Facts
- Population
- 73,122 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 2.1 %
- Net migration
- 682 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 2.5 % (2025)
- State
- Alabama
- Population base, April 2020
- 71,627 (2020)
- Births
- 834 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.4
- Deaths
- 933 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.8
- Natural change, 2023
- -99
- International migration
- 181 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 501 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 9.3
- Postal code
- AL
- FIPS code
- 01049
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.5 % |
| 2024 | 2.6 % |
| 2023 | 2.2 % |
| 2022 | 2.2 % |
| 2021 | 2.5 % |
| 2020 | 4.8 % |
| 2019 | 2.9 % |
| 2018 | 3.7 % |
| 2017 | 4.5 % |
| 2016 | 5.8 % |
| 2015 | 6.1 % |
| 2014 | 6.9 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 73,122 |
| 2023 | 72,626 |
| 2022 | 72,046 |
| 2021 | 71,880 |
| 2020 | 71,673 |