Birmingham, Alabama
| Birmingham, Alabama | |
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| General information | |
Mayor of Birmingham
Randall Woodfin | |
| Last mayoral election: | 2021 |
| Next mayoral election: | 2025 |
| Last city council election: | 2021 |
| Next city council election: | 2025 |
| City council seats: | 9 |
| City website | |
| Composition data (2019) | |
| Population: | 212,297 |
| Race: | White 25.8% African American 69.9% Asian 1.1% Native American 0.3% Pacific Islander 0.0% Two or more 1.5% |
| Ethnicity: | Hispanic 3.9% |
| Median household income: | $37,375 |
| High school graduation rate: | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 27.4% |
| Related Birmingham offices | |
| Alabama Congressional Delegation Alabama State Legislature Alabama state executive offices | |
Birmingham is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama. The city's population was 200,733 as of 2020, according to the United States Census Bureau.
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City government
- See also: Mayor-council government
The city of Birmingham utilizes a strong mayor and city council system. In this form of municipal government, the city council serves as the city's primary legislative body and the mayor serves as the city's chief executive.[1]
Mayor
The mayor is the city's chief executive. The responsibilities of the mayor include proposing a budget, signing legislation into law, appointing departmental directors, and overseeing the city's day-to-day operations.[1][2] The current Mayor of Birmingham is Randall Woodfin (nonpartisan). Woodfin assumed office in 2017.
City council
The Birmingham City Council is the city's primary legislative body. It is responsible for adopting the city budget, approving mayoral appointees, levying taxes, and making or amending city laws, policies, and ordinances.[1][3]
The city council is made up of nine members. Each member is elected by one of the city's nine districts.[3]
The widget below automatically displays information about city council meetings. The topic list contains a sampling of keywords that Voterheads, a local government monitoring service, found in each meeting agenda. Click the meeting link to see more info and the full agenda:
Other elected officials
Ballotpedia does not cover any additional city officials in Birmingham, Alabama.
Elections
2021
The city of Birmingham, Alabama, held general elections for mayor and city council on August 24, 2021. A runoff election was scheduled for October 5, 2021. The filing deadline for this election was July 10, 2021.
2019
The city of Birmingham, Alabama, held special elections for the District 1, District 6, and District 7 seats on the city council on October 8, 2019. The filing deadline for this election was August 23, 2019.
2017
The city of Birmingham, Alabama, held elections for mayor and city council on August 22, 2017. A runoff was held on October 3, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was July 7, 2017.
Census information
The table below shows demographic information about the city.
| Demographic Data for Birmingham | |
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| Birmingham | |
| Population | 200,733 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 147 |
| Race and ethnicity** | |
| White | 25.6% |
| Black/African American | 67.1% |
| Asian | 1.4% |
| Native American | 0.2% |
| Pacific Islander | 0% |
| Two or more | 3.4% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 4.9% |
| Education | |
| High school graduation rate | 88.7% |
| College graduation rate | 30.7% |
| Income | |
| Median household income | $44,376 |
| Persons below poverty level | 25.2% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2018-2023). | |
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | |
Budget
The city's budget process operates by fiscal years running from July 1 to June 30 of the next year. The Mayor-Council Act of 1955 outlines the procedures for drafting and passing the annual operating budget. The mayor is responsible for proposing the budget to the city council on or before May 20. The city council will hold public hearings to allow for public input in the budget process. The city council must then enact the budget through a city ordinance by July 1.[4]
Fiscally standardized cities data
The fiscally standardized cities (FiSC) data below was compiled by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy to make municipal budgets comparable across cities in the United States.[5]
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FiSCs are constructed by adding revenues and expenditures of each central city municipal government to a portion of the revenues and expenditures of overlying governments, including counties, independent school districts, and special districts. The allocations to FiSCs are estimates of the revenues collected from and services provided to central city residents and businesses by these overlying independent governments. Thus FiSCs provides a full picture of revenues raised from city residents and businesses and spending on their behalf, whether done by the city government or a separate overlying government.[6] |
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| —Lincoln Institute of Land Policy[7] | ||
The tables below show estimated finances within city limits. As such, the revenue and expenses listed may differ from the actual city budget.
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Historical total revenue and expenditure
To see the historical total revenue or expenditures as a rounded amount in this city, hover over the bars.[5]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 City of Birmingham, "Mayor-Council Act," accessed October 28, 2014
- ↑ City of Birmingham, "Office of the Mayor," accessed October 28, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 City of Birmingham, "About the council," accessed October 28, 2014
- ↑ City of Birmingham, "Budget Office," accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, "Fiscally Standardized Cities database," accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, "Fiscally Standardized Cities," accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑ CBS 42, "Birmingham protesters demand justice for George Floyd," May 31, 2020
- ↑ Yellowhammer, "Mayor Randall Woodfin pledges Birmingham will be ‘more broad’ than a sanctuary city," August 29, 2018
- ↑ ABC 33 40, "Birmingham Mayor William Bell issues 'ban the box' order for city jobs," February 4, 2016
- ↑ The White House, "Fact Sheet: President Obama Announces New Actions to Promote Rehabilitation and Reintegration for the Formerly- Incarcerated," November 2, 2015
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 AL.com, "Police report released in fight involving Birmingham mayor, councilman," December 15, 2015
- ↑ AL.com, "Warrant against Councilman Marcus Lundy recalled; Mayor William Bell says for 'good of the city'," December 16, 2015
- ↑ AL.com, "Birmingham mayor, councilman embrace after City Hall fight," December 17, 2015
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 AL.com, "Birmingham city council votes to increase minimum wage," August 18, 2015
- ↑ Movement Advancement Project, "Local Employment Non-Discrimination Ordinances," accessed July 7, 2015
