45 of Alabama’s 67 counties saw growth in real GDP, or the inflation-adjusted total value of all goods and services produced in a year, when comparing 2019 and 2021. The state was led by one of its largest and fastest growing counties - Baldwin County.
A year after the pandemic hit, Alabama’s economy had already bounced back, and the beaches were booming.
Jefferson County, home of Birmingham and the largest county in the state, saw a record year for GDP growth in 2021. Jefferson’s GDP increased by 5% between 2020 and 2021, the highest annual growth in more than a decade. That growth more than offset the 2% decline Jefferson County saw in 2020. Prior to the pandemic, Jefferson County’s economy had long been relatively stagnant. It averaged growth of about 1% per year over the past decade.
As a whole, Alabama’s GDP increased by 5% in 2021 after falling by 2% in 2020, mirroring Jefferson County. You can search for any Alabama county’s trend line in the chart below.Madison County - home to Huntsville and another of the fastest-growing counties in the state - also saw big growth in 2021 and a record GDP. The economy there has been booming for decades, barely slowing down for either the Great Recession or the COVID-19 pandemic.
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