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Just as with every state, some places in Alabama offer even more affordability and safety than others. Here is a look at some of the cheapest and safest places to live in the state. Mobile
Hoover is the largest suburban city in Alabama and the 6th largest city in Alabama. The population was 92,606 at the 2020 census . [ 6 ] Hoover is part of the Birmingham, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area and is also included in the Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL Combined Statistical Area . [ 8 ]
Crime rates in Alabama overall have declined by 17% since 2005. Trends in crime within Alabama have largely been driven by a reduction in property crime by 25%. There has been a small increase in the number of violent crimes since 2005, which has seen an increase of 9% [1] In 2020, there were 511 violent crime offenses per 100,000 population.
On November 22, 2018, Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr., an African-American man, was shot three times from behind and killed by Hoover police officer David Alexander on the night of Thanksgiving, at the Riverchase Galleria shopping mall in Hoover, Alabama. [2] Police responded to a shooting at the mall where two people were shot. [3]
The Code of Alabama 1975 defines the legal use of the terms "town" and "city" based on population. A municipality with a population of 2,000 or more is a city, while less than 2,000 is a town. [ 4 ] For legislative purposes, municipalities are divided into eight classes based on the municipality's population, as certified by the 1970 federal ...
The largest self-reported European ancestries in Jefferson County, Alabama are English 9.7%(64,016), "American" 9.6%(63,015), Irish 8.6%(56,695), German 7.2%(47,690). Many Americans whose ancestors came from Britain or Ireland identify simply as American, because their immigrant ancestors arrived so long ago, in some cases in the 17th and 18th ...
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Vestavia Hills, colloquially known simply as Vestavia, [6] is a city in Jefferson and Shelby counties in the U.S. state of Alabama.It is a suburb of Birmingham and it is made up of Vestavia, Liberty Park, and Cahaba Heights.