Facts
- Population
- 225,894 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -1.3 %
- Net migration
- -1,193 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.1 % (2025)
- State
- Alabama
- Population base, April 2020
- 228,957 (2020)
- Births
- 2,950 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 13.1
- Deaths
- 2,371 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.5
- Natural change, 2023
- 579
- International migration
- 1,247 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -2,440 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -5.3
- Postal code
- AL
- FIPS code
- 01101
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.1 % |
| 2024 | 3.3 % |
| 2023 | 2.9 % |
| 2022 | 3.1 % |
| 2021 | 4.9 % |
| 2020 | 8.8 % |
| 2019 | 3.4 % |
| 2018 | 4.1 % |
| 2017 | 4.6 % |
| 2016 | 5.8 % |
| 2015 | 6.1 % |
| 2014 | 6.8 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 225,894 |
| 2023 | 225,966 |
| 2022 | 226,554 |
| 2021 | 226,811 |
| 2020 | 228,363 |