About Birmingham
About Birmingham
Birmingham is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Jefferson County.
The city's population was 212,237 in the 2010 United States Census
The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of about 1,128,047 according to the 2010 Census, which is approximately one quarter of Alabama's population.
Birmingham was founded in 1871, during the post-Civil War Reconstruction period, through the merger of three pre-existing farm towns, notably, former Elyton. It grew from there, annexing many more of its smaller neighbors, into an industrial and railroad transportation center with a focus on mining, the iron and steel industry, and railroading. Birmingham was named for Birmingham, England, one of the UK's major industrial cities.
Most of the original settlers who founded Birmingham were of English ancestry.
University of Alabama--Birmingham is a public institution that was founded in 1969. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 11,511, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 275 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. University of Alabama--Birmingham's ranking in the 2017 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 159. Its in-state tuition and fees are $7,766 (2015-16); out-of-state tuition and fees are $17,654 (2015-16).