Facts
- Population
- 664,744 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -1.4 %
- Net migration
- -1,464 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 2.9 % (2025)
- State
- Alabama
- Population base, April 2020
- 674,311 (2020)
- Births
- 7,827 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.8
- Deaths
- 7,750 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.7
- Natural change, 2023
- 77
- International migration
- 1,983 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -3,447 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -2.2
- Postal code
- AL
- FIPS code
- 01073
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.9 % |
| 2024 | 3.0 % |
| 2023 | 2.5 % |
| 2022 | 2.5 % |
| 2021 | 3.6 % |
| 2020 | 6.8 % |
| 2019 | 3.1 % |
| 2018 | 3.7 % |
| 2017 | 4.4 % |
| 2016 | 5.7 % |
| 2015 | 5.8 % |
| 2014 | 6.3 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 664,744 |
| 2023 | 664,084 |
| 2022 | 665,543 |
| 2021 | 669,677 |
| 2020 | 674,727 |