ALABAMA
POPULATION—ALABAMA
NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF INHABITANTS
Population of the State.—Alabama was organized as a territory in March, 1S17, and was admitted to the Union as the twenty-second State in December, 1S19. Its population on April 1, 1930, according to the Fifteenth Census, was 2,646,248, which represents an increase of 29S,074, or 12.7 per cent, as compared with the population on January 1, 1920. The total land area of the State, as shown in Table 3, is 51,279 square miles. The average number of inhabitants per square mile in 1930 was 51.6, as compared with 45.8 in 1920.
Table 1 shows the population of Alabama from 1820, the year in which its area was first enumerated, to 1930, together with the increase in each decade.
Table 1.—Population of Alabama: 1S20 to 1930
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n*2n
1010.
1900.
1S90.
1SS0.
1X70.
1SC0.
1850. is 10.
ISM.
1S20.
Counties, cities, and minor civil divisions.—In the tables which follow (Tables 2 to 6), the population of Alabama is shown by counties, election precincts, cities, and incorporated towns, with some comparative figures from previous censuses.
Cities of 10,000 or more.—There are 14 cities in the State which had a population of 10,000 or more in 1930. Table 2 shows for these cities the population at each census for which figures are available, together with the increase or decrease in each decade. Birmingham, the largest city, first became an important industrial center between 1880 and 1890. Its growth has been very rapid during each decade of its history. Bessemer and Fairfield are within the metropolitan area of Birmingham and have shared the growth of that city. Mobile, on Mobile Bay, retains its position as the second city in Alabama, closely followed by Montgomery, the capital. Decatur and Phenix City have entered this population class since 1920 by virtue of consolidations and annexations. Fairfield and Huntsville also first attained a population of 10,000 or more between 1920 and 1930.
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INCREASE OVER PRECEDING CENSUS
Population ______________________
Number Percent
2,010.248	2HS.074	12.7
2,348,174	210,081	0.8
2,138,093	309,300	10.9
1,828,097	315,290	20.8
1,513,401	250,890	19.9
1,202.505	205,513	2G.	0
990,992	32.791	3.4
901,201	192,578	25.0
771,023	180,807	30.0
590,750	2S 1.229	90.9
309,527	IS 1,020	142.0
127,901 .....................
CENSUS YEAR