Census Bureau

State

PARCA: Population increase due to domestic migration, above average birth rate

The state’s population increased to a level higher than any time in more than a decade.

February 13, 2023

Huntsville is Alabama’s largest city

"The Birmingham/Hoover metro area is still by far the largest metropolitan area of the state."

September 22, 2021

2020 Census data is released

The release of the Census data will allow the state Legislature to begin working on redistricting and reapportionment.

August 13, 2021

Alabama’s June unemployment rate drops to 3.3 percent

The unemployment rate is a new post-pandemic low and the jobs count is at its highest level in 2021.

July 16, 2021

Aderholt and Marshall file suit against the Census Bureau

They contend the Bureau's new differential privacy algorithms delayed the results and will make the results inaccurate.

March 26, 2021

The Census count is now over

Alabama presently has seven congressional districts. Public officials are fearful that the state could lose one of those districts through post-Census redistricting and reapportionment.

October 16, 2020

Federal ruling allows Alabama Census lawsuit to proceed

A lawsuit filed by the state of Alabama against several federal departments has been allowed to proceed after a federal district court denied a federal government motion to drop the case. Attorney General Marshall and U.S. Rep. Brook filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Census Bureau in May 2018, arguing … Continued

June 7, 2019

Fastest growth in Alabama: Baldwin, Lee Counties and the Greater Huntsville area

There are 383 metropolitan statistical areas (MSA) in the country. The Census Bureau estimates that only seven of the twelves MSAs in Alabama have experienced any growth since the 2010 census. From 2010 to 2017 the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley MSA has grown from just 182,265 in 2010 to 212,612 people in … Continued

September 24, 2018

Annual reminder: Alabama is last in state, local tax collection

Here’s an annual reminder for you as you decompress from filing your tax returns: Alabama’s state and local governments are collecting less in state and local taxes than any other state in the United States. Good right? Maybe. Maybe not. As Tax Day — and an extended deadline caused by web portal outages — pass, … Continued

April 19, 2018