Alabama's Population 1800-2020
|
YEAR
|
POPULATION
|
% CHG.
|
|
1800
|
1,250 1
|
|
|
1810
|
9,046 1
|
623.7 2
|
|
1820
|
127,901 1
|
1,313.9 2
|
|
1830
|
309,527 1
|
142 2
|
|
1840
|
590,756 1
|
90.9 2
|
|
1850
|
771,623 1
|
30.6 2
|
|
1860
|
964,201 1
|
25.0 2
|
|
1870
|
996,992 1
|
3.4 2
|
|
1880
|
1,262,505 1
|
26.6 2
|
|
1890
|
1,513,401 1
|
19.9 2
|
|
1900
|
1,828,697 1
|
20.8 2
|
|
1910
|
2,138,093 1
|
16.9 2
|
|
1920
|
2,348,174 1
|
9.8 2
|
|
1930
|
2,646,248 1
|
12.7 2
|
|
1940
|
2,832,961 1
|
7.1 2
|
|
1950
|
3,061,743 1
|
8.1 2
|
|
1960
|
3,266,740 1
|
6.7 2
|
|
1970
|
3,444,354 1
|
5.4 2
|
|
1980
|
3,894,025 1
|
13.1 2
|
|
1990
|
4,040,587 1
|
3.8 2
|
|
2000
|
4,447,100 1
|
10.1 2
|
|
2010 |
4,779,736 3 |
|
|
2020 |
5,024,279 4 |
|
1 2000 Census of Population and Housing: Population and
Housing Unit Counts, PHC-2-1: United States Summary. Washington: U.S.
Census Bureau, 2004.
[Table 11 - Population: 1790-2000, p. 18]
C 3.225/5: 2000 PHC-3-1/pt.1
http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc3-us-pt1.pdf
2 2000 Census of Population and Housing: Population and
Housing Unit Counts, PHC-2-1: United States Summary. Washington: U.S.
Census Bureau, 2004.
[Table 13 � Decennial Rates of Change in Population: 1790 to 2000,
p. 22]
C 3.225/5: 2000 PHC-3-1/pt.1
http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc3-us-pt1.pdf
3 U.S. Census of Population and Housing, 2010: Quick Facts.
Birmingham City, Alabama. Accessed online 03/10/2016: http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/01,01073,0107000
4 U.S. Census of Population and Housing, 2020: Quick Facts.
Birmingham City, Alabama. Accessed online 02/21/2024:
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/AL,birminghamcityalabama/POP010220#POP010220
Alabama's Population by Race, 1800 � 2000
|
YEAR
|
TOTAL
|
BLACK
|
% BLACK
|
WHITE
|
% WHITE
|
|
1800
|
1,250 1
|
517 1
|
41.4 1
|
733 1
|
58.6 1
|
|
1810
|
9,046 1
|
2,624 1
|
29.0 1
|
6,422 1
|
71.0 1
|
|
1820
|
127,901 1
|
42,450 1
|
33.2 1
|
85,451 1
|
66.8 1
|
|
1830
|
309,527 1
|
119,121 1
|
38.5 1
|
190,406 1
|
61.5 1
|
|
1840
|
590,756 1
|
255,571 1
|
43.3 1
|
335,185 1
|
56.7 1
|
|
1850
|
771,623 1
|
345,109 1
|
44.7 1
|
426,514 1
|
55.3 1
|
|
1860
|
964,201 1
|
437,770 1
|
45.4 1
|
526,271 1
|
54.6 1
|
|
1870
|
996,992 1
|
475,510 1
|
47.7 1
|
521,384 1
|
52.3 1
|
|
1880
|
1,262,505 1
|
600,103 1
|
47.5 1
|
662,185 1
|
52.5 1
|
|
1890
|
1,513,017 1
|
678,489 1
|
44.8 1
|
833,718 1
|
55.1 1
|
|
1900
|
1,828,697 1
|
827,307 1
|
45.2 1
|
1,001,152 1
|
54.7 1
|
|
1910
|
2,138,093 1
|
908,282 1
|
42.5 1
|
1,228,832 1
|
57.5 1
|
|
1920
|
2,348,174 1
|
900,652 1
|
38.4 1
|
1,447,032 1
|
61.6 1
|
|
1930
|
2,646,248 1
|
944,834 1
|
35.7 1
|
1,700,844 1
|
64.3 1
|
|
1940
|
2,832,961 1
|
983,290 1
|
34.7 1
|
1,849,097 1
|
65.3 1
|
|
1950
|
3,061,743 1
|
979,617 1
|
32.0 1
|
2,079,591 1
|
67.9 1
|
|
1960
|
3,266,740 1
|
980,271 1
|
30.0 1
|
2,283,609 1
|
69.9 1
|
|
1970
|
3,444,165 1
|
903,467 1
|
26.2 1
|
2,533,831 1
|
73.6 1
|
|
1980
|
3,893,888 1
|
996,335 1
|
25.6 1
|
2,872,621 1
|
73.8 1
|
|
1990
|
4,040,587 1
|
1,020,705 1
|
25.3 1
|
2,975,797 1
|
73.6 1
|
|
2000
|
4,447,100 2
|
1,155,930 2
|
26.0
|
3,162,808 2
|
71.1
|
|
2010 |
4,779,736 3 |
1,251,311 3 |
26.2 |
3,275,394 3 |
68.5 |
|
2020 |
5,108,468 4 |
|
26.8 |
|
68.9 |
1 Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals by
Race, 1790 to 1990, and by Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, for the United
States, Regions, Divisions, and States. (Working Paper Series no. 56).
Washington: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, 2002.
[Table 15 � Alabama, Race and Hispanic Origin: 1800 t0 1990]
http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html
2 U.S. Census of Population and Housing, 2000: Summary
Population and Housing Characteristics: Alabama. Washington: U.S. Dept.
of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 2002.
[Table 4: Race and Hispanic or Latino: 2000]
(C 3.223/18: 2000 PHC-1-2)
http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-1-2.pdf
3 U.S. Census of Population and Housing, 2010: Quick Facts.
Birmingham City, Alabama. Accessed online 03/10/2016: http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/01,01073,0107000
4 U.S. Census of Population and Housing, 2020: Quick Facts.
Birmingham City, Alabama. Accessed online 02/21/2024:
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/AL,birminghamcityalabama/POP010220#POP010220