2000 vs. 2016 Population Growth and Change
Alabama Population Growth by County
2000 vs. 2016, Net Percent Change
Alabama Population Growth by County
Baldwin County 2000 vs. 2016
Net Percent Change = 48.58%
Rank = #1
Lowndes County 2000 vs. 2016
Net Percent Change = -20.79%
Rank = #67
Mobile County 2000 vs. 2016
Net Percent Change = 4.06%
Rank = #25
With a spotlight on Mobile County, the chart above displays the distribution of the net percent change of population across Alabama's 67 counties over the period 2000-2016.
Those counties whose population growth registered above the statewide average over this period realized an increase in their statewide share of population. Likewise, those counties whose population growth registered below the statewide average experienced a decline in their relative share of population statewide.
Statewide Snippets:
  • Over 2000-2016 population grew in thirty-five Alabama counties while declining in thirty-two.
  • Population growth in seventeen counties outpaced the statewide average (10.75%), while growth in fifty counties trailed.
  • At the extremes of the distribution, Baldwin County posted the highest growth of population (48.58%), while Lowndes County placed last by logging a -20.79% decline.
  • The spread in population growth between the highest (Baldwin County, 48.58%) and lowest (Lowndes County, -20.79%) over 2000-2016 equated to 69.37% ( = 48.58%-20.79%).
  • Population growth statewide is but a weighted metric that stems from each county's share of population statewide. On this point, as the largest county in Alabama, Jefferson County's net population growth over 2000-2016 of 9,781 made up 2.04% of the total net growth statewide (478,422):

Jefferson County: Percent Share of Alabama's
Population Growth, 2000-2016:

2.04% = (9,781 / 478,422) x 100
Mobile County Snippets:
  • Over 2000-2016, Mobile County posted a 4.06% net gain in population.
  • Mobile County was joined by forty-nine other counties whose population growth over 2000-2016 registered below the statewide average (10.75%).
  • Ranked #25 among Alabama's 67 counties, Mobile County's population growth (4.06%) trailed the statewide average of 10.75% by a 6.69% margin.
  • Mobile County's net population growth (4.06%, #25) over 2000-2016 registered just above that of Cherokee County (4.03%, #26) and just below that of Henry County (4.25%, #24).
  • Mobile County's share of population statewide slipped from 8.99% in 2000 to 8.44% in 2016, resulting in a share-shift of -0.54%.

Data Definition

Number of individuals (both civilian and military) who reside in an area as of July 1. BEA uses the Census Bureau's midyear population estimates.

United States. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Income Division.
Regional Definitions. 2023. Web.
https://apps.bea.gov/regional/definitions/

Population Growth by County
2000 vs. 2016, Net Percent Change
Population Growth by County
View Distribution Totals as: Actual Percent
     
 
County Distribution of Population Growth, 2000 vs. 2016
More
than
30%
30%
to
20%
20%
to
10%
10%
to
0%
0%
to
-10%
-10%
to
-20%
-20%
to
-30%
-30%
or
Below
Total
2000 vs. 2016
7
2
9
17
15
15
2
0
67
 
     
Population by County, 2016
Population by County, 2016
Jefferson County 2016
Population = 671,814
Percent of State = 13.63%
Rank = #1
Greene County 2016
Population = 8,302
Percent of State = 0.17%
Rank = #67
Mobile County 2016
Population = 416,297
Percent of State = 8.44%
Rank = #2
Again highlighting Mobile County's position, the bar graph above displays the disposition by county of 2016 population statewide (4,930,595).

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Statewide Snippets:
  • Ranked #1, Jefferson County's 2016 population totaled 671,814, equating to 13.63% of the statewide total.
  • Ranked last (#67), Greene County's population of 8,302 in 2016 comprised just 0.17% of the total statewide. Greene County's population in 2016 equates to just 1.2% to that of Jefferson County's.
  • Jefferson County's 2016 population (671,814) exceeded the combined population (655,362) of Alabama's thirty-four smallest counties.
Mobile County Snippets:
  • Mobile County's population in 2016 ranked #2, amounting to 8.44% of the statewide total.
  • Mobile County's population of 416,297 placed below that of Jefferson County's (671,814, #1), and just above that of Madison County's (362,995, #3).
  • Mobile County's population of 416,297 exceeds the combined total (413,976) of Alabama's twenty-six smallest counties.
Population by County, 2016
Population by County, 2016
View Distribution Totals as: Actual Percent
     
 
County Distribution of Population, 2016
More
than
250,000
250,000
to
200,000
200,000
to
150,000
150,000
to
100,000
100,000
to
50,000
50,000
or
Below
Total
2016
3
4
1
4
15
40
67
 
     

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Alabama by County:
2000 vs. 2016
 
2000
 
2016
 
2000 - 2016
 
 
 
 
44,021
0.99
 
56,954
1.16
 
29.38
12,933
2.70
 
141,342
3.17
 
210,004
4.26
 
48.58
68,662
14.35
 
29,015
0.65
 
26,217
0.53
 
-9.64
-2,798
-0.58
 
19,913
0.45
 
22,654
0.46
 
13.76
2,741
0.57
 
51,107
1.15
 
58,238
1.18
 
13.95
7,131
1.49
 
11,581
0.26
 
10,612
0.22
 
-8.37
-969
-0.20
 
21,325
0.48
 
19,760
0.40
 
-7.34
-1,565
-0.33
 
111,081
2.49
 
116,810
2.37
 
5.16
5,729
1.20
 
36,571
0.82
 
34,881
0.71
 
-4.62
-1,690
-0.35
 
24,006
0.54
 
24,973
0.51
 
4.03
967
0.20
 
39,897
0.90
 
44,251
0.90
 
10.91
4,354
0.91
 
15,875
0.36
 
13,183
0.27
 
-16.96
-2,692
-0.56
 
27,819
0.62
 
24,164
0.49
 
-13.14
-3,655
-0.76
 
14,263
0.32
 
14,062
0.29
 
-1.41
-201
-0.04
 
14,172
0.32
 
14,919
0.30
 
5.27
747
0.16
 
43,580
0.98
 
51,501
1.04
 
18.18
7,921
1.66
 
54,997
1.24
 
55,595
1.13
 
1.09
598
0.12
 
14,035
0.32
 
12,308
0.25
 
-12.30
-1,727
-0.36
 
11,844
0.27
 
10,651
0.22
 
-10.07
-1,193
-0.25
 
37,514
0.84
 
37,749
0.77
 
0.63
235
0.05
 
13,692
0.31
 
13,590
0.28
 
-0.74
-102
-0.02
 
77,473
1.74
 
84,554
1.71
 
9.14
7,081
1.48
 
49,124
1.10
 
49,655
1.01
 
1.08
531
0.11
 
46,198
1.04
 
41,526
0.84
 
-10.11
-4,672
-0.98
 
64,650
1.45
 
71,131
1.44
 
10.02
6,481
1.35
 
66,160
1.49
 
84,840
1.72
 
28.23
18,680
3.90
 
38,325
0.86
 
37,759
0.77
 
-1.48
-566
-0.12
 
103,286
2.32
 
103,603
2.10
 
0.31
317
0.07
 
18,512
0.42
 
16,630
0.34
 
-10.17
-1,882
-0.39
 
31,242
0.70
 
32,029
0.65
 
2.52
787
0.16
 
25,740
0.58
 
26,670
0.54
 
3.61
930
0.19
 
9,902
0.22
 
8,302
0.17
 
-16.16
-1,600
-0.33
 
18,194
0.41
 
14,927
0.30
 
-17.96
-3,267
-0.68
 
16,341
0.37
 
17,036
0.35
 
4.25
695
0.15
 
88,943
2.00
 
104,766
2.12
 
17.79
15,823
3.31
 
53,979
1.21
 
52,657
1.07
 
-2.45
-1,322
-0.28
 
662,033
14.87
 
671,814
13.63
 
1.48
9,781
2.04
 
15,923
0.36
 
14,042
0.28
 
-11.81
-1,881
-0.39
 
88,039
1.98
 
92,709
1.88
 
5.30
4,670
0.98
 
34,874
0.78
 
33,338
0.68
 
-4.40
-1,536
-0.32
 
115,430
2.59
 
164,008
3.33
 
42.08
48,578
10.15
 
65,966
1.48
 
94,095
1.91
 
42.64
28,129
5.88
 
13,471
0.30
 
10,670
0.22
 
-20.79
-2,801
-0.59
 
24,047
0.54
 
20,097
0.41
 
-16.43
-3,950
-0.83
 
278,006
6.24
 
362,995
7.36
 
30.57
84,989
17.76
 
22,564
0.51
 
19,881
0.40
 
-11.89
-2,683
-0.56
 
31,137
0.70
 
29,714
0.60
 
-4.57
-1,423
-0.30
 
82,429
1.85
 
95,535
1.94
 
15.90
13,106
2.74
 
400,073
8.99
 
416,297
8.44
 
4.06
16,224
3.39
 
24,319
0.55
 
21,087
0.43
 
-13.29
-3,232
-0.68
 
223,428
5.02
 
229,845
4.66
 
2.87
6,417
1.34
 
111,221
2.50
 
121,225
2.46
 
8.99
10,004
2.09
 
11,809
0.27
 
9,384
0.19
 
-20.54
-2,425
-0.51
 
20,881
0.47
 
19,885
0.40
 
-4.77
-996
-0.21
 
29,748
0.67
 
33,564
0.68
 
12.83
3,816
0.80
 
22,377
0.50
 
21,952
0.45
 
-1.90
-425
-0.09
 
49,805
1.12
 
58,919
1.19
 
18.30
9,114
1.91
 
65,080
1.46
 
87,730
1.78
 
34.80
22,650
4.73
 
144,674
3.25
 
212,960
4.32
 
47.20
68,286
14.27
 
14,746
0.33
 
13,024
0.26
 
-11.68
-1,722
-0.36
 
80,772
1.81
 
81,909
1.66
 
1.41
1,137
0.24
 
41,689
0.94
 
41,299
0.84
 
-0.94
-390
-0.08
 
165,414
3.72
 
216,498
4.39
 
30.88
51,084
10.68
 
70,602
1.59
 
65,802
1.33
 
-6.80
-4,800
-1.00
 
18,101
0.41
 
16,179
0.33
 
-10.62
-1,922
-0.40
 
12,939
0.29
 
11,066
0.22
 
-14.48
-1,873
-0.39
 
24,857
0.56
 
23,911
0.48
 
-3.81
-946
-0.20
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4,452,173
100.00
 
4,930,595
100.00
 
10.75
478,422
100.00
 
3,247,420
72.94
 
3,733,817
75.73
 
14.98
486,397
101.67
 
1,204,753
27.06
 
1,196,778
24.27
 
-0.66
-7,975
-1.67
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
282,162,411
 
324,367,742
 
14.96
42,205,331
 
237,948,237
 
278,995,907
 
17.25
41,047,670
 
44,214,174
 
45,371,835
 
2.62
1,157,661
Source: Calculations by the Alabama Regional Economic Analysis Project (AL-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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