Facts
- Population
- 261,608 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 12.9 %
- Net migration
- 7,516 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 2.5 % (2025)
- State
- Alabama
- Population base, April 2020
- 231,767 (2020)
- Births
- 2,546 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.7
- Deaths
- 2,680 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.2
- Natural change, 2023
- -134
- International migration
- 889 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 6,627 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 28.7
- Postal code
- AL
- FIPS code
- 01003
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.5 % |
| 2024 | 2.7 % |
| 2023 | 2.2 % |
| 2022 | 2.2 % |
| 2021 | 2.7 % |
| 2020 | 5.7 % |
| 2019 | 2.7 % |
| 2018 | 3.3 % |
| 2017 | 3.8 % |
| 2016 | 4.9 % |
| 2015 | 5.5 % |
| 2014 | 6.1 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 261,608 |
| 2023 | 254,107 |
| 2022 | 246,577 |
| 2021 | 239,411 |
| 2020 | 233,244 |