The rest of the articleThe South now rivals the West in population growth during the first decade of the 21st century, but among Southern states, Alabama lags.
The population of the South region increased 13.1 percent from April 1, 2000, to July 1, 2009, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Wednesday. The West region's population increased 13.2 percent, the Northeast just 3.2 percent and the Midwest 3.8 percent.
The United States as a whole grew 9.1 percent, and the nation now has an estimated population of 307 million.
Alabama grew only 5.9 percent in the decade to reach an estimated population of 4,708,708, far behind growth in the South as a whole.
In the Census Bureau's 16-state South region, Alabama was 13th. Georgia was the leader with 20.1 percent population growth, followed by Texas, 18.8 percent; North Carolina, 16.6 percent; and Florida, 16 percent.
The three states in the South with slower growth than Alabama were Mississippi, 3.8 percent; West Virginia, 0.6 percent; and Louisiana, 0.5 percent.
SC can easily claim Charlotte, Savannah, and Augusta as their own. As a matter of fact, SC's fastest growing county is a suburb of Charlotte (York county).South Carolina : Growth is due to retirment and the same as with South Carolina non of S.C`s large cities can compare in size with Alabama`s larger cities but S.C has more coast than Alabama.
I seriously beg to differ in the case of Mobile. Though without the hooks of a French Quarter or town squares, it's just as nice at New Orleans, Savannah, or Charleston. But it gets the shaft from the standard anti-Alabama bias. If you analyze what you're saying about Birmingham, you're basically saying it is just as nice as similar-sized cities. Montgomery has it's charms, but if you think that only thing it has is state government, than you're mistaken. It has two military instillation and auto manufacturing as other major anchors of its economy.Montgomery is a dump that would probably be losing population in the metro if it weren't the capital city.
Birmingham doesn't offer anything you can't find in other places of its size. Downtown is terrible, but the suburbs are nice I guess.
Mobile is decent, but still nothing to brag about.
I understand the ***** lobby is organizing a boycott. :colgate:Alabama will never advance until we stop outlawing dildos!
Even our largest city often seems stuck in another era and can't seem to do anything right without shooting itself in the foot. Those are the kinds of things people on the outside latch onto very quickly.