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Cities in Alabama by civilian labor force

Huntsville, AL had the highest civilian labor force of 29 cities in 2021, at 110,267. Prichard, AL had the lowest, at 6,462. The median was 16,692. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest110,267Huntsville, AL
Lowest6,462Prichard, AL
Median16,69229 cities

All cities, 2021

Huntsville, AL: 110,267 personsHuntsville, AL110,267Mobile, AL: 94,397 personsMobile, AL94,397Birmingham, AL: 92,726 personsBirmingham, AL92,726Montgomery, AL: 88,582 personsMontgomery, AL88,582Hoover, AL: 48,042 personsHoover, AL48,042Tuscaloosa, AL: 47,428 personsTuscaloosa, AL47,428Auburn, AL: 36,777 personsAuburn, AL36,777Dothan, AL: 31,412 personsDothan, AL31,412Madison, AL: 28,813 personsMadison, AL28,813Decatur, AL: 26,225 personsDecatur, AL26,225Vestavia Hills, AL: 18,349 personsVestavia Hills, AL18,349Prattville, AL: 18,056 personsPrattville, AL18,056Florence, AL: 17,360 personsFlorence, AL17,360Alabaster, AL: 17,207 personsAlabaster, AL17,207Phenix City, AL: 16,692 personsPhenix City, AL16,692Opelika, AL: 14,685 personsOpelika, AL14,685Northport, AL: 14,625 personsNorthport, AL14,625Homewood, AL: 14,357 personsHomewood, AL14,357Daphne, AL: 13,498 personsDaphne, AL13,498Trussville, AL: 13,123 personsTrussville, AL13,123Athens, AL: 12,645 personsAthens, AL12,645Gadsden, AL: 12,610 personsGadsden, AL12,610Enterprise, AL: 11,847 personsEnterprise, AL11,847Bessemer, AL: 9,839 personsBessemer, AL9,839Fairhope, AL: 9,548 personsFairhope, AL9,548Foley, AL: 9,052 personsFoley, AL9,052Anniston, AL: 8,508 personsAnniston, AL8,508Selma, AL: 6,748 personsSelma, AL6,748Prichard, AL: 6,462 personsPrichard, AL6,462Huntsville, AL: 110,267 personsHuntsville, AL110,267Mobile, AL: 94,397 personsMobile, AL94,397Birmingham, AL: 92,726 personsBirmingham, AL92,726Montgomery, AL: 88,582 personsMontgomery, AL88,582Hoover, AL: 48,042 personsHoover, AL48,042Tuscaloosa, AL: 47,428 personsTuscaloosa, AL47,428Auburn, AL: 36,777 personsAuburn, AL36,777Dothan, AL: 31,412 personsDothan, AL31,412Madison, AL: 28,813 personsMadison, AL28,813Decatur, AL: 26,225 personsDecatur, AL26,225Vestavia Hills, AL: 18,349 personsVestavia Hills, AL18,349Prattville, AL: 18,056 personsPrattville, AL18,056Florence, AL: 17,360 personsFlorence, AL17,360Alabaster, AL: 17,207 personsAlabaster, AL17,207Phenix City, AL: 16,692 personsPhenix City, AL16,692Opelika, AL: 14,685 personsOpelika, AL14,685Northport, AL: 14,625 personsNorthport, AL14,625Homewood, AL: 14,357 personsHomewood, AL14,357Daphne, AL: 13,498 personsDaphne, AL13,498Trussville, AL: 13,123 personsTrussville, AL13,123Athens, AL: 12,645 personsAthens, AL12,645Gadsden, AL: 12,610 personsGadsden, AL12,610Enterprise, AL: 11,847 personsEnterprise, AL11,847Bessemer, AL: 9,839 personsBessemer, AL9,839Fairhope, AL: 9,548 personsFairhope, AL9,548Foley, AL: 9,052 personsFoley, AL9,052Anniston, AL: 8,508 personsAnniston, AL8,508Selma, AL: 6,748 personsSelma, AL6,748Prichard, AL: 6,462 personsPrichard, AL6,462
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021
persons		Change on 2020
1Huntsville, AL110,267+1.3%
2Mobile, AL94,397-2.5%
3Birmingham, AL92,726-3%
4Montgomery, AL88,582-2%
5Hoover, AL48,042+0.9%
6Tuscaloosa, AL47,428+0.3%
7Auburn, AL36,777+3%
8Dothan, AL31,412-0.7%
9Madison, AL28,813+3.3%
10Decatur, AL26,225-1.1%
11Vestavia Hills, AL18,349+1.1%
12Prattville, AL18,056+1.7%
13Florence, AL17,360-1%
14Alabaster, AL17,207+1.9%
15Phenix City, AL16,692-1.2%
16Opelika, AL14,685-0.3%
17Northport, AL14,625-2.7%
18Homewood, AL14,357+4.1%
19Daphne, AL13,498+2.9%
20Trussville, AL13,123+2.1%
21Athens, AL12,645+5.8%
22Gadsden, AL12,610-6.4%
23Enterprise, AL11,847-0.9%
24Bessemer, AL9,839-3.7%
25Fairhope, AL9,548+2.8%
26Foley, AL9,052+3.4%
27Anniston, AL8,508-2.6%
28Selma, AL6,748-6%
29Prichard, AL6,462-7.2%

Other periods

About this ranking

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, not jobs: for wage and salary jobs by state use oews_employment. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average (Cities in Alabama by civilian labor force, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Alabama by civilian labor force, 2021. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/alabama-cities?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Cities in Alabama by civilian labor force, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/alabama-cities?period=2021.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Alabama by civilian labor force, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/alabama-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Huntsville, AL, with 110,267 in 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Prichard, AL, with 6,462 in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 cities have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.

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