tə kˈaʊntɚ ðə lˈɔs ɪn pˌɑːpjʊlˈeɪʃən ænd tə kɹiːˈeɪt ðə mədʒˈɔːɹᵻɾimaɪnˈɔːɹᵻɾi, mˈɛni kˈaʊntiz fɹʌmðə blˈæk bˈɛlt ɹˈiːdʒən, ɐ ɹˈʊɹɹəl ɛkspˈæns ɪn ˌæləbˈæmə wɪð ɐ hˈaɪ pɹəpˈoːɹʃən ʌv ˈæfɹɪkənɐmˈɛɹɪkən ɹˈɛzᵻdənts dᵻsˈɛndᵻd fɹʌm wˈɜːkɚz ˌɔn kˈɑːʔn̩ plæntˈeɪʃənz, wɜːɹ ˈædᵻd tə ðə dˈɪstɹɪkt, æz wʌz ɐn ˈɑːɹm ɛkstˈɛndɪŋ fɹʌm tˈʌskɐlˌuːsɚ ɹˈʌfli ɐlˈɔŋ ðɪ ˌɪntɚstˈeɪt twˈɛnti slˈæʃ fˈɪfti nˈaɪn kˈɔɹɪdˌoːɹ ˌɪntʊ dʒˈɛfɚsən kˈaʊnti tə tˈeɪk ɪn mˈoʊst əv ðə blˈæk pɹˈiːsɪŋkts ʌv bˈɜːmɪŋˌæm.
To counter the loss in population and to create the majority-minority, many counties from the Black Belt region, a rural expanse in Alabama with a high proportion of African-American residents descended from workers on cotton plantations, were added to the district, as was an arm extending from Tuscaloosa roughly along the Interstate 20/59 corridor into Jefferson County to take in most of the black precincts of Birmingham.