Birmingham, AL – Alabama's fastest-growing metropolitan areas are in Huntsville and Auburn-Opelika.
The U.S. Census Bureau report on county population was released late Wednesday.
Huntsville ranked 27th with a population growth of 2.4 percent. Auburn-Opelika was listed 54th on the list with a 1.9 percent increase.
Census figures also showed from July 2007 to July 2008, Alabama's population rose 4.8 percent to more than 4.6 million residents.
Data showed Raleigh, N.C., and Austin, Texas, were the fastest-growing metro areas in the United States.
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