population growth

Huntsville is one of six places in the South and West will host practice runs four years prior to the 2030 U.S. census, a nationwide head count that helps determine political power and the distribution of federal funds.

Alabama Arise Action members are urging state lawmakers to close the Medicaid coverage gap in Alabama, which they say can save lives, create jobs and boost workforce participation in the Yellowhammer State. Activists with the nonprofit organization lobbied for the measure last week in Montgomery.

Alabama is part of the Southern states seeing a boost in population numbers. The South accounted for 87% of the nation’s growth in 2023. That’s according to recent figures from the U.S. Census Bureau, which also shows the South is the only region to have maintained population growth throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

The city of Tuscaloosa has received the results from an updated 2020 census. This comes after the city speculated that the original Census from that time period was inaccurate. The population for the Druid City now stands at over 100,000 people for 2020.

City officials in Birmingham and Mobile say new population estimates showing modest gains are important because they show growth in each case.Al.com…