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Cities in Alabama by employed residents

Huntsville, AL had the highest employed residents of 29 cities in 2021, at 107,262. Prichard, AL had the lowest, at 5,868. The median was 16,253. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest107,262Huntsville, AL
Lowest5,868Prichard, AL
Median16,25329 cities

All cities, 2021

Huntsville, AL: 107,262 personsHuntsville, AL107,262Mobile, AL: 89,783 personsMobile, AL89,783Birmingham, AL: 88,328 personsBirmingham, AL88,328Montgomery, AL: 83,992 personsMontgomery, AL83,992Hoover, AL: 46,981 personsHoover, AL46,981Tuscaloosa, AL: 45,473 personsTuscaloosa, AL45,473Auburn, AL: 35,884 personsAuburn, AL35,884Dothan, AL: 30,327 personsDothan, AL30,327Madison, AL: 28,178 personsMadison, AL28,178Decatur, AL: 25,410 personsDecatur, AL25,410Vestavia Hills, AL: 17,919 personsVestavia Hills, AL17,919Prattville, AL: 17,585 personsPrattville, AL17,585Alabaster, AL: 16,827 personsAlabaster, AL16,827Florence, AL: 16,773 personsFlorence, AL16,773Phenix City, AL: 16,253 personsPhenix City, AL16,253Northport, AL: 14,205 personsNorthport, AL14,205Opelika, AL: 14,190 personsOpelika, AL14,190Homewood, AL: 14,050 personsHomewood, AL14,050Daphne, AL: 13,118 personsDaphne, AL13,118Trussville, AL: 12,873 personsTrussville, AL12,873Athens, AL: 12,360 personsAthens, AL12,360Gadsden, AL: 11,956 personsGadsden, AL11,956Enterprise, AL: 11,509 personsEnterprise, AL11,509Fairhope, AL: 9,310 personsFairhope, AL9,310Bessemer, AL: 9,260 personsBessemer, AL9,260Foley, AL: 8,755 personsFoley, AL8,755Anniston, AL: 8,031 personsAnniston, AL8,031Selma, AL: 6,261 personsSelma, AL6,261Prichard, AL: 5,868 personsPrichard, AL5,868Huntsville, AL: 107,262 personsHuntsville, AL107,262Mobile, AL: 89,783 personsMobile, AL89,783Birmingham, AL: 88,328 personsBirmingham, AL88,328Montgomery, AL: 83,992 personsMontgomery, AL83,992Hoover, AL: 46,981 personsHoover, AL46,981Tuscaloosa, AL: 45,473 personsTuscaloosa, AL45,473Auburn, AL: 35,884 personsAuburn, AL35,884Dothan, AL: 30,327 personsDothan, AL30,327Madison, AL: 28,178 personsMadison, AL28,178Decatur, AL: 25,410 personsDecatur, AL25,410Vestavia Hills, AL: 17,919 personsVestavia Hills, AL17,919Prattville, AL: 17,585 personsPrattville, AL17,585Alabaster, AL: 16,827 personsAlabaster, AL16,827Florence, AL: 16,773 personsFlorence, AL16,773Phenix City, AL: 16,253 personsPhenix City, AL16,253Northport, AL: 14,205 personsNorthport, AL14,205Opelika, AL: 14,190 personsOpelika, AL14,190Homewood, AL: 14,050 personsHomewood, AL14,050Daphne, AL: 13,118 personsDaphne, AL13,118Trussville, AL: 12,873 personsTrussville, AL12,873Athens, AL: 12,360 personsAthens, AL12,360Gadsden, AL: 11,956 personsGadsden, AL11,956Enterprise, AL: 11,509 personsEnterprise, AL11,509Fairhope, AL: 9,310 personsFairhope, AL9,310Bessemer, AL: 9,260 personsBessemer, AL9,260Foley, AL: 8,755 personsFoley, AL8,755Anniston, AL: 8,031 personsAnniston, AL8,031Selma, AL: 6,261 personsSelma, AL6,261Prichard, AL: 5,868 personsPrichard, AL5,868
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021
persons		Change on 2020
1Huntsville, AL107,262+4.3%
2Mobile, AL89,783+2%
3Birmingham, AL88,328+1.8%
4Montgomery, AL83,992+2.5%
5Hoover, AL46,981+3%
6Tuscaloosa, AL45,473+5.1%
7Auburn, AL35,884+5.6%
8Dothan, AL30,327+2.2%
9Madison, AL28,178+5%
10Decatur, AL25,410+2%
11Vestavia Hills, AL17,919+2.3%
12Prattville, AL17,585+4.5%
13Alabaster, AL16,827+4.2%
14Florence, AL16,773+3%
15Phenix City, AL16,253+1.1%
16Northport, AL14,205-0.1%
17Opelika, AL14,190+4.2%
18Homewood, AL14,050+5.7%
19Daphne, AL13,118+6.1%
20Trussville, AL12,873+3.7%
21Athens, AL12,360+8.4%
22Gadsden, AL11,956-0.8%
23Enterprise, AL11,509+1.5%
24Fairhope, AL9,310+4.9%
25Bessemer, AL9,260+1.5%
26Foley, AL8,755+9.1%
27Anniston, AL8,031+2.2%
28Selma, AL6,261-0.9%
29Prichard, AL5,868+1.9%

Other periods

About this ranking

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, 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, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. 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: employment (measure 05), 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: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in Alabama by employed residents, 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: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Alabama by employed residents, 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/employed-residents/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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Cities in Alabama by employed residents, 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/employed-residents/alabama-cities?period=2021.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Alabama by employed residents, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/alabama-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Huntsville, AL, with 107,262 in 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Prichard, AL, with 5,868 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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 cities have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.

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