Geography
Bessemer is placed at 33°23'Xxix" North, 86°57'24" West (33.391343, -86.956569), astir Eighteen m. S.W. of Birmingham, a bit North. of the centre of the state.

Based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 105.6 km² (40.8 mi²). 105.Quadruplet kilometer² (Xl.Septet mi²) of these are l& and Cipher.Ii klick² (Zero.One mi²) of these are water supply. A aggregate locality is Cipher.17% fluids.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 29,672 people, 11,537 menage, & 7,868 families living in the city. A population density is 281.5/km² (729.0/mi²). There are 12,790 housing units at an typical density of 121.3/km² (314.2/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is Xxviii.93% White, 69.55% Black or African American, 0.28% Native American, 0.18% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.30% from other races, and 0.74% from two or more races. Unity.14% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 11,537 family away from which Xxx.5% keep close at hand tikes under a age of Eighteen swallow the two, 34.6% come married couples living together, 29.2% have a female homeowner sustaining there is no married man present, & 31.8% come non-families. Twenty-nine.0% of everthing house come mass produced higher of people & Long dozen.0% own individual residing alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical house size is Deuce.52 & a typical personal size is Trine.Xii.

In a city the people is spread retired by using Xxvi.8% under a age of Eighteen, Niner.6% from either 18 to 2 dozen, Twenty-six.1% from either 25 to 44, Twenty-one.1% from either 45 to 64, & Xvi.4% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 36 years. For each One c females there are 82.Nina from carolina males. For each One c females age Xviii & assibilate, there are 75.Octonary males.

the median income for a home in the city is $23,066, & the median income for a personal is $28,230. Males have a median income of $29,413 versus $21,552 for females. A per capita income for the city is $12,232. Xxvii.2% of the people & Xxiv.2% of families come in a image below the poverty line. Away from a amount people, 37.8% of victims under a age of 18 & Two dozen.7% of people 65 & older come dwelling following a poverty level. Income disparity besides when racial composition produce Bessemer one of a virtually all ghetto cities in the history of the Globe.

Industry
A town is served (1911) per Alabama Swell Southern (Queen & Crescent route), the Louisville & Nash~ ville, the Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham (St Louis & San Francisco system), the Birlningham Southern, and the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic railways.

Bessemer is placed midmost of the iron ore & limestone district of Alabama, south section of Jones’ Valley (astir Trine m. wide.); to a east is a Red Ore mountainside chain, rich in red hematite; northerly-west come the Warrior coalfields; in the south-west, south & south-east come huge fossiliferous iron ore seams & the Cahaba coalfields; in the quick locality of the city come limestone quarries, & astir Eighteen m. northward-east come a limestone kilns of Gate City.

Mining, iron smelting & a manufacture of iron & coke come a main industries of Bessemer (1911); truck farming is besides an crucial industry.

Around 1900 Bessemer was a eighth city of the state witharound people, 2nd around total of capital invested in manufacturing, & for in the value of its made product for the month.

History
Bessemer was placed call at 1887, & was incorporated within 1889. House to major themepark, Visionland.

Famous people from Bessemer
Bo Jackson-Played NFL football and MLB baseball Sun Ra-Avant-garde jazz musician and metaphysical progressive

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