Alabama statistical areas explained
The U.S. currently has 35 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated nine combined statistical areas, 13 metropolitan statistical areas, and 13 micropolitan statistical areas in Alabama.[1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL CSA, encompassing the area around the state's largest city, Birmingham.__TOC__
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The 35 United States statistical areas and 67 counties of the State of Alabama
Combined statistical area | 2023 population (est.)[2] | Core-based statistical area | 2023 population (est.) | County | 2023 population (est.) | Metropolitan division | 2023 population (est.) |
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Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL CSA | 1,367,706 | Birmingham, AL MSA | 1,184,290 | Jefferson County, Alabama | 662,895 | none |
Shelby County, Alabama | 233,000 |
St. Clair County, Alabama | 95,552 |
Walker County, Alabama | 64,728 |
Blount County, Alabama | 59,816 |
Chilton County, Alabama | 46,431 |
Bibb County, Alabama | 21,868 |
Cullman, AL μSA | 92,016 | Cullman County, Alabama | 92,016 |
Talladega-Sylacauga, AL μSA | 91,400 | Talladega County, Alabama | 81,132 |
Coosa County, Alabama | 10,268 |
Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL-TN CSA | 895,383 859,214 | Huntsville, AL MSA | 527,254 | Madison County, Alabama | 412,600 |
Limestone County, Alabama | 114,654 |
Decatur, AL MSA | 158,635 | Morgan County, Alabama | 125,133 |
Lawrence County, Alabama | 33,502 |
Albertville, AL μSA | 100,756 | Marshall County, Alabama | 100,756 |
Fort Payne, AL μSA | align=right rowspan="1" | 72,569 | DeKalb County, Alabama | 72,569 |
Fayetteville, TN μSA | align=right | 36,169 | Lincoln County, Tennessee | align=right style="color:green;" | 36,169 |
Mobile-Daphne-Fairhope, AL CSA | align=right rowspan="2" | 665,147 | Mobile, AL MSA | align=right rowspan="1" | 411,640 | Mobile County, Alabama | 411,640 |
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL MSA | align=right rowspan="1" | 253,507 | Baldwin County, Alabama | 253,507 |
Montgomery-Selma, AL CSA | 421,645 | Montgomery, AL MSA | 385,480 | Montgomery County, Alabama | 224,980 |
Elmore County, Alabama | 90,441 |
Autauga County, Alabama | 60,342 |
Lowndes County, Alabama | 9,717 |
Selma, AL μSA | 36,165 | Dallas County, Alabama | 36,165 |
Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, GA-AL CSA | 566,030 301,006 (AL) | Columbus, GA-AL MSA | 323,768 58,744 (AL) | Muscogee County, Georgia | 201,877 |
Russell County, Alabama | 58,744 |
Harris County, Georgia | 36,654 |
Chattahoochee County, Georgia | 8,661 |
Marion County, Georgia | 7,440 |
Talbot County, Georgia | 5,718 |
Stewart County, Georgia | 4,674 |
Auburn-Opelika, AL MSA | 201,585 | Lee County, Alabama | 183,215 |
Macon County, Alabama | 18,370 |
Alexander City, AL μSA | 40,677 | Tallapoosa County, Alabama | 40,677 |
none | Tuscaloosa, AL MSA | 278,290 | Tuscaloosa County, Alabama | 237,373 |
Pickens County, Alabama | 18,688 |
Hale County, Alabama | 14,888 |
Greene County, Alabama | 7,341 |
Dothan-Enterprise-Ozark, AL CSA | 256,866 | Dothan, AL MSA | 153,349 | Houston County, Alabama | 108,462 |
Geneva County, Alabama | 26,988 |
Henry County, Alabama | 17,899 |
Enterprise, AL μSA | align=right rowspan="1" | 55,643 | Coffee County, Alabama | 55,643 |
Ozark, AL μSA | 49,871 | Dale County, Alabama | 49,871 |
Florence-Muscle Shoals-Russellville, AL CSA | align=right rowspan="3" | 186,977 | Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL MSA | 153,349 | Lauderdale County, Alabama | 96,814 |
Colbert County, Alabama | 58,361 |
Russellville, AL μSA | 31,802 | Franklin County, Alabama | 31,802 |
none | Anniston-Oxford, AL MSA | 116,429 | Calhoun County, Alabama | 116,429 |
Gadsden, AL MSA | 103,241 | Etowah County, Alabama | 103,241 |
Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL CSA | align=right rowspan="14" | 1,003,363 53,467 (AL) | Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA | 580,971 | Hamilton County, Tennessee | 379,864 |
Walker County, Georgia | align=right style="color:green;" | 69,489 |
Catoosa County, Georgia | align=right style="color:green;" | 68,910 |
Marion County, Tennessee | 29,382 |
Sequatchie County, Tennessee | 17,161 |
Dade County, Georgia | align=right style="color:green;" | 16,165 |
Dalton, GA MSA | align=right rowspan="2" style="color:green;" | 144,722 | Whitfield County, Georgia | align=right style='color:green;' | 103,687 |
Murray County, Georgia | align=right style="color:green;" | 41,035 |
Cleveland, TN MSA | align=right rowspan="2" | 129,612 | Bradley County, Tennessee | 111,579 |
Polk County, Tennessee | 18,033 |
Athens, TN μSA | 69,369 | McMinn County, Tennessee | 55,678 |
Meigs County, Tennessee | 13,691 |
Scottsboro, AL μSA | align=right rowspan="1" | 53,467 | Jackson County, Alabama | 53,467 |
Summerville, GA μSA]] | 25,222 | Lumpkin County, Georgia | align=right style="color:green;" | 35,258 |
Dawson County, Georgia | 31,732 |
Butts County, Georgia | 26,887 |
Morgan County, Georgia | 21,460 |
Meriwether County, Georgia | 20,931 |
Pike County, Georgia | 20,461 |
Lamar County, Georgia | 20,401 |
Jasper County, Georgia | 16,455 |
Heard County, Georgia | 12,034 |
Cobb County, Georgia | 776,743 | Marietta, GA MD | 1,393,588 |
Cherokee County, Georgia | 286,602 |
Paulding County, Georgia | 183,164 |
Bartow County, Georgia | 115,041 |
Haralson County, Georgia | 32,038 |
Athens-Clarke County, GA MSA | 222,060 | Clarke County, Georgia | 129,933 | none |
Oconee County, Georgia | 44,182 |
Madison County, Georgia | 32,191 |
Oglethorpe County, Georgia | 15,754 |
Gainesville, GA MSA | 217,267 | Hall County, Georgia | 217,267 |
LaGrange, GA-AL μSA | 104,821 34,079 (AL) | Troup County, Georgia | 70,742 |
Chambers County, Alabama | 34,079 |
Rome, GA MSA | 100,113 | Floyd County, Georgia | 100, 113 |
Jefferson, GA μSA | 88,615 | Jackson County, Georgia | 88,615 |
Calhoun, GA μSA | align=right rowspan="1" style="color:green;" | 59,757 | Gordon County, Georgia | 59,757 |
Cornelia, GA μSA | 48,757 | Habersham County, Georgia | 48,757 |
Cedartown, GA μSA | 44,223 | Polk County, Georgia | 44,223 |
Thomaston, GA μSA | 28,263 | Upson County, Georgia | 28,263 |
none | Troy, AL μSA | 33,137 | Pike County, Alabama | 33,137 |
Eufaula, AL-GA μSA | 26,865 24,585 (AL) | Barbour County, Alabama | 24,585 |
Quitman County, Georgia | 2,280 |
none | Covington County, Alabama | 37,952 |
Escambia County, Alabama | 36,558 |
Marion County, Alabama | 29,244 |
Cherokee County, Alabama | 25,666 |
Winston County, Alabama | 23,611 |
Randolph County, Alabama | 22,786 |
Clarke County, Alabama | 22,337 |
Monroe County, Alabama | 19,229 |
Marengo County, Alabama | 18,684 |
Butler County, Alabama | 18,382 |
Fayette County, Alabama | 15,967 |
Cleburne County, Alabama | 15,639 |
Washington County, Alabama | 15,022 |
Clay County, Alabama | 14,111 |
Lamar County, Alabama | 13,661 |
Crenshaw County, Alabama | 13,101 |
Choctaw County, Alabama | 12,252 |
Sumter County, Alabama | 11,727 |
Conecuh County, Alabama | 11,174 |
Wilcox County, Alabama | 9,944 |
Bullock County, Alabama | 9,897 |
Perry County, Alabama | 7,738 |
State of Alabama | 5,108,468 | |
Core-based statistical areas
The following table provides the in-state population ranking of each CBSA along with its rate of population change over time.
The 26 core-based statistical areas of the State of Alabama
scope=col rowspan=2 | 2023 rank | scope=col rowspan=2 | Core-based statistical area | Population |
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scope=col | 2023 estimate | scope=col | Change | scope=col | 2020 Census[3] | scope=col | Change | scope=col | 2010 Census[4] |
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scope=row | | Birmingham, AL MSA |
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scope=row | | Huntsville, AL MSA |
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scope=row | | Mobile, AL MSA |
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scope=row | | Montgomery, AL MSA |
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scope=row | | Tuscaloosa, AL MSA |
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scope=row | | Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL MSA |
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scope=row | | Auburn-Opelika, AL MSA |
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scope=row | | Decatur, AL MSA |
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scope=row | | Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL MSA |
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scope=row | | Dothan, AL MSA |
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scope=row | | Anniston-Oxford, AL MSA |
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scope=row | | Gadsden, AL MSA |
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scope=row | | Albertville, AL μSA |
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scope=row | | Cullman, AL μSA |
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scope=row | | Talladega-Sylacauga, AL μSA |
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scope=row | | Fort Payne, AL μSA |
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scope=row | | Columbus, GA-AL MSA (AL) |
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scope=row | | Enterprise, AL μSA |
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scope=row | | Scottsboro, AL μSA |
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scope=row | | Ozark, AL μSA |
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scope=row | | Alexander City, AL μSA |
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scope=row | | Selma, AL μSA |
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scope=row | | LaGrange, GA-AL μSA (AL) |
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scope=row | | Troy, AL μSA |
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scope=row | | Russellville, AL μSA |
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scope=row | | Eufaula, AL-GA μSA (AL) |
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| Columbus, GA-AL MSA |
| LaGrange, GA-AL μSA |
| Eufaula, AL-GA μSA | |
Combined statistical areas
The following table provides the in-state population ranking of each CSA along with its rate of population change over time.
The nine combined statistical areas of the State of Alabama
scope=col rowspan=2 | 2023 rank | scope=col rowspan=2 | Combined statistical area | Population |
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scope=col | 2023 estimate | scope=col | Change | scope=col | 2020 Census[5] | scope=col | Change | scope=col | 2010 Census[6] |
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scope=row | | Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL CSA |
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scope=row | | Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL-TN CSA (AL) |
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scope=row | | Mobile-Daphne-Fairhope, AL CSA |
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scope=row | | Montgomery-Selma, AL CSA |
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scope=row | | Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, GA-AL CSA (AL) |
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scope=row | | Dothan-Enterprise-Ozark, AL CSA |
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scope=row | | Florence-Muscle Shoals-Russellville, AL CSA |
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scope=row | | Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL CSA (AL) |
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scope=row | | Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA-AL CSA (AL) |
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| Huntsville-Decatur-Albertivlle, AL-TN CSA |
| Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, GA-AL CSA |
| Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL CSA |
| Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA-AL CSA | |
See also
External links
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Notes and References
- Web site: Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas . July 21, 2023 . 0MB BULLETIN NO. 23-01 . October 23, 2023 . Office of Management and Budget.
- Web site: March 2023 . County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2023 . May 21, 2024 . United States Census Bureau, Population Division.
- Web site: PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS.. U.S. Census Bureau. 2020. May 21, 2024.
- Web site: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019. U.S. Census Bureau. 2019. May 21, 2024.
- Web site: PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS.. U.S. Census Bureau. 2020. May 21, 2024.
- Web site: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019. U.S. Census Bureau. 2019. May 21, 2024.