4 POPULATION—ALABAMA Table 2.-Populat.on of Principal Cities from Earliest Census to 1930 [A minus sign (-) denotes decrease] INCREASE INCREASE OVER PRECEDING OVER I RECEDING p«niiln- CENSUS CITY AND CENSUS PopulS- CENSUS “If 'ENS°3 _________________ YEAR tion ________________________________ YEA Number Per cent Number Per cent _________________ Anniston: • Hun,lno?1C: 11.554 3,536 44.1 1930............... 22.345 4.011 2G.0 030 407 5.3 1020............... 17.734 4.940 3S.C 1970................ jlen -457 -5.7 1910............. 12,7141 3,010 32.0 910...........” s, 0GS 73 0.0 1200................ 9,095 -303 - 3.0 1900............... jlojj 3i0lR J0,0 1S90............. 9.903 9,050 001.4 [590................ 4977 70 1.4 1850.................. 912 IS."........... . 4,907 | 1,273 35.0 11™:::::::::::- 3,«4 7-1 20.9 BeTofoe-............. 20.72 , 2.0,7 11.0 1*30 2'fiG3!.................... 1920 ............ IS, 674 7.S10 #1.9 MnhiIe. 1910............... 10.861 4,506 70.9 .... CS.202 7,425 12.2 1900............. 6.35S 1,814 39.9 }g$............ CO. 777 9,256 1S.0 1S90................ 4,614 .................. 910'"”"............... 51,521 ! 13,052 33.9 1900.—«——— 3S, 469 ; 7,393 23. S Birmingham: 1S90_____....... 31,076 ; l,94i C. / 1030 259,078 S0.S72 45.2 {So I”..... 29.132 j -2,902 -9.1 1920lIIII --..... 17S, 806 40,121 31 8 i87o"I.................. 32,034 2,770 9.5 1910 ...........- 132,085 91.270 246.4 18G0.............. 29,258 8.743 42.0 1900 .............. 38,415 12,237 46.* 1850 20.515 I 7,843 01.9 1890............... 20,178 23,092 748.3 lg40 12,072 9,478 296.7 1880............. 3,0SG ............................. 1830.............. 3,194 '................ DCClll30: .. 15,693 10.841 228.1 60,079 22.615 52.0 moo" . 4,752 521 12.4 1920.............. 43,404 5.32S 14.0 1910........ .... 4,228 1,111 35.8 1910.............. 38.136 7,790 25.7 1900........ .... 3,114 319 12. C . 1900.............. 30,346 8,463 3^.7 1890''""............ 2.765 1,702 160.1 1890.............. 21.S83 5,170 30.9 1SS0*~.............. 1,063 39? 58.4 1&0.............. 16.713 6.125 57.8 ISTOlII............... 671 1870............. 10.5SS 1,715 19.7 I860............. (*) I860............ .8.8-13 115 1.3 1850.................. 600 I860........... S, 728 6,5-19 300.0 18-10........... 2.179 ...................... Doth1930 .............. 10.046 6.012 59.9 PhenixCity: 1920 10,031 3,018 43.0 1930.............. 13,862 8,430 155.2 1910......1"........ 7,010 3,741 114.2 1920............... 5.432 j S77 19.3 1900* 3,275 3,028 1,225.9 1910............... 4.555 1 392 9.4 IS90’................. 217 1900.............. 4.103 463 12.5 1890............ 3,700 I 1,470 00.4 Fairfield: 1880............... 2,224 ................. 1930...........—— 11,059 6,056 121.0 1920................ 5,003 .................. Selma: 1 1930.............. 18.012 2,423 15.5 Florence: 1920.............. 15,589 1,910 M.2 1930................ H.729 1,200 11.4 1910.............. 13.049 4,930 50.7 1020............... 10,529 3.S10 57.4 1900............ 8,713 1,091 14.3 1910................ 0,089 211 3.3 1890 7.622 93 1.2 1900................ 0.478 466 7.S 1830.............. 7.529 1,0-15 10.1 I8«0................ 0.012 4,653 342.4 1870............ u,484‘ 3.307 101.1 1880................ 1.359 -014 -32.1 I860............ 3,177 101 3.4 1870................ 2.003 COS 43.0 1850 3,073 ................-- 1800................ 1,395 593 73.9 1850.................. S02 Tuscaloosa: , , 1930.............. 20.059 | 8,003 72.2 Gadsden: 1020.............. 11.996 i 3,589 42.7 1930.............. 2-1.012 9,30--> 0-3 1 1910............ s 4U7 3 313 65.0 1920................ 14.737 4, ISO 39.0 1900..... 5 mu 879 20.9 1910............1 16.557 0.275 146.5 1890......I ” 4 215 1 797 74.3 1900............; 4.2S2 1.381 47.6 jSgQ..... oto 7*9 43.2 \Tn.............I ?'2i ’•sw 70 9 i87o::::::::::::' -2,S -S.7 ***<•...........| ’•W7 i8co.............. a.psu ................ 1 Not. returned separately. Counties. Tn.h,e 3 shows the population of the 67 counties of Alabama from 1890 to 1930. together with the land area of each countv and its population per square mile m 1930. Of these counties, 51 increased in population between 1920 and 1930 while 16 counties, mainly rural, show decreases. Jefferson County, including the city of Birmingham, shows the largest increase, both in number and in rate. NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION 5 Table 3.—Area and Population op Counties: 1S90 to 1930 [A minus sign (—) denotes decrease] POPULATION a[°a 1930 per cent of COUNTY sq‘"aro_________________ increase Por 1920 1010 1000 1800 -------------- Total square 1020 to 1010 to Ulllo , 1030 1020 Alabama..........M,270 2.010,243 51.0 2,318,174 2,138.093 1,023,897 11.513,401 12.7 0.8 Autauga........... 5S1 10.091 33.7 IS. 90S 20,03S 17,910 13,330 il -5 8 Baldwin............ 1,595 2S.2S9 17.7 20,730 IS, 17S 13,194 8,941 30.5 14.0 Barbour........... 012 32,425 35.0 32,007 32.72S 35,152 34,893 II -2 0 Bibb................ 034 20.7S0 32.8 23,144 22,791 18,498 13,824 -10.2 1.5 Blount i............. 049 28,020 43.2 25,538 21,450 23,119 21,927 9.7 10.0 Bullock.............. 010 20,010 32. S 25,333 30, 108 31,944 27,083 - 21.0 -10 1 Butlor............... 763 30,105 39.0 29,531 20.030 25,701 21,011 ■> 2 17 Calhoun 1......... 015 55,011 00.4 47,822 39,115 34,874 33,835 10.3 22 3 Chambors.......... 012 39,313 04.2 41,201 30,050 32,551 28,319 -4 0 14 3 Chorokeo............. 577 20,210 35.0 20,802 20,220 21,098 20,459 - 3.1 3, I Clinton.............. 713 24,570 34.5 22,770 23,187 10,522 14,540 7.9 -IS. Choctaw.............. 932 20,513 22.0 20,753 1S.4S3 18,130 17,520 -1.2 12,3 Clarko............. 1,210 20,010 21.4 20,409 30.0S7 27,700 22,024 -1 5 -14 S Clay -.............. Oi l 17,70S 2S.9 22,045 21,000 17,000 15,705 - 21.5 7.8. Cloburno'............ 500 12,877 22.0 13,300 13,385 13,200 13.21S -3.0 -0.2 Coffee. —............ 078 32,556 48.0 30,070 20,110 20,972 12,170 S. 3 15 1 Colbort'............. 018 20,800 48.3 31,907 2-1,802 22,341 20,180 - 0,7 29 0- Conecuh.............. $19 25,429 30.0 24,503 21,433 17,514 14,504 3.4 147 Coosa................ 055 12,400 19,0 14.S39 10,034 10,141 15,900 -10.0 - lo' 8 Covington......... 1,04 2 41,350 39.7 38,103 32,124 15,340 7,530 8.5 1S.0 Crenshaw............. 018 23,050 38.3 23,017 23,313 10,008 15,425 2.8 -13 Cullman'............. 703 41,051 53.S 33,034 28,321 17,849 13,439 21 3 10 (1 Dnlo*................ 503 23,175 41.2 22,711 21,008 21, ISO 17,225 2 0 5 1 Dallas............. 057 55,094 57.0 51,097 53,401 54,057 49,350 0.7 2 4 DO Kalb............. 780 40,101 51.0 34,420 28,201 23,558 21,10(1 10.5 21.8 Eluioro7.......... 034 34.2S0 54.1 28,085 28,245 20,009 21,732 22 1 -0 0 Escambia.......... 057 27,003 29.2 22,401 18.8S0 11,320 S.CC0 24.5 18 9 Etowah............ 540 03.399 117.1 47,275 30,109 27,301 21,920 34.1 20 9 Fayette.............. C13 18,443 28.7 18,305 16,248 14,132 12,823 0 4 13.0 Franklin1............ 047 25,372 39.2 22,011 10,309 10,511 10,081 15,3 13,(1 Genova'.............. 578 30,101 52.1 20,316 20,230 10,090 10,000 2.7 IIS Grecno............... 035 19,745 31.1 18,133 22,717 24,182 22,007 8 9 - 20 2 Halo................. G4G 20,205 40.7 24,289 27.SS3 31,011 27,501 8.1 -I2jj Henry*.............. 500 22,820 40.8 21,547 20,943 30,147 24,847 5.0 2.9 Houston*............. 579 45,035 70.3 37,331 32,411 1............ 23.0 15.2 Jackson........... 1,140 30.SS1 32.4 35,SOI 32,018 30,508 28,020 2 8 SO Joffcrson '........ 1,120 431,4C3 3S5.3 310,051 220,470 140,420 88,501 39.2 3(l'o Lamur............. C01 1S.001 30.0 18,149 17,487 10.0S4 I4.1S7 -OS 3 8 Lauderdale.......... 004 41,130 59.3 39,550 30,930 20,559 23,730 4 0 27 9 Lawrence'............ 700 20.042 3S.5 24,307 21.0S1 20,124 20,725 10.8 10,0 ................. 008 30,003 69.3 32,821 32,807 31,820 28,091 0.0 -III Llmcstono............ 590 30,029 01.5 31,311 20.SS0 22.3S7 21,201 10 9 10 (i Lowndes.............. 730 22,878 31.0 25,400 31,894 35,051 31,550 -10 0 - 20 3 Mac?n............... oil 27,103 44.1 23,501 20,010 23,120 IS, 439 15.0 -9 0 Madison......... 811 91,023 79.7 51,208 47,011 43,702 3S.I10 20.0 9.0 Marengo.............. 900 30.427 37.7 30,005 39.023 3S.3I5 33,095 1 0 -0 7 Marion .............. 743 25.007 34.9 22.00S 17,495 11,404 11,347 ISO 25.S Marshall............ C02 39,802 00.1 32,009 25,553 23,289 18,035 21 S 14 4 Mobile............. 1,220 118,303 00.5 100,117 S0.S51 02,710 51,5S7 18 2 23 8 Monroo............. 1,012 30,070 20.7 28,SSI 27,155 23,000 18,990 4.1 6.4 Montgomery'....... 805 98,071 122.0 80,853 82,178 72,0-17 50 172 22 0 -1 0 Morgan.............. 587 ■•10,170 78.7 40,100 33,781 2$, 820 24,059 14 0 19 0 Perry............... 737 20,385 35.8 25,373 31,222 31,783 29,332 4 0 -18 7 Pickens.............. S75 24,002 23.5 25,353 25,055 24,402 22 470 -l.S 1.2 Pike................ 071 32,240 48.0 31,031 30,815 29,172 24,423 1.9 2.0 Footnotes at end of tnblo.