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Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 15,363
  equals Births 72,395
  less Deaths 57,032
Net Migration 1,858
  equals net International Migration 5,606
  plus net Domestic Migration -3,748

The population of the Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA changed from 1,128,879 on 2010 to 1,145,647 in 2015 -- a change of 16,768 (1.49%). This report provides a summary of how and why the population has changed during this period and what these factors suggest about future change.

Primary Contributing Factors to Change
The primary contributing factors resulting in population change are 1) natural change (births less deaths) and/or 2) net migration. Eight tables are presented below providing annual data for each component county of the metro and metro summary. The tables provide data on the total population, births, deaths, natural change (births less deaths), international migration, domestic migration and net migration.

From 2010 to 2015 (7/1/2010-6/30/2015), natural change (15,363) exceeded net migration (1,858); natural change has been the primary contributing factor for the total metro population change. Examine the metro by county tables below to learn about how each county contributes to the metro population growth or decline.

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Related Sections
  • Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA S&O Report
  • State of the States -- all states interactive table
  • Metro S&O Reports -- all metros interactive table
  • CountyTrends 2010-2015 -- all counties interactive table
  • CountyTrends -- multi-sourced county data
  • Regional Data Analytics Main

Table 1. Population          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg 10-15%Chg 10-15
Bibb County, AL01007P0000001 22,861 22,733 22,642 22,512 22,549 22,583 -278 -1.22
Blount County, AL01009P0000001 57,373 57,711 57,776 57,734 57,658 57,673 300 0.52
Chilton County, AL01021P0000001 43,665 43,739 43,697 43,795 43,921 43,943 278 0.64
Jefferson County, AL01073P0000001 658,116 657,779 657,704 658,913 660,368 660,367 2,251 0.34
St. Clair County, AL01115P0000001 83,812 84,317 85,160 86,210 86,561 87,074 3,262 3.89
Shelby County, AL01117P0000001 196,048 197,985 200,830 203,925 206,199 208,713 12,665 6.46
Walker County, AL01127P0000001 67,004 66,641 66,184 65,929 65,567 65,294 -1,710 -2.55
Total P0000001 1,128,879 1,130,905 1,133,993 1,139,018 1,142,823 1,145,647 16,768 1.49
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Bibb County, AL01007B0000001 176 266 245 259 247 253 1,270 
Blount County, AL01009B0000001 732 744 710 646 618 603 3,321 
Chilton County, AL01021B0000001 496 565 565 537 586 561 2,814 
Jefferson County, AL01073B0000001 8,416 8,831 9,007 8,843 8,621 8,639 43,941 
St. Clair County, AL01115B0000001 1,112 1,101 1,059 1,047 988 1,000 5,195 
Shelby County, AL01117B0000001 2,524 2,478 2,379 2,404 2,333 2,331 11,925 
Walker County, AL01127B0000001 872 814 826 753 774 762 3,929 
Total B0000001 14,328 14,799 14,791 14,489 14,167 14,149 72,395 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Bibb County, AL01007D0000001 136 278 237 281 211 223 1,230 
Blount County, AL01009D0000001 532 570 592 585 589 590 2,926 
Chilton County, AL01021D0000001 568 474 495 499 474 462 2,404 
Jefferson County, AL01073D0000001 6,332 6,902 6,740 7,061 6,970 7,033 34,706 
St. Clair County, AL01115D0000001 772 826 803 892 857 878 4,256 
Shelby County, AL01117D0000001 1,264 1,260 1,285 1,347 1,386 1,422 6,700 
Walker County, AL01127D0000001 972 910 1,027 1,035 920 918 4,810 
Total D0000001 10,576 11,220 11,179 11,700 11,407 11,526 57,032 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Bibb County, AL01007NC000001 40 -12 8 -22 36 30 40 
Blount County, AL01009NC000001 200 174 118 61 29 13 395 
Chilton County, AL01021NC000001 -72 91 70 38 112 99 410 
Jefferson County, AL01073NC000001 2,084 1,929 2,267 1,782 1,651 1,606 9,235 
St. Clair County, AL01115NC000001 340 275 256 155 131 122 939 
Shelby County, AL01117NC000001 1,260 1,218 1,094 1,057 947 909 5,225 
Walker County, AL01127NC000001 -100 -96 -201 -282 -146 -156 -881 
Total NC000001 3,752 3,579 3,612 2,789 2,760 2,623 15,363 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Bibb County, AL01007MI000001 8 10 16 18 21 21 86 
Blount County, AL01009MI000001 20 3 19 20 28 28 98 
Chilton County, AL01021MI000001 32 24 9 17 22 22 94 
Jefferson County, AL01073MI000001 688 759 629 670 786 800 3,644 
St. Clair County, AL01115MI000001 64 50 39 43 49 49 230 
Shelby County, AL01117MI000001 332 317 194 221 271 274 1,277 
Walker County, AL01127MI000001 24 33 31 32 40 41 177 
Total MI000001 1,168 1,196 937 1,021 1,217 1,235 5,606 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Bibb County, AL01007MD000001 -276 -126 -115 -140 -4 4 -381 
Blount County, AL01009MD000001 -12 104 -68 -101 -119 -79 -263 
Chilton County, AL01021MD000001 188 -60 -116 21 20 -99 -234 
Jefferson County, AL01073MD000001 -3,808 -2,723 -2,955 -1,096 -640 -2,204 -9,618 
St. Clair County, AL01115MD000001 460 126 563 815 134 271 1,909 
Shelby County, AL01117MD000001 1,712 287 1,552 1,782 1,033 1,242 5,896 
Walker County, AL01127MD000001 8 -306 -288 -44 -217 -202 -1,057 
Total MD000001 -1,728 -2,698 -1,427 1,237 207 -1,067 -3,748 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Bibb County, AL01007MN000001 -268 -116 -99 -122 17 25 -295 
Blount County, AL01009MN000001 8 107 -49 -81 -91 -51 -165 
Chilton County, AL01021MN000001 220 -36 -107 38 42 -77 -140 
Jefferson County, AL01073MN000001 -3,120 -1,964 -2,326 -426 146 -1,404 -5,974 
St. Clair County, AL01115MN000001 524 176 602 858 183 320 2,139 
Shelby County, AL01117MN000001 2,044 604 1,746 2,003 1,304 1,516 7,173 
Walker County, AL01127MN000001 32 -273 -257 -12 -177 -161 -880 
Total MN000001 -560 -1,502 -490 2,258 1,424 168 1,858 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Bibb County, AL01007GQ000001 2,224 2,224 2,224 2,224 2,233 2,236 12 0.54
Blount County, AL01009GQ000001 489 489 489 489 489 489 0 0.00
Chilton County, AL01021GQ000001 393 393 393 393 393 393 0 0.00
Jefferson County, AL01073GQ000001 15,776 15,750 15,792 16,004 16,006 16,019 243 1.54
St. Clair County, AL01115GQ000001 1,967 1,932 1,924 1,891 1,883 1,883 -84 -4.27
Shelby County, AL01117GQ000001 2,574 2,620 2,665 2,654 2,632 2,634 60 2.33
Walker County, AL01127GQ000001 866 850 850 851 851 851 -15 -1.73
Total GQ000001 24,289 24,258 24,337 24,506 24,487 24,505 216 0.89

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