Municipal
· Alabama
City of Bessemer
Bessemer is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States and a southwestern suburb of Birmingham. The population was 26,019 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 25,079 in 2024. It is within the Birmingham–Hoover, AL Metropolitan statistical area, of which Jefferson County is the center. It developed rapidly as an industrial city in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)
- Census ID (PID6)
- 160637
- FIPS state
- 01
- FIPS county
- 073
- FIPS place
- 05980
- Census record name
- CITY OF BESSEMER
- Mailing address
- 1800 3RD AVE N, BESSEMER 35020