Lipscomb is a city in south central Jefferson County, Alabama. It is part of the Birmingham, Alabama, metropolitan area. At the 2020 census, the population was 2,086.
It does not have its own U.S. Post Office or ZIP code, instead sharing the Bessemer ZIP code (35020).
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
Racial and ethnic composition
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Lipscomb city, Alabama – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|774
|404
|style='background: #ffffe6; |273
|31.49%
|18.28%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13.09%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|1,612
|1,336
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,289
|65.58%
|60.45%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |61.79%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|7
|17
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6
|0.28%
|0.77%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.29%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|1
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.04%
|0.05%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.05%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|3
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.12%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.05%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.00%
|0.09%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.10%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|6
|14
|style='background: #ffffe6; |65
|0.24%
|0.63%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.12%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|55
|436
|style='background: #ffffe6; |449
|2.24%
|19.73%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |21.52%
|-
|Total
|2,458
|2,210
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,086
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Lipscomb had a population of 2,086. There were 824 households and 391 families. The median age was 37.5 years. 25.1% of residents were under the age of 18 and 16.5% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 86.8 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 81.6 males age 18 and over.
100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 824 households in Lipscomb, of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 23.3% were married-couple households, 22.8% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 48.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 38.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
Government
The town's major source of revenue is an illegal bingo hall that has been repeatedly shut by state authorities.
Notable person
- Virginia Hill was a Chicago Outfit courier and was famous for being the steady girlfriend of mobster Bugsy Siegel.