Editing Alagoas (section)

==Demographics==
[[Image:Maceio02.jpg|thumb|[[Pajuçara]] Beach in [[Maceió]].]]
{{See also|Largest Cities of Northeast Region, Brazil}}
According to the [[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics|IBGE]] of 2008, there were 3,173,000 people residing in the state. The population density was 109.9 inhabitants/km<sup>2</sup>.

[[Urbanization]]: 67.4% (2006); [[Population growth]]: 1.3% (1991–2000); [[House]]s: 779,000 (2006).<ref>Source: PNAD.</ref>

The [[2022 Brazilian census|2022 census]] revealed the following numbers: 1,887,865 [[Brown people#Pardos in Brazil|Brown]] ([[Multiracial#Brazil|Multiracial]]) people (60.4%), 915,400 [[White Brazilian|White]] people (29.3%), 298,709 [[Afro-Brazilian|Black]] people (9.6%), 20,095 [[Indigenous peoples in Brazil|Amerindian]] people (0.6%), 5,505 [[Asian Brazilian|Asian]] people (0.2%).<ref>{{cite web |title=Censo 2022 - Panorama |url=https://censo2022.ibge.gov.br/panorama/}}</ref>

According to a genetic study from 2013, Brazilians in Alagoas have 53.7% European, 26.6% African and 18.7% Amerindian ancestries, respectively.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0075145|title=Revisiting the Genetic Ancestry of Brazilians Using Autosomal AIM-Indels|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=8|issue=9|pages=e75145|year=2013|last1=Saloum De Neves Manta|first1=Fernanda|last2=Pereira|first2=Rui|last3=Vianna|first3=Romulo|last4=Rodolfo Beuttenmüller De Araújo|first4=Alfredo|last5=Leite Góes Gitaí|first5=Daniel|last6=Aparecida Da Silva|first6=Dayse|last7=De Vargas Wolfgramm|first7=Eldamária|last8=Da Mota Pontes|first8=Isabel|last9=Ivan Aguiar|first9=José|last10=Ozório Moraes|first10=Milton|last11=Fagundes De Carvalho|first11=Elizeu|last12=Gusmão|first12=Leonor|pmid=24073242|bibcode=2013PLoSO...875145S|pmc=3779230|doi-access=free}}</ref>

=== Largest cities ===
{{Largest cities
| country     = Alagoas
| stat_ref    = (2010 census by the [[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics]])<ref name="IBGE_Pop_2010">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/censo2010/populacao_por_municipio.shtm|title=Estimativa de 2009 do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística|publisher=[[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics]]|date=30 March 2010|access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref>
| list_by_pop = 
| div_name    = Mesoregion
| div_link    =

| city_1 = Maceió
| div_1  = Mesorregião do Leste Alagoano{{!}}Leste
| pop_1  = 1.116.000
| img_1  = Centro de Maceió.jpg

| city_2 = Arapiraca
| div_2  = Mesorregião do Agreste Alagoano{{!}}Agreste
| pop_2  = 220.000
| img_2  = Arapiraca392.jpg

| city_3 = Palmeira dos Índios
| div_3  = Mesorregião do Agreste Alagoano{{!}}Agreste
| pop_3  = 70.556
| img_3  = Palmeiras dos ìndios.jpg

| city_4 = Rio Largo
| div_4  = Mesorregião do Leste Alagoano{{!}}Leste
| pop_4  = 68.885

| city_5 = União dos Palmares
| div_5  = Mesorregião do Leste Alagoano{{!}}Leste
| pop_5  = 62.645

| city_6 = Penedo, Alagoas{{!}}Penedo
| div_6  = Mesorregião do Leste Alagoano{{!}}Leste
| pop_6  = 60.638

| city_7 = São Miguel dos Campos
| div_7  = Mesorregião do Leste Alagoano{{!}}Leste
| pop_7  = 55.462

| city_8 = Santana do Ipanema
| div_8  = Mesorregião do Sertão Alagoano{{!}}Sertão
| pop_8  = 52.716

| city_9 = Campo Alegre (Alagoas){{!}}Campo Alegre
| div_9  = Mesorregião do Leste Alagoano{{!}}Leste
| pop_9  = 51.584

| city_10 = Delmiro Gouveia
| div_10  = Mesorregião do Sertão Alagoano{{!}}Sertão
| pop_10  = 48.492

| city_11 = Marechal Deodoro
| div_11  = Mesorregião do Leste Alagoano{{!}}Leste
| pop_11  = 43.753

| city_12 = Coruripe
| div_12  = Mesorregião do Leste Alagoano{{!}}Leste
| pop_12  = 45.197

| city_13 = Atalaia, Alagoas{{!}}Atalaia
| div_13  = Mesorregião do Leste Alagoano{{!}}Leste
| pop_13  = 44.611

| city_14 = Teotônio Vilela
| div_14  = Mesorregião do Leste Alagoano{{!}}Leste
| pop_14  = 41.480

| city_15 = Girau do Ponciano
| div_15  = Mesorregião do Agreste Alagoano{{!}}Agreste
| pop_15  = 37.118

| city_16 = Pilar, Alagoas{{!}}Pilar
| div_16  = Mesorregião do Leste Alagoano{{!}}Leste
| pop_16  = 33.466

| city_17 = São Luís do Quitunde
| div_17  = Mesorregião do Leste Alagoano{{!}}Leste
| pop_17  = 32.632

| city_18 = São Sebastião, Alagoas{{!}}São Sebastião
| div_18  = Mesorregião do Agreste Alagoano{{!}}Agreste
| pop_18  = 32.232

| city_19 = São José da Tapera
| div_19  = Mesorregião do Sertão Alagoano{{!}}Sertão
| pop_19  = 30.322

| city_20 = Maragogi
| div_20  = Mesorregião do Leste Alagoano{{!}}Leste
| pop_20  = 29.280

}}

=== Statistics ===
{{Historical populations|11=1872|12=348009|13=1890|14=511440|15=1900|16=649273|17=1920|18=978748|19=1940|20=951300|21=1950|22=1093137|23=1960|24=1271062|25=1970|26=1606174|27=1980|28=2011875|29=1991|30=2512991|31=2000|32=2827856|33=2010|34=3120494|35=2022|36=3127683|percentages=|footnote=Source:<ref name="census2022">{{Cite web|url=https://censo2022.ibge.gov.br/panorama/|title=2022 Census Overview|language=pt}}</ref>}}
*[[Vehicles]]: 287,018 (March 2007)
*[[Mobile phone]]s: 1.4 million (April 2007)
*[[Telephone]]s: 302,000 (April 2007)
*[[Cities]]: 102 (2007).<ref>Source: [[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics|IBGE]].</ref>
*[[Homicides]]: 60 per 100,000 inhabitants<ref name="economist.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/node/18805840|title=Always with us|date=2011-06-09|newspaper=The Economist|access-date=30 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108155941/http://www.economist.com/node/18805840|archive-date=8 November 2017}}</ref>

=== Education ===
[[Image:Ufal geo.jpg|thumb|right|[[Federal University of Alagoas]] in Maceió.]]
[[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] is the official national language, and thus the primary language taught in schools.  But [[English language|English]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] are part of the official [[High school (upper secondary)|high school]] curriculum.

====Educational institutions====
* [[Universidade Federal de Alagoas]] (UFAL) (Federal University of Alagoas);
* Universidade Estadual de Alagoas (Uneal) (State University of Alagoas);
* Universidade de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas (Uncisal) (University of Sciences of the Health of Alagoas);
* Instituto Federal de Alagoas (IFAL);
* Centro de Ensino Superior de Maceió (CESMAC) (Center of Higher Education of Maceió);
* Faculdade de Alagoas (FAL) (College of Alagoas);
* and many others.