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By Job Gal | July 14, 2008
Alabama
Alabama is a state located in the southern United States, and is the 23rd most populous state in the country. Alabama is bordered by Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi and the Gulf of Mexico. Montgomery serves as the state capital.
The name Alabama comes from a Muskogean tribe. The French founded the first European settlement at Mobile in 1702. Alabama was admitted as a state in 1819, and the area became known for its cotton and other farming production. In 1861 Alabama joined the Confederacy, and was readmitted to the Union in 1868.
Today Alabama is second to Detroit in automobile manufacturing. The state is home to the NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center and the U.S. Army Missile Command. The state also is home to many banking centers and construction and engineering companies.
Alabama’s Job Market
According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Alabama’s 2006 total gross state product was $160 billion. The state’s agricultural outputs include: poultry and eggs, cattle, plant nursery items, peanuts, cotton, grains, vegetables, milk, soybeans and peaches. Alabama’s industrial outputs include: iron and steel products, paper, lumber and wood products, mining, plastic, cars and trucks and apparel.
The state’s fastest growing industries include: aerospace, education, healthcare, banking, automobile manufacturing, mineral extraction, steel production and fabrication.
Work Trends
Mean travel time to work: 24.8 minutes
Alabama unemployment rate: 4.7 percent
National unemployment rate: 5.5 percent
Alabama’s Largest Employers
Regions Financial
1900 Fifth Ave. N.
Birmingham, AL 35203
Vulcan Materials
1200 Urban Center Dr.
Birmingham, AL 35242
Protective Life
2801 Highway 280 S.
Birmingham, AL 35223
HealthSouth
1 HealthSouth Pkwy.
Birmingham, AL 35243
Colonial Bancgroup
100 Colonial Bank Blvd.
Montgomery, AL 36117
Popular Local Job Search Sites
Cheezhead
JobCentral
Craigslist
AlabamaJobs
Alabama JobLink
al.com
Alabama Government Job Search
Jobs.com
Surrounding Area Job Search
Tuscaloosa, AL.
Montgomery, AL.
Leeds, AL.
Decatur, AL.
Mobile, AL.
Dothan, AL.
Huntsville, AL.
Anniston, AL.
Pensacola, FL.
Continuing Education
University of Alabama
Auburn University
Samford University
Troy University
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Discovering Alabama
Anniston Museum of National History
Old Alabama Town
Alabama Shakespeare Festival
Bayfest
Jubilee CityFest
Alabama Symphony Orchestra
U.S. Space & Rocket Center/U.S. Space Camp
National Peanut Festival
Alabama Statistics
Population
Total population: 4,599,030
Persons under five-years old: 6.5 percent
Persons under 18-years old: 24.2 percent
Persons 65-years and older: 13.4 percent
Female: 51.5 percent
White: 71.2 percent
Black: 26.3 percent
American Indian and Alaska Native: .5 percent
Asian: .9 percent
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: less than 1 percent
Multi-racial: .9 percent
Hispanic or Latino: 2.5 percent
Non-Hispanic white: 69 percent
Education
High school graduates: 75.3 percent
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 19 percent
Housing
Housing units: 2,110,154
Homeownership rate: 72.5 percent
Housing units in multi-unit structures: 15.3 percent
Median value of owner-occupied housing units: $85,100
Households: 1,737,080
Persons per household: 2.49
Income
Median household income: $37,062
Per capita income: $18,189
Persons below poverty: 16.1 percent
Transportation
Airports: Birmingham International, Dothan Regional, Huntsville International, Mobile Regional, Montgomery Regional, Muscle Shoals-Northwest Alabama Regional, Tuscaloosa Regional and Pryor Field Regional
Railroads: Amtrak (Crescent)
Weather (Mobile)
Average annual precipitation: 66 inches
Average low temp. in January: 40 degrees
Average high temp. in July: 91 degrees
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