethel Baptist Church and Guardhouse . The church with its two outbuildings was listed on April 5, 2005 on the National Register of Historic Places with the number 05000455.

Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (2005)

A total of 170 structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of April 2, 2020), with the Bethel Baptist Church, Parsonage and Guardhouse , Sixteenth Street Baptist Church and the Sloss Blast Furnace Site having the status of one Have National Historic Landmarks .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1830 6855 -
1840 7131 4%
1850 8989 26.1%
1860 11,746 30.7%
1870 12,345 5.1%
1880 23,272 88.5%
1890 88.501 280.3%
1900 140.420 58.7%
1910 226.476 61.3%
1920 310.054 36.9%
1930 431.493 39.2%
1940 459.930 6.6%
1950 558.928 21.5%
1960 634.864 13.6%
1970 644.991 1.6%
1980 671,324 4.1%
1990 651.525 -2.9%
2000 662.047 1.6%
2010 658.466 -0.5%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 2010

Jefferson County Age Pyramid
Pratt Mines, January 15, 1889 - lynching of George Meadows in Jefferson County
Quinlan Castle in Birmingham, listed on NRHP No. 84000632

Jefferson County's population was 662,047 as of the 2000 census . 16,113 of them lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 263,265 households and 175,861 families. The population density was 230 inhabitants per square kilometer. By race , the population was composed of 58.1% White, 39.36% African American, 0.21% Native American, 0.9% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, and 0.59% other races. 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.55% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos , regardless of race.

Of the 263,265 households, 30.8 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. There were married couples living together in 46.1 percent, 17.2 percent were single mothers, 33.2 percent were not families, 28.7 percent of all households were single households and 9.9 percent had people aged 65 and over or above. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.04.

24.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.6 percent between 18 and 24, 29.7 percent between 25 and 44, 22.3 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.6 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 89.2 males and for females aged 18 and over there were 84.5 males.

The median income for a household in the 36,868 US dollars , and the median income for a family 45,951 dollars. Men had a median income of $ 35,954 and women $ 26,631. The per capita income was $ 20,892. 11.6 percent of families and 14.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

In November 2011, it was announced that the county was insolvent because it rushed to rehabilitate the sewer system. A rescue plan in which creditors were supposed to forego a billion dollars had failed due to resistance from the local council.

Attractions

Long Life Lake in the Birmingham Botanical Garden

In Birmingham is the Birmingham Botanical Garden , a botanical garden with an area of ​​273,000 m².

Another botanical garden is located in Hoover , these are the Aldridge Botanical Gardens with an area of ​​121,000 m².

Places in Jefferson County

See also

Web links

Commons : Jefferson County, Alabama  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

literature

  • Thomas McAdory Owen: History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. SJ Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago IL 1921.
  • Virginia O. Foscue: Place Names in Alabama. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa et al. 1989, ISBN 0-8173-0410-X .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 161562. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Jefferson County at alabama.gov
  3. ^ Looting Main Street, History and Causes of the Jefferson County, Alabama, Bankruptcy in Rolling Stone, March 31, 2010
  4. ^ Largest Municipal Bankruptcy Filed WSJ, November 10, 2011
  5. ↑ Bayerische Landesbank is a creditor with 52.1 million dollars
  6. ↑ Extract from the Encyclopedia of Alabama . Retrieved February 12, 2011
  7. ↑ NRIS
  8. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 2, 2020.
    Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed April 2, 2020.
    Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Alabama. National Park Service , accessed April 2, 2020.
  9. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  10. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
  11. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
  12. ↑ Extract from census.gov  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 31, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / quickfacts.census.gov  
  13. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
  14. ↑ Jefferson County, Alabama , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .
  15. ↑ sinking in the sewers. Retrieved November 15, 2011 (German).
  16. ↑ Sweet Home Alabama was once upon a time. Archived from the original on November 12, 2011 ; accessed on November 15, 2011 (German).

Web links

Commons : Jefferson County, Alabama  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 33 ° 35 ′  N , 86 ° 52 ′  W