Dothan metropolitan area, Alabama explained

Dothan metropolitan area
Official Name:	Dothan, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Settlement Type:	Metropolitan Statistical Area
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	United States
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	Alabama
Subdivision Type2:	Principal city
Subdivision Name2:	Dothan
Subdivision Type3:	Other cities
Subdivision Name3:	- Enterprise  - Ozark
Unit Pref:	US
Demographics2 Title1:	MSA
Timezone:	CST
Utc Offset:	-6
Timezone Dst:	CDT
Utc Offset Dst:	-5

The Dothan Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of Geneva, Henry, and Houston counties in southeastern Alabama, anchored by the city of Dothan, county seat of Houston County. As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 145,639.^[1]

Counties

• Geneva
• Henry
• Houston

Communities

Places with more than 50,000 inhabitants

• Dothan (Principal city; partial^[2])

Places with 2,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

• Abbeville
• Geneva
• Hartford
• Headland
• Samson
• Slocomb

Places with 1,000 to 2,000 inhabitants

• Ashford
• Cottonwood
• Cowarts
• Kinsey
• Malvern
• Taylor
• Webb

Places with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants

• Avon
• Black
• Coffee Springs
• Columbia
• Eunola
• Gordon
• Haleburg
• Madrid
• Newville
• Rehobeth

Combined Statistical Area

The Dothan Metropolitan Statistical Area is a significant part of the Dothan-Enterprise-Ozark Combined Statistical Area, which is composed of the Dothan metropolitan area, the Enterprise micropolitan area, and the Ozark micropolitan area.^[3] As of the 2010 census, the CSA had a population of 245,838.

See also

• Alabama census statistical areas

Notes and References

1. https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website
2. Dothan lies in three counties – Houston, Henry, and Dale. Most of the city is in Houston County with small portions extending into the neighboring counties. The small portion of Dothan in Dale County is considered to be part of the Ozark Micropolitan Statistical Area, while the Houston and Henry county portions are part of the Dothan Metropolitan Statistical Area.
3. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/bulletins/2013/b13-01.pdf OMB BULLETIN NO. 13-01: Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas