Pinson, Alabama

Pinson is a city in Jefferson County near Birmingham, Alabama, United States, northwest of Center Point. As of the 2020 census, Pinson had a population of 7,215.

History

Pinson was incorporated in March 2004.

In October 2025, a bonfire shooting occurred in a wooden area of the town, in which four people were shot including two teenagers. High school cheerleader Kimber Mills died following severe injuries sustained from the shooting and she was taken off life support at the UAB Hospital two days later. Additionally, she was an organ donor and an honor walk was held at the hospital that same day.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has a total area of , of which is land and (0.43%) is water.

Pinson is located in an area of SW–NE parallel ridges, with occasional rock outcrops, especially toward the east-facing ridge crests. Pinson is home to the Turkey Creek Nature Preserve and the Alabama Butterbean Festival.

The Palmerdale Homesteads are located within the city limits of Pinson. The Palmerdale Homesteads were the first of five farmers' resettlement communities built in Alabama under President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal in the 1930s. The first of the 102 homesteads were completed in 1935. A community store and elementary school/community center were completed in 1937 to serve the farming community.

Climate

Demographics

Note: Census demographic data were enumerated for the Census-Designated Place (CDP) for somewhat different boundaries prior to incorporation in 2004. The 1990 population of 10,987 was for the CDP of Pinson-Clay-Chalkville, which was subdivided in 2000 into their own separate CDPs. Therefore, exact population for the Pinson portion in 1990 cannot be ascertained

Racial and ethnic composition

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

|+Pinson city, Alabama – Racial and ethnic composition

!Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)

!Pop 2000

!Pop 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020

!% 2000

!% 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020

|White alone (NH)

|4,432

|5,572

|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,982

|88.06%

|77.79%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |55.19%

|Black or African American alone (NH)

|414

|1,213

|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,373

|8.23%

|16.93%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |32.89%

|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|15

|style='background: #ffffe6; |14

|0.30%

|0.21%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.19%

|Asian alone (NH)

|20

|32

|style='background: #ffffe6; |37

|0.40%

|0.45%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.51%

|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |2

|0.02%

|0.03%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.03%

|Other race alone (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |17

|0.02%

|0.03%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.24%

|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)

|36

|60

|style='background: #ffffe6; |224

|0.72%

|0.84%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.10%

|Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|114

|267

|style='background: #ffffe6; |566

|2.27%

|3.73%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.84%

|Total

|5,033

|7,163

|style='background: #ffffe6; |7,215

|100.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Pinson had a population of 7,215. There were 2,725 households, including 1,997 families. The median age was 39.5 years. 22.7% of residents were under the age of 18 and 15.6% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 89.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 85.6 males.

88.2% of residents lived in urban areas, while 11.8% lived in rural areas.

Of all households, 33.8% had children under the age of 18 living in them. 50.1% were married-couple households, 14.3% had a male householder with no spouse or partner present, and 30.0% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. About 23.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.