City profile · Town
Bessemer, Alabama
Reviewed Oct 13, 2026Who leads Bessemer, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Louise Alexander
- Role
- Commission Chair
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Population
- 29,672
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 13, 2026
- Confirmed by a reviewer against a source
- Last checked
- Oct 13, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcebessemeral.org/government/mayors-office ↗
- Official leadership pagebessemeral.org/government/mayors-office ↗
- City websitebessemeral.org ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Louise Alexander CurrentCommission Chair · added Oct 13, 2026 · verified Oct 13, 2026
- Kenneth Gulley FormerCommission Chair · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 29,672
- Median household income
- $34,953
- Median age
- 41.8
- Land area
- 40.64 sq mi
- Population density
- 730.1 per sq mi
- County
- Jefferson County
- Metro area
- Birmingham, AL
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