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Cities in Alabama by employed residents

Huntsville, AL had the highest employed residents of 30 cities in 2024, at 117,429. Prichard, AL had the lowest, at 5,976. The median was 16,328. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest117,429Huntsville, AL
Lowest5,976Prichard, AL
Median16,32830 cities

All cities, 2024

Huntsville, AL: 117,429 personsHuntsville, AL117,429Mobile, AL: 91,442 personsMobile, AL91,442Birmingham, AL: 90,368 personsBirmingham, AL90,368Montgomery, AL: 86,262 personsMontgomery, AL86,262Tuscaloosa, AL: 49,735 personsTuscaloosa, AL49,735Hoover, AL: 48,592 personsHoover, AL48,592Auburn, AL: 39,015 personsAuburn, AL39,015Madison, AL: 32,112 personsMadison, AL32,112Dothan, AL: 31,283 personsDothan, AL31,283Decatur, AL: 27,170 personsDecatur, AL27,170Prattville, AL: 19,181 personsPrattville, AL19,181Vestavia Hills, AL: 18,146 personsVestavia Hills, AL18,146Florence, AL: 17,766 personsFlorence, AL17,766Alabaster, AL: 17,692 personsAlabaster, AL17,692Phenix City, AL: 16,446 personsPhenix City, AL16,446Opelika, AL: 16,210 personsOpelika, AL16,210Athens, AL: 15,407 personsAthens, AL15,407Northport, AL: 15,246 personsNorthport, AL15,246Homewood, AL: 14,375 personsHomewood, AL14,375Pelham, AL: 14,205 personsPelham, AL14,205Daphne, AL: 14,020 personsDaphne, AL14,020Trussville, AL: 13,624 personsTrussville, AL13,624Enterprise, AL: 12,165 personsEnterprise, AL12,165Gadsden, AL: 12,051 personsGadsden, AL12,051Foley, AL: 10,999 personsFoley, AL10,999Fairhope, AL: 10,392 personsFairhope, AL10,392Bessemer, AL: 9,342 personsBessemer, AL9,342Anniston, AL: 7,933 personsAnniston, AL7,933Selma, AL: 6,107 personsSelma, AL6,107Prichard, AL: 5,976 personsPrichard, AL5,976Huntsville, AL: 117,429 personsHuntsville, AL117,429Mobile, AL: 91,442 personsMobile, AL91,442Birmingham, AL: 90,368 personsBirmingham, AL90,368Montgomery, AL: 86,262 personsMontgomery, AL86,262Tuscaloosa, AL: 49,735 personsTuscaloosa, AL49,735Hoover, AL: 48,592 personsHoover, AL48,592Auburn, AL: 39,015 personsAuburn, AL39,015Madison, AL: 32,112 personsMadison, AL32,112Dothan, AL: 31,283 personsDothan, AL31,283Decatur, AL: 27,170 personsDecatur, AL27,170Prattville, AL: 19,181 personsPrattville, AL19,181Vestavia Hills, AL: 18,146 personsVestavia Hills, AL18,146Florence, AL: 17,766 personsFlorence, AL17,766Alabaster, AL: 17,692 personsAlabaster, AL17,692Phenix City, AL: 16,446 personsPhenix City, AL16,446Opelika, AL: 16,210 personsOpelika, AL16,210Athens, AL: 15,407 personsAthens, AL15,407Northport, AL: 15,246 personsNorthport, AL15,246Homewood, AL: 14,375 personsHomewood, AL14,375Pelham, AL: 14,205 personsPelham, AL14,205Daphne, AL: 14,020 personsDaphne, AL14,020Trussville, AL: 13,624 personsTrussville, AL13,624Enterprise, AL: 12,165 personsEnterprise, AL12,165Gadsden, AL: 12,051 personsGadsden, AL12,051Foley, AL: 10,999 personsFoley, AL10,999Fairhope, AL: 10,392 personsFairhope, AL10,392Bessemer, AL: 9,342 personsBessemer, AL9,342Anniston, AL: 7,933 personsAnniston, AL7,933Selma, AL: 6,107 personsSelma, AL6,107Prichard, AL: 5,976 personsPrichard, AL5,976
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Huntsville, AL117,429+2.5%
2Mobile, AL91,442+0.7%
3Birmingham, AL90,3680%
4Montgomery, AL86,262+1.3%
5Tuscaloosa, AL49,735+1.8%
6Hoover, AL48,592+0.7%
7Auburn, AL39,015+1.9%
8Madison, AL32,112+5.5%
9Dothan, AL31,283+0.7%
10Decatur, AL27,170+2.5%
11Prattville, AL19,181+3.5%
12Vestavia Hills, AL18,146+0.4%
13Florence, AL17,766+0.8%
14Alabaster, AL17,692+1.2%
15Phenix City, AL16,446-0.5%
16Opelika, AL16,210+4.2%
17Athens, AL15,407+5.9%
18Northport, AL15,246+1.5%
19Homewood, AL14,375+0.6%
20Pelham, AL14,205+1.2%
21Daphne, AL14,020+1.1%
22Trussville, AL13,624+1.3%
23Enterprise, AL12,165+3.1%
24Gadsden, AL12,051+0.6%
25Foley, AL10,999+11.9%
26Fairhope, AL10,392+3.9%
27Bessemer, AL9,342+0.5%
28Anniston, AL7,933-0.2%
29Selma, AL6,107-0.9%
30Prichard, AL5,976+0.5%

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. 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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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, 2024 [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=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Huntsville, AL, with 117,429 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Prichard, AL, with 5,976 in 2024.

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.

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