Demographics of Alabama

The 2010 census estimated Alabama's population at 4,802,740, an increase of 332,636 or 7.5% since 2000. This includes a natural increase of 87,818 and a net migration of 73,178 people into the state. Immigration from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 30,537 and migration within the country produced a net increase of 42,641.
As of 2000, 96.7% of Alabama residents age 5 and older speak English at home and 2.2% speak Spanish. German speakers make up only 0.4% of the population, French/French Creole at 0.3%, and Chinese at 0.1%.
In 2006 Alabama had a larger percentage of tobacco smokers than the national average, with 23% of adults smoking.
The religious affiliations of adult people in Alabama are as follows: Christian – 86%, Non-Christian Faiths – 1%, Other faiths – 1%, Unaffiliated – 12%
As of 2000, 25.3% of residents of the state were under 18, 6.7% were under 5, and 13.0% were over 65.
51.7% of Alabamians are female and 48.3% are male; there is a surplus of 600,000 women in the age range of 25–44.

Population

2020 census

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	41,582	70.71%
Black or African American	11,352	19.3%
Native American	184	0.31%
Asian	873	1.48%
Pacific Islander	22	0.04%
Other/Mixed	2,675	4.55%
Hispanic or Latino	2,117	3.6%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	11,086	43.95%
Black or African American	11,850	46.98%
Native American	58	0.23%
Asian	103	0.41%
Other/Mixed	616	2.44%
Hispanic or Latino	1,510	5.99%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	49,764	84.15%
Black or African American	826	1.4%
Native American	188	0.32%
Asian	174	0.29%
Pacific Islander	11	0.02%
Other/Mixed	2,400	4.06%
Hispanic or Latino	5,771	9.76%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	9,679	50.81%
Black or African American	8,389	44.03%
Native American	23	0.12%
Asian	143	0.75%
Pacific Islander	5	0.03%
Other/Mixed	552	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	250	1.36%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	18,616	53.54%
Black or African American	13,441	38.65%
Native American	71	0.2%
Asian	385	1.11%
Pacific Islander	11	0.03%
Other/Mixed	1,011	2.91%
Hispanic or Latino	1,237	3.56%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	34,878	77.48%
Black or African American	4,040	8.97%
Native American	112	0.25%
Asian	176	0.39%
Pacific Islander	5	0.01%
Other/Mixed	1,385	3.08%
Hispanic or Latino	4,418	9.81%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	11,970	51.85%
Black or African American	10,223	44.28%
Native American	74	0.32%
Asian	91	0.39%
Pacific Islander	1	0.0%
Other/Mixed	522	2.26%
Hispanic or Latino	206	0.89%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	13,740	91.26%
Black or African American	457	3.04%
Native American	42	0.28%
Asian	21	0.14%
Pacific Islander	2	0.01%
Other/Mixed	510	3.39%
Hispanic or Latino	284	1.89%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	43,241	75.56%
Black or African American	9,222	16.11%
Native American	223	0.39%
Asian	432	0.75%
Pacific Islander	9	0.02%
Other/Mixed	2,368	4.14%
Hispanic or Latino	1,732	3.03%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	6,807	65.53%
Black or African American	3,000	28.88%
Native American	25	0.24%
Asian	8	0.08%
Other/Mixed	346	3.33%
Hispanic or Latino	201	1.94%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	9,333	70.74%
Black or African American	3,085	23.38%
Native American	48	0.36%
Asian	83	0.63%
Pacific Islander	2	0.02%
Other/Mixed	456	3.46%
Hispanic or Latino	187	1.42%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	32,602	66.09%
Black or African American	10,100	20.48%
Native American	217	0.44%
Asian	648	1.31%
Pacific Islander	42	0.09%
Other/Mixed	2,463	4.99%
Hispanic or Latino	3,254	6.6%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	54,529	76.15%
Black or African American	1,019	1.42%
Native American	715	1.0%
Asian	237	0.33%
Pacific Islander	16	0.02%
Other/Mixed	3,348	4.68%
Hispanic or Latino	11,744	16.4%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	22,004	59.86%
Black or African American	10,922	29.71%
Native American	1,488	4.05%
Asian	108	0.29%
Pacific Islander	22	0.06%
Other/Mixed	1,462	3.98%
Hispanic or Latino	751	2.04%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	13,552	83.03%
Black or African American	1,720	10.54%
Native American	43	0.26%
Asian	49	0.3%
Pacific Islander	1	0.01%
Other/Mixed	560	3.43%
Hispanic or Latino	396	2.43%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	21,654	81.23%
Black or African American	2,231	8.37%
Native American	166	0.62%
Asian	86	0.32%
Pacific Islander	7	0.03%
Other/Mixed	1,219	4.57%
Hispanic or Latino	1,296	4.86%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	5,972	40.39%
Black or African American	8,313	56.23%
Native American	34	0.23%
Asian	18	0.12%
Pacific Islander	5	0.03%
Other/Mixed	294	1.99%
Hispanic or Latino	149	1.01%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	68,251	63.67%
Black or African American	28,232	26.34%
Native American	321	0.3%
Asian	1,260	1.18%
Pacific Islander	59	0.06%
Other/Mixed	4,598	4.29%
Hispanic or Latino	4,481	4.18%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	324,252	48.06%
Black or African American	280,112	41.52%
Native American	1,207	0.18%
Asian	13,043	1.95%
Pacific Islander	311	0.05%
Other/Mixed	20,940	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	34,856	5.17%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	76,491	81.75%
Black or African American	9,164	9.79%
Native American	295	0.32%
Asian	748	0.8%
Pacific Islander	31	0.03%
Other/Mixed	3,757	4.02%
Hispanic or Latino	3,078	3.29%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	109,795	63.01%
Black or African American	39,252	22.53%
Native American	365	0.21%
Asian	8,544	4.9%
Pacific Islander	108	0.06%
Other/Mixed	7,042	4.04%
Hispanic or Latino	9,135	5.24%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	2,807	27.22%
Black or African American	7,149	69.33%
Native American	9	0.09%
Asian	15	0.15%
Other/Mixed	191	1.85%
Hispanic or Latino	140	1.36%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	237,497	61.19%
Black or African American	91,079	23.46%
Native American	2,132	0.55%
Asian	10,179	2.62%
Pacific Islander	450	0.12%
Other/Mixed	21,880	5.64%
Hispanic or Latino	24,936	6.42%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	26,093	88.93%
Black or African American	1,094	3.73%
Native American	82	0.28%
Asian	75	0.26%
Pacific Islander	14	0.05%
Other/Mixed	1,120	3.82%
Hispanic or Latino	863	2.94%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	226,703	54.65%
Black or African American	145,435	35.06%
Native American	3,743	0.9%
Asian	8,515	2.05%
Pacific Islander	216	0.05%
Other/Mixed	16,772	4.04%
Hispanic or Latino	13,425	3.24%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	73,354	32.04%
Black or African American	129,801	56.69%
Native American	364	0.16%
Asian	7,952	3.47%
Pacific Islander	119	0.05%
Other/Mixed	6,680	2.92%
Hispanic or Latino	10,684	4.67%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	2,345	27.55%
Black or African American	5,914	69.49%
Native American	15	0.18%
Asian	10	0.12%
Pacific Islander	1	0.01%
Other/Mixed	137	1.61%
Hispanic or Latino	89	1.05%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	18,036	54.64%
Black or African American	12,068	36.56%
Native American	169	0.51%
Asian	577	1.75%
Pacific Islander	9	0.03%
Other/Mixed	1,245	3.77%
Hispanic or Latino	905	2.74%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	26,679	45.08%
Black or African American	25,930	43.81%
Native American	180	0.3%
Asian	408	0.69%
Pacific Islander	128	0.22%
Other/Mixed	2,663	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3,195	5.4%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	162,712	72.96%
Black or African American	28,711	12.87%
Native American	478	0.21%
Asian	5,114	2.29%
Pacific Islander	91	0.04%
Other/Mixed	9,458	4.24%
Hispanic or Latino	16,460	7.38%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	50,732	61.76%
Black or African American	26,340	32.06%
Native American	184	0.22%
Asian	395	0.48%
Pacific Islander	27	0.03%
Other/Mixed	2,692	3.28%
Hispanic or Latino	1,779	2.17%

Race / Ethnicity	Pop 2010	Pop 2020	% 2010	% 2020
White alone	126,611	134,880	65.04%	59.41%
Black or African American alone	57,401	68,779	29.49%	30.29%
Native American or Alaska Native alone	455	420	0.23%	0.18%
Asian alone	2,293	3,241	1.18%	1.43%
Pacific Islander alone	76	94	0.04%	0.04%
Some Other Race alone	136	792	0.07%	0.35%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial	1,735	6,532	0.89%	2.88%
Hispanic or Latino	5,949	12,298	3.06%	5.42%
Total	194,656	227,036	100.00%	100.00%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	10,267	66.72%
Black or African American	3,318	21.56%
Native American	1,102	7.16%
Asian	14	0.09%
Pacific Islander	2	0.01%
Other/Mixed	547	3.55%
Hispanic or Latino	138	0.9%

Race	Num.	Perc.
White	21,598	91.75%
Black or African American	131	0.56%
Native American	83	0.35%
Asian	58	0.25%
Pacific Islander	9	0.04%
Other/Mixed	846	3.59%
Hispanic or Latino	815	3.46%