2024 population: 1,108,911 ( 66,758 from 2020)
Land area: 6569.3 square miles
Population density: 168.8 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	783,600	70.66%	3.6%
Black:	167,557	15.11%	9.2%
Indian:	8,697	0.78%	3.5%
Asian:	19,829	1.79%	23.9%
2+ races:	26,937	2.43%	18.5%
Hispanic:	102,291	9.22%	20.2%

Total non-White:	325,311	29.34%	13.9%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	52,052	12.5
Deaths:	54,078	13.0
Net Migration:	58,426	14.0
Net Immigration:	9,863	2.4

Change in White population:	27,071	2.6
Change in Non-White pop.:	39,687	3.8

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
1,042,153
756,529	72.59%
153,404	14.72%
8,406	0.81%
16,006	1.54%
22,732	2.18%
85,076	8.16%
285,624	27.41%

2010
954,114
724,869	75.97%
131,765	13.81%
7,980	0.84%
12,086	1.27%
17,024	1.78%
59,493	6.24%
229,245	24.03%

2000
846,179
686,193	81.09%
112,034	13.24%
6,478	0.77%
6,979	0.82%
10,550	1.25%
23,406	2.77%
159,986	18.91%

1990
742,105
635,071	85.58%
91,550	12.34%
5,474	0.74%
5,173	0.70%
n/a
4,837	0.65%
107,034	14.42%

1980
677,060
586,684	86.65%
81,570	12.05%
1,333	0.20%
2,331	0.34%
n/a
4,779	0.71%
90,376	13.35%

1970
598,580
524,099	87.56%
70,792	11.83%
229	0.04%
608	0.10%
n/a
2,586	0.43%
74,481	12.44%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
106,425	11.2
92,201	9.7
36,309	3.8
8,591	0.9

31,660	3.3
56,379	5.9

Number	Rate
2000's
106,837	12.6
77,517	9.2
44,231	5.2
15,166	1.8

38,676	4.6
69,259	8.2

Number	Rate
1990's
112,052	15.1
72,378	9.8
36,621	4.9
3,983	0.5

51,122	6.9
52,952	7.1

Number	Rate
1980's
100,710	14.9
59,786	8.8
28,266	4.2
n/a

48,387	7.1
16,658	2.5

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
23,089	3.9
n/a

62,585	10.5
15,895	2.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Huntsville-Decatur-Florence, AL-TN Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
40.0
243,767	22.0%
865,144	78.0%
190,010	17.1%

434,054
2.49

287,077	66.1%
217,177	75.7%
25,722	9.0%
146,977	33.9%

2010
Number	Percent
38.6
226,642	23.8%
727,472	76.2%
133,226	14.0%

379,095
2.47

260,977	68.8%
196,888	75.4%
25,744	9.9%
118,118	31.2%

2000
Number	Percent
36.6
210,096	24.8%
636,083	75.2%
107,886	12.7%

335,206
2.47

239,861	71.6%
192,253	80.2%
21,368	8.9%
95,345	28.4%

1990
Number	Percent
33.5
185,080	24.9%
557,025	75.1%
89,161	12.0%

283,224
2.57

212,877	75.2%
178,169	83.7%
14,927	7.0%
70,347	24.8%

1980
Number	Percent
30.1
200,082	29.6%
476,978	70.4%
69,253	10.2%

235,799
2.83

189,450	80.3%
161,908	85.5%
12,333	6.5%
46,349	19.7%

2022 Housing Data for Huntsville-Decatur-Florence, AL-TN Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	22,777	5.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	19,788	4.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	18,652	4.3%
$20,000 to $24,999	20,168	4.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	19,046	4.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	19,425	4.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	16,785	3.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	18,080	4.2%
$45,000 to $49,999	16,632	3.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	33,162	7.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	39,758	9.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	56,287	13.0%
$100,000 to $124,999	38,026	8.8%
$125,000 to $149,999	27,758	6.4%
$150,000 to $199,999	34,616	8.0%
$200,000 or more	33,094	7.6%

Median Household Income	65,986
Per Capita Income	36,130

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	82

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	21,893	5.0%
Public Assistance	7,715	1.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	50,134	11.6%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	446,268	68.1%
Unemployed	19,986	3.1%
In Armed Forces	1,198	0.2%

Total Labor Force	467,452	71.4%
Not in Labor Force	187,519	28.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		31.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	198,929	152,557	56.6%
Non-Profit	10,806	19,202	36.0%
Self-Employed	29,588	15,964	65.0%

Local Government	13,114	18,560	41.4%
State Government	7,517	11,083	40.4%
Federal Government	19,106	9,990	65.7%

Total Private + Self	228,517	168,521	57.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	50,543	58,835	46.2%
Total	279,060	227,356	55.1%

Pct. Govt.	15.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	71,510	14.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	96,587	19.0%
Professional, Technical	128,732	25.4%
Service Occupations	73,948	14.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	2,040	0.4%
All others	136,605	26.9%

White Collar		58.5%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	88,495	17.4%
Health care and social assistance	61,209	12.1%
Retail trade	57,419	11.3%
Professional, scientific, technical	45,421	9.0%
Educational services	39,540	7.8%
Construction	36,970	7.3%
Accommodation and food services	32,958	6.5%
Public administration	31,455	6.2%
Other services	22,872	4.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	18,158	3.6%
Transportation and warehousing	16,712	3.3%
Finance and insurance	13,797	2.7%
Wholesale trade	9,598	1.9%
Utilities	6,968	1.4%
Information	6,912	1.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	6,308	1.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	5,622	1.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	5,384	1.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,179	0.2%
Management	405	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	46,960	4.24%
Puerto Rican	6,258	0.56%
Cuban	1,742	0.16%
Dominican	895	0.08%

Total Central American	15,947	1.44%
Costa Rican	102	0.01%
Guatemalan	12,802	1.16%
Honduran	1,315	0.12%
Nicaraguan	80	0.01%
Panamanian	503	0.05%
Salvadoran	1,073	0.10%
Other Central American	72	0.01%

Total South American	2,341	0.21%
Argentinean	105	0.01%
Bolivian	43	0.00%
Chilean	149	0.01%
Colombian	1,107	0.10%
Ecuadorian	87	0.01%
Paraguayan	8	0.00%
Peruvian	305	0.03%
Uruguayan	28	0.00%
Venezuelan	509	0.05%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	4,468	0.40%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	3,469	0.31%
Chinese	2,780	0.25%
Korean	1,592	0.14%
Filipino	1,506	0.14%
Vietnamese	1,475	0.13%
Japanese	952	0.09%
Thai	493	0.04%
Taiwanese	246	0.02%
Indonesian	174	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	968,683	92.8%
Spanish	54,906	5.3%
Other Indo-European	4,151	0.4%
German, other Germanic	2,785	0.3%
Other Asian	2,487	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	2,064	0.2%
Chinese	1,863	0.2%
Other	1,738	0.2%
Arabic	1,412	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	177,656	16.0%
English	125,617	11.3%
Irish	98,070	8.9%
German	79,515	7.2%
Scottish	22,115	2.0%
European	19,903	1.8%
Italian	19,060	1.7%
Scotch-Irish	16,022	1.4%
French	12,967	1.2%
Polish	8,451	0.8%
Dutch	8,173	0.7%
British	7,630	0.7%
Welsh	5,691	0.5%
Norwegian	4,114	0.4%
Swedish	3,933	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,076,178	97.2%
Not a citizen	31,541	2.8%

Native	1,055,195	95.3%
Foreign-born	52,524	4.7%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
33,336	4.4%	63,213	8.3%	219,564	28.8%	221,145	29.0%	139,617	18.3%	86,791	11.4%
Average years of education: 13.3

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	33,336	4.4%
9-12 Years	63,213	8.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	219,564	28.8%
Some College	221,145	29.0%
Bach. Degree	139,617	18.3%
Grad Degree	86,791	11.4%
Average years of education: 13.3

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	405,162	377,877	27,285	6.7%
1991	408,003	376,703	31,300	7.7%
1992	414,655	385,434	29,221	7.0%
1993	423,905	394,947	28,958	6.8%
1994	428,839	401,262	27,577	6.4%
1995	434,623	409,185	25,438	5.9%
1996	440,057	415,958	24,099	5.5%
1997	446,742	423,828	22,914	5.1%
1998	449,008	426,742	22,266	5.0%
1999	450,554	428,835	21,719	4.8%

2000	464,419	444,039	20,380	4.4%
2001	462,424	438,547	23,877	5.2%
2002	459,027	431,123	27,904	6.1%
2003	463,029	435,530	27,499	5.9%
2004	467,412	441,740	25,672	5.5%
2005	468,026	447,212	20,814	4.4%
2006	475,280	456,753	18,527	3.9%
2007	480,819	462,794	18,025	3.7%
2008	483,155	457,551	25,604	5.3%
2009	481,098	436,368	44,730	9.3%

2010	482,744	436,008	46,736	9.7%
2011	484,108	440,145	43,963	9.1%
2012	478,298	441,092	37,206	7.8%
2013	477,866	444,458	33,408	7.0%
2014	475,862	444,286	31,576	6.6%
2015	472,236	443,766	28,470	6.0%
2016	475,380	448,834	26,546	5.6%
2017	481,195	460,530	20,665	4.3%
2018	493,339	475,330	18,009	3.7%
2019	504,112	489,801	14,311	2.8%

2020	505,337	480,659	24,678	4.9%
2021	517,003	502,788	14,215	2.7%
2022	527,340	515,189	12,151	2.3%
2023	538,177	526,168	12,009	2.2%
2024	556,755	541,373	15,382	2.8%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	488,813
Median Value	$192,777

Occupied	434,054	88.8%
Vacant	54,759	11.2%

Owned	311,510	71.8%
Rented	122,544	28.2%
Median Rent	$857

Single-Family Units	364,979	74.7%
Detached	356,320	72.9%
Attached	8,659	1.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	48,026	9.8%
Mobile Homes	50,407	10.3%

Huntsville-Decatur-Florence, AL-TN Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Huntsville-Decatur-Florence, AL-TN Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Huntsville-Decatur-Florence, AL-TN Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Huntsville-Decatur-Florence, AL-TN Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Huntsville-Decatur-Florence, AL-TN Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Huntsville-Decatur-Florence, AL-TN Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Huntsville-Decatur-Florence, AL-TN Market Area