Fastest Shrinking City in Every State

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Alabama is renowned for both being the home of the civil rights movement and its warm southern hospitality. Reguardless, the Birmingham, Alabama area has had a 1.3% decline in its population over the past year. The metropolitan statistical area is generally the most populated in Northwest Alabama, but the numbers are dropping to be sure.

 

Birmingham, Alabama -1.3%

The population of Birmingham, Alabama was 200,133 in the year 2020, then in 2021, the population dropped to well below that at 197,575 – a difference of over 2,000. People just aren’t flocking to this area it seems. A study found that finding a job was the main factor driving people out of this region.

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