Facts
- Population
- 241,212 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 5.7 %
- Net migration
- 730 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.0 % (2025)
- State
- Alabama
- Population base, April 2020
- 228,135 (2020)
- Births
- 2,566 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.6
- Deaths
- 2,029 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.4
- Natural change, 2023
- 537
- International migration
- 869 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -139 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 3.0
- Postal code
- AL
- FIPS code
- 01125
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.0 % |
| 2024 | 3.0 % |
| 2023 | 2.4 % |
| 2022 | 2.6 % |
| 2021 | 3.5 % |
| 2020 | 7.0 % |
| 2019 | 2.9 % |
| 2018 | 3.6 % |
| 2017 | 4.2 % |
| 2016 | 5.5 % |
| 2015 | 5.4 % |
| 2014 | 5.9 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 241,212 |
| 2023 | 239,204 |
| 2022 | 237,995 |
| 2021 | 236,699 |
| 2020 | 232,651 |