Alabama Metropolitan Areas
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Nonagricultural Employment
Total
Alabama
Anniston-Oxford
Auburn-Opelika
Birmingham-Hoover
Decatur
Dothan
Florence-Muscle Shoals
Gadsden
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
Net Jobs in Metropolitan Areas
Net Jobs in Nonmetro Counties
Change from
October 2008
Number
Percent
-95,600
-4.8
-1,800
-3.4
-2,600
-4.7
-20,100
-3.8
-3,200
-5.5
-1,900
-3.1
-2,100
-3.7
-500
-1.3
-4,700
-2.2
-4,600
-2.5
-6,000
-3.3
-3,200
-3.2
-50,700
-44,900
October
2009
1,902,900
51,100
53,100
507,800
55,300
60,100
54,800
37,500
210,000
180,400
173,900
95,900
Note: Nonagricultural employment (jobs) is by place of work.
Source: Alabama Department of Industrial Relations.
Manufacturing
Alabama
Anniston-Oxford
Auburn-Opelika
Birmingham-Hoover
Decatur
Dothan
Florence-Muscle Shoals
Gadsden
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
October
2009
248,600
6,900
5,900
38,500
12,100
6,200
7,200
4,800
28,300
15,600
17,400
14,000
Change from
October 2008
-33,200
-600
-800
-3,600
-1,400
-700
-500
-400
-3,100
-900
-1,700
-1,200
Percent of
Area Jobs
13.1
13.5
11.1
7.6
21.9
10.3
13.1
12.8
13.5
8.6
10.0
14.6
Source: Alabama Department of Industrial Relations.
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Services Employment
Alabama
Anniston-Oxford
Auburn-Opelika
Birmingham-Hoover
Decatur
Dothan
Florence-Muscle Shoals
Gadsden
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
October
2009
674,000
17,200
15,500
193,300
18,100
20,900
18,100
15,900
89,100
71,400
62,900
28,600
Total
-18,100
-300
-600
-6,200
-200
-500
-500
-200
-900
-700
-1,500
-600
Change from October 2008
Professional Educational Leisure and
and Business and Health Hospitality
-16,100
6,300
-5,400
-200
100
-200
-400
100
-200
-4,400
-600
-600
-200
100
-100
-300
100
-200
-400
100
0
-200
100
-100
-1,400
900
-200
-600
800
-400
-1,000
400
-600
-300
100
-200
Source: Alabama Department of Industrial Relations.
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Labor Force
Civilian Labor Force
Alabama
Anniston-Oxford
Auburn-Opelika
Birmingham-Hoover
Decatur
Dothan
Florence-Muscle Shoals
Gadsden
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
October
2009
2,090,364
52,789
62,080
510,621
70,121
62,703
66,028
44,338
197,614
182,929
165,367
95,774
Change from
October 2008
Number
Percent
-73,590
-3.4
-1,681
-3.1
-3,201
-4.9
-18,864
-3.6
-2,382
-3.3
-2,185
-3.4
-1,998
-2.9
-1,041
-2.3
-6,667
-3.3
-3,339
-1.8
-6,681
-3.9
-3,067
-3.1
Source: Alabama Department of Industrial Relations.
Total Employment
Alabama
Anniston-Oxford
Auburn-Opelika
Birmingham-Hoover
Decatur
Dothan
Florence-Muscle Shoals
Gadsden
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
October
2009
1,867,085
46,856
56,625
460,221
62,411
56,889
58,857
39,665
182,008
162,727
148,796
86,821
Change from
October 2008
Number
Percent
-176,475
-8.6
-4,253
-8.3
-5,571
-9.0
-43,369
-8.6
-6,411
-9.3
-4,688
-7.6
-5,419
-8.4
-3,046
-7.1
-14,036
-7.2
-13,150
-7.5
-13,194
-8.1
-7,519
-8.0
Note: Total employment is by place of residence.
Source: Alabama Department of Industrial Relations.
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Gross Domestic Product
Total GDP
(Millions of Current Dollars)
Alabama
Anniston-Oxford
Auburn-Opelika
Birmingham-Hoover
Decatur
Dothan
Florence-Muscle Shoals
Gadsden
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
2008
170,014
3,918
3,559
54,274
5,256
4,423
3,919
2,601
19,274
15,074
14,699
8,106
Percent Change
2001 to
2007 to
2008
2008
43.3
3.3
61.8
4.5
61.9
4.6
35.5
2.3
46.1
3.0
37.9
-2.2
45.7
3.6
35.7
3.6
63.9
6.4
43.6
5.4
40.5
4.0
62.4
3.6
Percent
of State
2008
100.0
2.3
2.1
31.9
3.1
2.6
2.3
1.5
11.3
8.9
8.6
4.8
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
GDP Share by Broad Industry Classification 2008
(Percent of Total)
Alabama
Anniston-Oxford
Auburn-Opelika
Birmingham-Hoover
Decatur
Dothan
Florence-Muscle Shoals
Gadsden
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
Goods
Producing
24.9
23.1
21.6
18.2
53.8
18.0
25.2
22.3
20.5
22.3
18.5
34.5
Service
Providing
58.8
48.8
50.1
71.0
36.0
68.0
54.1
64.9
56.0
64.2
57.9
45.6
Government
16.3
28.2
28.3
10.7
10.2
14.0
20.7
12.9
23.6
13.5
23.6
19.8
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Population
Alabama
Anniston-Oxford
Auburn-Opelika
Birmingham-Hoover
Decatur
Dothan
Florence-Muscle Shoals
Gadsden
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
7/1/2008
4,661,900
113,419
133,010
1,117,608
150,125
140,961
143,791
103,303
395,645
406,309
365,924
206,765
Number
Change
35,305
563
2,489
8,936
1,130
1,625
784
223
9,323
2,212
-52
2,267
2007 to 2008
Percent
Change
0.8
0.5
1.9
0.8
0.8
1.2
0.5
0.2
2.4
0.5
0.0
1.1
Net
Migration
18,578
273
1,703
4,279
585
1,176
716
194
7,169
245
-2,304
1,258
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Division.
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Income and Wages
Per Capita Income 2008
Unites States
Alabama
Anniston-Oxford
Auburn-Opelika
Birmingham-Hoover
Decatur
Dothan
Florence-Muscle Shoals
Gadsden
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
Per Capita
Income
$40,208
33,768
32,189
27,601
40,379
33,345
32,016
29,275
29,450
37,938
30,347
35,845
33,726
Percent Change
from 2007
2.0
2.7
4.1
2.7
2.5
3.3
2.4
3.8
3.9
3.8
5.0
5.0
3.3
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Average Annual Wage 2008
All Industries
United States
Alabama
Anniston-Oxford
Auburn-Opelika
Birmingham-Hoover
Decatur
Dothan
Florence-Muscle Shoals
Gadsden
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
Average
Wage
$42,270
36,170
33,760
33,130
38,980
34,200
32,920
31,510
32,330
44,540
35,440
35,860
35,220
Percent
of State
116.9
100.0
93.3
91.6
107.8
94.6
91.0
87.1
89.4
123.1
98.0
99.1
97.4
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Occupational
Employment Statistics, May 2008.
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Housing Industry
Residential Building Permits
Alabama
Anniston-Oxford
Auburn-Opelika
Birmingham-Hoover
Decatur
Dothan
Florence-Muscle Shoals
Gadsden
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
Single-Family
Change
2009*
from 2008*
6,998
-2,482
89
-27
540
-125
1,479
-738
48
-65
175
-108
113
-113
49
-35
1,860
-77
882
-260
304
-177
286
-135
Multi-Family
Change
2009*
from 2008*
2,633
-454
52
38
556
498
98
-919
0
-12
56
56
24
-109
0
-8
575
196
763
35
30
22
267
-344
* Data for both 2008 and 2009 cover the period January through October.
Note: Data are for permit-issuing places only.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Total Homes Sold
Alabama
Anniston-Oxford
Auburn-Opelika
Birmingham-Hoover
Decatur
Dothan
Florence-Muscle Shoals
Gadsden
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
2009
32,793
743
886
9,114
n.a.
910
1,077
515
6,593
2,862
2,852
1,387
Percent Change
from 2008
-15.3
-18.2
-16.0
-19.4
n.a.
-8.0
-18.9
-20.3
-11.6
-19.5
-19.3
-22.5
Note: Data for both 2008 and 2009 cover the period January through October.
Source: Alabama Center for Real Estate, The University of Alabama.
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Percent Change in FHFA House Price Index
United States
Alabama
Anniston-Oxford
Auburn-Opelika
Birmingham-Hoover
Decatur
Dothan
Florence-Muscle Shoals
Gadsden
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
Q2 2009
to Q3 2009
-2.4
-1.6
-0.6
-0.9
-2.4
-0.8
0.5
-4.5
0.9
-0.1
-1.1
-2.2
-0.7
Q3 2008
to Q3 2009
-4.1
-1.1
0.5
-1.5
-1.6
-0.2
1.7
-1.9
1.1
1.2
-0.8
-2.0
-3.4
Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Deposits in All FDIC-Insured Institutions
(Millions of Dollars)
Alabama
Anniston-Oxford
Auburn-Opelika
Birmingham-Hoover
Decatur
Dothan
Florence-Muscle Shoals
Gadsden
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
6/30/2009
83,430
1,636
1,904
27,724
1,819
2,779
2,236
1,140
7,092
5,725
7,754
2,930
Percent Change
from 6/30/2008
9.0
2.3
5.3
13.8
1.7
11.1
4.0
-1.4
18.7
6.6
13.1
8.8
Percent
of State
100.0
2.0
2.3
33.2
2.2
3.3
2.7
1.4
8.5
6.9
9.3
3.5
Source: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
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