2022 Census Data Reveals Population Shifts in Major U.S. Cities.

11 out of 20 cities in the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area with at least 10,000 residents lost population from 2021 to 2022, including some of the more affluent suburbs. The only areas seeing growth were farther out from the center of the metro, in fast-growing suburban cities. Seven of Alabama's 10 fastest-shrinking cities with at least 10,000 residents from 2021 to 2022 are in the core part of the Birmingham metro area. Jefferson County, which is home to most of the cities in the metro that lost population, shrank significantly in 2022, and it lost population in a number of ways, including more deaths than births due to the COVID-19 pandemic.