Birmingham Metro Area Population 1950-2022
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Birmingham metro area from 1950 to 2022. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Birmingham in 2022 is 856,000, a 0.82% increase from 2021.
- The metro area population of Birmingham in 2021 was 849,000, a 0.83% increase from 2020.
- The metro area population of Birmingham in 2020 was 842,000, a 0.84% increase from 2019.
- The metro area population of Birmingham in 2019 was 835,000, a 0.72% increase from 2018.
| Other Cities in United States |
| City Name |
Population |
| New York City |
18,867,000 |
| Los Angeles |
12,488,000 |
| Chicago |
8,901,000 |
| Houston |
6,603,000 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth |
6,488,000 |
| Miami |
6,215,000 |
| Atlanta |
6,013,000 |
| Philadelphia |
5,756,000 |
| Washington DC |
5,434,000 |
| Phoenix |
4,652,000 |
| Boston |
4,327,000 |
| Detroit |
3,521,000 |
| Seattle |
3,489,000 |
| San Francisco |
3,318,000 |
| San Diego |
3,295,000 |
| Minneapolis |
2,967,000 |
| Tampa |
2,945,000 |
| Denver |
2,897,000 |
| Las Vegas |
2,839,000 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino |
2,556,000 |
| San Antonio |
2,413,000 |
| Baltimore |
2,343,000 |
| St. Louis |
2,221,000 |
| Charlotte |
2,204,000 |
| Portland |
2,197,000 |
| Sacramento |
2,186,000 |
| Austin |
2,176,000 |
| Orlando |
2,038,000 |
| Indianapolis |
1,858,000 |
| San Jose |
1,809,000 |
| Cincinnati |
1,764,000 |
| Cleveland |
1,761,000 |
| Kansas City |
1,711,000 |
| Pittsburgh |
1,699,000 |
| Columbus |
1,687,000 |
| Raleigh |
1,547,000 |
| Virginia Beach |
1,482,000 |
| Milwaukee |
1,448,000 |
| Jacksonville |
1,314,000 |
| Nashville |
1,294,000 |
| Providence |
1,201,000 |
| Salt Lake City |
1,192,000 |
| Memphis |
1,163,000 |
| Richmond |
1,128,000 |
| Louisville |
1,107,000 |
| McAllen |
1,060,000 |
| Hartford |
1,010,000 |
| Oklahoma City |
1,008,000 |
| New Orleans |
1,005,000 |
| Tucson |
1,003,000 |
| El Paso |
974,000 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford |
957,000 |
| Albuquerque |
942,000 |
| Temecula-Murrieta |
931,000 |
| Cape Coral |
910,000 |
| Honolulu |
905,000 |
| Buffalo |
884,000 |
| Birmingham |
856,000 |
| Omaha |
851,000 |
| Provo-Orem |
818,000 |
| Fresno |
786,000 |
| Tulsa |
783,000 |
| Allentown |
777,000 |
| Knoxville |
771,000 |
| Baton Rouge |
756,000 |
| Sarasota-Bradenton |
750,000 |
| Rochester |
746,000 |
| Columbia, South Carolina |
743,000 |
| Dayton |
743,000 |
| Ogden-Layton |
738,000 |
| Charleston-North Charleston |
734,000 |
| Bakersfield |
718,000 |
| Concord |
693,000 |
| Colorado Springs |
685,000 |
| Springfield |
676,000 |
| The Woodlands |
644,000 |
| Mission Viejo |
643,000 |
| Albany |
635,000 |
| Grand Rapids |
603,000 |
| New Haven |
597,000 |
| Victorville-Hesperia-Apple Valley |
576,000 |
| Kissimmee |
568,000 |
| Akron |
564,000 |
| Des Moines |
559,000 |
| Harrisburg |
558,000 |
| Worcester |
557,000 |
| Greenville |
550,000 |
| Port St. Lucie |
545,000 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale |
544,000 |
| Wichita |
535,000 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne |
529,000 |
| Winston-Salem |
528,000 |
| Little Rock |
527,000 |
| Reno |
523,000 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh |
520,000 |
| Lancaster-Palmdale |
517,000 |
| Lancaster |
513,000 |
| Toledo |
509,000 |
| Madison |
501,000 |
| Daytona Beach-Port Orange |
497,000 |
| Indio-Cathedral City-Palm Springs |
487,000 |
| Boise City |
462,000 |
| Denton-Lewisville |
458,000 |
| Spokane |
456,000 |
| Bonita Springs-Naples |
455,000 |
| Augusta-Richmond County |
452,000 |
| Stockton |
446,000 |
| Concord |
438,000 |
| Visalia |
437,000 |
| Jackson, Mississippi |
431,000 |
| Durham |
429,000 |
| Chattanooga |
426,000 |
| Syracuse |
421,000 |
| Modesto |
418,000 |
| Santa Clarita |
415,000 |
| Myrtle Beach |
408,000 |
| Oxnard |
402,000 |
| Huntsville |
400,000 |
| Round Lake Beach-McHenry-Grayslake |
383,000 |
| Lafayette |
376,000 |
| Scranton |
374,000 |
| Greensboro |
369,000 |
| Montgomery |
367,000 |
| Asheville |
366,000 |
| Antioch |
365,000 |
| Springfield, Missouri |
359,000 |
| Lakeland |
358,000 |
| Pensacola |
357,000 |
| Youngstown |
353,000 |
| Fayetteville |
352,000 |
| Corpus Christi |
350,000 |
| Fort Collins |
349,000 |
| Flint |
344,000 |
| Fort Wayne |
343,000 |
| Lexington-Fayette |
341,000 |
| Mobile |
334,000 |
| Santa Rosa |
334,000 |
| Savannah |
334,000 |
| Trenton |
333,000 |
| Ann Arbor |
331,000 |
| Laredo |
329,000 |
| Rockford |
328,000 |
| Lansing |
327,000 |
| Shreveport |
325,000 |
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Birmingham - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2022 |
856,000 |
0.82% |
| 2021 |
849,000 |
0.83% |
| 2020 |
842,000 |
0.84% |
| 2019 |
835,000 |
0.72% |
| 2018 |
829,000 |
1.22% |
| 2017 |
819,000 |
1.24% |
| 2016 |
809,000 |
1.25% |
| 2015 |
799,000 |
1.27% |
| 2014 |
789,000 |
1.15% |
| 2013 |
780,000 |
1.30% |
| 2012 |
770,000 |
1.18% |
| 2011 |
761,000 |
1.20% |
| 2010 |
752,000 |
1.21% |
| 2009 |
743,000 |
1.23% |
| 2008 |
734,000 |
1.24% |
| 2007 |
725,000 |
1.26% |
| 2006 |
716,000 |
1.27% |
| 2005 |
707,000 |
1.14% |
| 2004 |
699,000 |
1.30% |
| 2003 |
690,000 |
1.17% |
| 2002 |
682,000 |
1.19% |
| 2001 |
674,000 |
1.20% |
| 2000 |
666,000 |
0.91% |
| 1999 |
660,000 |
0.61% |
| 1998 |
656,000 |
0.61% |
| 1997 |
652,000 |
0.62% |
| 1996 |
648,000 |
0.62% |
| 1995 |
644,000 |
0.78% |
| 1994 |
639,000 |
0.63% |
| 1993 |
635,000 |
0.63% |
| 1992 |
631,000 |
0.64% |
| 1991 |
627,000 |
0.64% |
| 1990 |
623,000 |
0.32% |
| 1989 |
621,000 |
0.32% |
| 1988 |
619,000 |
0.16% |
| 1987 |
618,000 |
0.32% |
| 1986 |
616,000 |
0.33% |
| 1985 |
614,000 |
0.16% |
| 1984 |
613,000 |
0.33% |
| 1983 |
611,000 |
0.16% |
| 1982 |
610,000 |
0.33% |
| 1981 |
608,000 |
0.33% |
| 1980 |
606,000 |
0.66% |
| 1979 |
602,000 |
0.84% |
| 1978 |
597,000 |
0.84% |
| 1977 |
592,000 |
0.68% |
| 1976 |
588,000 |
0.86% |
| 1975 |
583,000 |
0.87% |
| 1974 |
578,000 |
0.87% |
| 1973 |
573,000 |
0.70% |
| 1972 |
569,000 |
0.89% |
| 1971 |
564,000 |
0.89% |
| 1970 |
559,000 |
0.72% |
| 1969 |
555,000 |
0.73% |
| 1968 |
551,000 |
0.55% |
| 1967 |
548,000 |
0.74% |
| 1966 |
544,000 |
0.74% |
| 1965 |
540,000 |
0.56% |
| 1964 |
537,000 |
0.75% |
| 1963 |
533,000 |
0.76% |
| 1962 |
529,000 |
0.57% |
| 1961 |
526,000 |
0.77% |
| 1960 |
522,000 |
1.36% |
| 1959 |
515,000 |
1.58% |
| 1958 |
507,000 |
1.60% |
| 1957 |
499,000 |
1.63% |
| 1956 |
491,000 |
1.45% |
| 1955 |
484,000 |
1.68% |
| 1954 |
476,000 |
1.49% |
| 1953 |
469,000 |
1.74% |
| 1952 |
461,000 |
1.54% |
| 1951 |
454,000 |
1.57% |
| 1950 |
447,000 |
0.00% |
