Alabama’s Population Gain Moderate in 1998

Alabama’s Population Gain Moderate in 1998

  • July 29th, 2019

Alabama’s Population Gain Moderate in 1998


Alabama added 29,886 new residents between July 1, 1997 and July 1, 1998, according to estimates released by the Bureau of the Census. Alabama’s 1998 population of 4,351,999 was 0.7 percent higher than the revised 1997 total of 4,322,113. An estimated 11,431 more people moved into the state than moved out during the year. From the 1990 census through July 1, 1998, the state’s population increase totaled 311,610, a 7.7 percent gain that ranks the state twenty-second in population growth for the 1990s. Alabama was the twenty-third most populous state in 1998. In 1995 the state slipped from the twenty-second place ranking it held in the 1990 census as a result of Arizona’s rapid population increase.

Overall, the nation’s population rose 1.0 percent from 1997 to 1998 to total 270,298,524. Led by Nevada’s population gain of 4.1 percent and Arizona’s 2.5 percent increase, the West was the fastest growing region in the country with an average gain of 1.6 percent. California showed the largest numerical increase of any state with 484,432 new residents, representing a 1.5 percent increase. At 1.3 percent, the South ranked second in overall regional growth. Georgia led the South with a population increase of 2.0 percent. Texas posted a 1.9 percent increase, while Florida and North Carolina each gained 1.6 percent. Population growth in the nation’s Midwest averaged 0.4 percent, while the Northeast saw a 0.3 percent gain. Pennsylvania’s population was down 9,827, the largest numerical loss of any state.

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