Alabama, South USA
Alabama, South USA: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
state · North America · page prepared 2026-11-07
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Alabama at a glance
Rolled up from the 17 regions inside Alabama on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Who leads Alabama, and how households are doing
Researched 2026-11-09 from official statistics; every figure links to its source.
- Population
- 5,193,088 persons (resident population, July 1 estimate; FRED series ALPOP, 5,193.088 thousand, source U.S. Census Bureau) (2025) ↗
- GDP
- 356,404.9 USD millions, seasonally adjusted annual rate (BEA nominal GDP via FRED ALNQGSP) (2026-Q2) ↗
- Unemployment
- 3.5 % (preliminary, seasonally adjusted; 82,075 unemployed) (2026-09) ↗
- Median household income
- 63,999 USD (ACS, ±$399) (2024) ↗
- Home ownership
- 70.2 % (ACS) (2024) ↗
- Debt per person with a credit report
- 48,900 USD average debt per person with a credit score (NY Fed Center for Microeconomic Data via USAFacts) (2025) ↗
Home prices in the biggest cities
As each source measures them (benchmark, median or average sale price); not directly comparable across measures.
| City / metro | Price | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham area ↗ | 326,500 USD | median sale | 2026-07 |
| Huntsville area ↗ | 349,000 USD | median sale | 2026-07 |
| Mobile area ↗ | 245,000 USD | median sale | 2026-07 |
| Montgomery area ↗ | 262,800 USD | median sale | 2026-07 |
| Baldwin County ↗ | 375,000 USD | median sale | 2026-07 |
| Tuscaloosa area ↗ | 274,450 USD | median sale | 2026-07 |
Languages
Official-language and home-language figures as the census reports them.
Largest companies in Alabama
Ranked by the measure shown, from the cited ranking or filing.
| Company | Measure | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regions Financial Corporation (Birmingham) ↗ | revenue | 9.608 USD billions | 2025 |
| Protective Life (Birmingham; subsidiary of Dai-ichi Life) ↗ | revenue | 7.75 USD billions | 2024 |
| Vulcan Materials Company (Birmingham) ↗ | revenue | 7.315 USD billions | 2022 |
| Encompass Health (Birmingham) ↗ | revenue | 5.935 USD billions | 2025 |
| Drummond Company (Birmingham, private) ↗ | revenue | 5 USD billions | 2016 |
| American Cast Iron Pipe Company (Birmingham, private) ↗ | revenue | 1.8 USD billions | 2023 |
| Adtran (Huntsville) ↗ | revenue | 1.08 USD billions | 2025 |
| Medical Properties Trust (Birmingham) ↗ | revenue | 0.972 USD billions | 2025 |
Worth knowing
- 2026-11Republican U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville won the November 3, 2026 governor's race over Democrat Doug Jones, 52% to 48%, the closest Alabama governor's race since 2002. Kay Ivey was term-limited. ↗
- 2017-04Kay Ivey was sworn in as Alabama's 54th governor on April 10, 2017, after a vacancy. She won full terms in 2018 and 2022 and was sworn in for her second full term on January 16, 2023. ↗
- 2026-11U.S. Treasury and the IRS approved 141 Opportunity Zones 2.0 census tracts in Alabama (65 rural, 76 non-rural, in 66 counties). They take effect January 1, 2027. ↗
- 2026-09Wage and salary employment rose by 24,300 over the year to 2,218,800 in September 2026. Prime-age (25–54) labor force participation reached 79.5%, up from 78.4%. ↗
- 2026-06Statewide home sales in June 2026 rose 14.2% year over year, to 6,340 closed transactions, with 3.6 months of inventory. ↗
Census
US Census Bureau American Community Survey.
- Spanish183,774 · 3.6%
- Other Indo-European languages18,806 · 0.4%
- Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)10,931 · 0.2%
- Korean10,848 · 0.2%
- German or other West Germanic languages10,361 · 0.2%
- Other Asian and Pacific Island languages9,049 · 0.2%
- Vietnamese7,759 · 0.2%
- Other and unspecified languages7,635 · 0.2%
- Arabic5,934 · 0.1%
- French, Haitian, or Cajun5,929 · 0.1%
Largest places in Alabama
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Huntsville, Alabama full215,006
- 2.Birmingham, Alabama full200,733
- 3.Montgomery, Alabama full198,440
- 4.Mobile, Alabama full187,041
- 5.Tuscaloosa, AL full99,600
- 6.Dothan, Alabama full71,258
- 7.Florence, Alabama full40,184
- 8.Daphne, AL full28,673
- 9.Fairhope, Alabama22,477
- 10.Selma, Alabama17,971
- 11.Muscle Shoals, Alabama full16,275
- 12.Talladega, Alabama full15,861
- 13.Gulf Shores, Alabama full15,014
- 14.Fort Payne, Alabama14,877
- 15.Spanish Fort, AL full10,377
Inside Alabama
17 regions have Alabama as their parent.
Companies based in Alabama
68 companies in the Research Upon directory have their headquarters somewhere in Alabama. Search them by name or industry.
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of Alabama, South USA are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.