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These cities and towns cover only 9.6% of the state's land mass but are home to 60.4% of its population. [2] The Code of Alabama 1975 defines the legal use of the terms "town" and "city" based on population. A municipality with a population of 2,000 or more is a city, while less than 2,000 is a town. [4]
The 2010 census estimated Alabama's population at 4,802,740, an increase of 332,636 or 7.5% since 2000.This includes a natural increase of 87,818 (375,808 births minus 287,990 deaths) and a net migration of 73,178 people into the state.
The following is a list of the largest metropolitan areas in the US state of Alabama. [1] As of 2020, Birmingham has the biggest metropolitan area and urban area in Alabama followed by Huntsville. The table data is from the US census in 2010 and 2020. [2] [3]
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico. [2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.
The population was 76,143 at the 2020 census. [3] It is a principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area. The Auburn-Opelika, AL MSA with a 2020 population of 193,773, along with the Columbus, GA-AL MSA and Tuskegee, Alabama, comprises the greater Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, GA-AL CSA, a region home to 563,967 residents as of 2020. [5]
The metro area's principal city is Huntsville, and consists of two counties: Limestone and Madison. As of the 2020 United States census , the Huntsville Metropolitan Area's population was 491,723, making it the 2nd-largest metropolitan area in Alabama (behind only the Birmingham metropolitan area ) and the 113th-largest in the United States.
As of the 2023 census estimates, Birmingham had a population of 196,910 down 2% from the 2020 census, [3] making it Alabama's second-most populous city after Huntsville. [a] The broader Birmingham metropolitan area had a 2020 population of 1,115,289, [4] and is the largest metropolitan area in Alabama as well as the 47th-most populous in the US.
The population density varies in different parts of the city; East Montgomery (Taylor Rd and East), the non-Hispanic White population is 74.5%, African American 8.3%, Latino 3.2%, other non-white races carry 2.7% of the population. The city population was spread out, with 24.9% under the age of 18, 11.7% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 24.2 ...