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The primary service region for the Birmingham Shuttlesworth International Airport, the seven-county Birmingham-
Hoover - Metropolitan Statistical Area ("MSA"), has a diverse economic base and is the principal center of finance,
trade, health care, manufacturing, transportation and education in the State of Alabama. The MSA includes the
following seven counties, ordered based on population size (largest to smallest): Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair, Walker,
Blount, Chilton, and Bibb. Jefferson County, which has an estimated population of approximately 661,000 in 2017, is
the center of the seven-county Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which covers 6,145 square
miles. Birmingham, the State’s largest city and the county seat, has an estimated population of approximately 210,000
in 2017.

Birmingham-Hoover MSA Population (2007-2016)
1,200,000 Year Population
1,175,000 2007 1,107,256
1,150,000 2008 1,117,101
1,125,000 2009 1,125,271
1,100,000 2010 1,128,879
1,075,000 2011 1,130,905
1,050,000 2012 1,133,993
1,139,018
2013
1,025,000 2014 1,142,823
1,000,000 2015 1,145,647
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
2016 1,150,168
Source: U.S. Census, Nielson

Birmingham-Hoover MSA Largest Ten Employers (2016 compared to 2007)

2016 2007
Local % of MSA Local % of MSA
Name Employees Rank Employment Employees Rank Employment
University of Alabama at Birmingham 23,000 1 4.4% 18,750 1 3.5%
Regions Financial Corp. 7,700 2 1.5% 5,000 3 0.9%
Honda Manufacturing of Alabama 4,800 3 0.9% 4,500 4 0.8%
Brookwood Baptist Health 4,703 4 0.9% 4,000 5 0.7%
Children's of Alabama 4,585 5 0.9% 3,200 8 0.6%
St. Vincent's Health System 4,524 6 0.9%
AT&T 4,517 7 0.9% 5,485 2 1.0%
Alabama Power Co. 3,982 8 0.8% 3,000 10 0.6%
Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Inc. 3,500 9 0.7% 4,000 5 0.7%
BlueCross and BlueShield of Alabama 3,105 10 0.6%
Bruno's Supermarkets 3,477 7 0.6%
Wachovia 3,094 9 0.6%
Total 64,416 12.3% 54,506 10.1%
Est. MSA Employment 525,300 538,700

Source: Birmingham Business Journal, Book of Lists (2008 and 2017)
Note: Due to rounding, percentages may not add up precisely to the totals provided.