Leeds is a tricounty municipality located in Jefferson, St. Clair, and Shelby counties in the U.S. state of Alabama; it is an eastern suburb of Birmingham. As of the 2020 census, its population was 12,324.
Leeds was founded in 1877, during the final years of the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era. It housed the workers and their families of Lehigh, a Portland cement manufacturing plant.
Leeds is nicknamed "The City of Valor" because of three Congressional Medal of Honor recipients from World War II and the Korean War who called Leeds home: Alford McLaughlin, William Lawley and Henry "Red" Erwin. A wall in the Leeds Historical Society's Jonathan Bass House Museum is dedicated to the three men. In spring 2023, Chip Wise, the Leeds High...
| Ethnicity | Leeds | USA |
|---|---|---|
| White | 81.4% | 60.1% |
| African American | 13.8% | 12.2% |
| American Indian | 0% | 0.6% |
| Asian | 0.1% | 5.6% |
| Hawaiian | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Multiracial | 0.7% | 2.8% |
| Hispanic | 3.9% | 18.2% |
| Other | 0% | 0.3% |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | Leeds | USA |
|---|---|---|
| Less than $10,000 | 2% | 5.8% |
| $10,000 to $14,999 | 4.4% | 4.1% |
| $15,000 to $24,999 | 7.8% | 8.5% |
| $25,000 to $34,999 | 6.8% | 8.6% |
| $35,000 to $49,999 | 14.6% | 12.0% |
| $50,000 to $74,999 | 21.4% | 17.2% |
| $75,000 to $99,999 | 15.3% | 12.8% |
| $100,000 to $149,999 | 16% | 15.6% |
| $150,000 to $199,999 | 9% | 7.1% |
| Education | Leeds | USA |
|---|---|---|
| < 9th Grade | 3% | 5.0% |
| 9-12th Grade | 8% | 7.0% |
| High School or GED | 25% | 27.0% |
| Other College | 25% | 20.0% |
| Associate's Degree | 11% | 9% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 17% | 20.0% |
| Master's Degree | 8% | 9.0% |
| Professional Degree | 1% | 2.0% |
| Doctorate Degree | 2% | 1.0% |