(Can’t see the map? Click here.) While Alabama saw population decreases in the Black Belt and three of the four major cities — the state’s beach and college towns kept growing. Most of the ...

Of those 150 cities, Alabama’s very own Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, and Montgomery are on the list. But they are not ranked the same as they were last year. Each of them moved -- two of them ...

While Alabama saw population decreases in the Black Belt and three of the four major cities – the state’s beach and college towns grew rapidly.

A few mid-sized suburbs of major Alabama cities helped round out the top 10: No. 6: Pike Road, southeast of Montgomery, grew by 3.1% No. 7: Chelsea, south of Birmingham, grew 2.8% No. 8 ...