Fairfield (Alabama)

Jefferson County

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Fairfield is a town in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. The town was founded under the name Corey as planned city of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company. The total area of the town is 9.1 km ². For an estimate in 2005 had 11,696 inhabitants Fairfield.

Demography

In the census of 2000, Fairfield had 12,381 inhabitants, distributed to 4600 households and 3141 families. The population density was thus 1354.2 inhabitants / km ². 90.23 % of the population were African American, 8.9% white. In 34 % of households lived children under 18 years. The average income was $ 27,845 per household, with 21.5 % of the population were below the poverty line.

Source

Website of the U.S. Census Bureau

• Location in Alabama
• Location in North America
• Jefferson County ( Alabama)