Facts
- Population
- 235,969 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 5.8 %
- Net migration
- 2,808 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 2.2 % (2025)
- State
- Alabama
- Population base, April 2020
- 223,024 (2020)
- Births
- 2,471 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.5
- Deaths
- 1,785 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.6
- Natural change, 2023
- 686
- International migration
- 778 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 2,030 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 11.9
- Postal code
- AL
- FIPS code
- 01117
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.2 % |
| 2024 | 2.3 % |
| 2023 | 1.8 % |
| 2022 | 1.8 % |
| 2021 | 2.2 % |
| 2020 | 4.3 % |
| 2019 | 2.4 % |
| 2018 | 2.9 % |
| 2017 | 3.4 % |
| 2016 | 4.4 % |
| 2015 | 4.2 % |
| 2014 | 4.5 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 235,969 |
| 2023 | 233,593 |
| 2022 | 230,140 |
| 2021 | 227,436 |
| 2020 | 223,915 |