Facts
- Population
- 187,847 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 7.7 %
- Net migration
- 2,634 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 2.5 % (2025)
- State
- Alabama
- Population base, April 2020
- 174,341 (2020)
- Births
- 1,977 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.5
- Deaths
- 1,374 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.3
- Natural change, 2023
- 603
- International migration
- 1,316 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 1,318 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 14.0
- Postal code
- AL
- FIPS code
- 01081
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.5 % |
| 2024 | 2.8 % |
| 2023 | 2.2 % |
| 2022 | 2.2 % |
| 2021 | 2.7 % |
| 2020 | 5.4 % |
| 2019 | 2.8 % |
| 2018 | 3.4 % |
| 2017 | 3.9 % |
| 2016 | 4.9 % |
| 2015 | 5.3 % |
| 2014 | 5.6 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 187,847 |
| 2023 | 184,271 |
| 2022 | 181,044 |
| 2021 | 177,652 |
| 2020 | 174,856 |