Northeast Alabama Explained

Northeast Alabama is an ambiguous term, which may include the cities of Anniston, Gadsden, and Talladega, their surrounding areas, as well as the geographical northeast extreme of the state of Alabama. The county inclusion varies, and under some generous definitions would include the Birmingham–Hoover–Talladega, AL CSA as the largest and most diverse metropolitan area in the region, followed in population by the Anniston-Oxford MSA and Gadsden MSA. Huntsville, and rarely Auburn, may also be included but typically fall under other regional terms. A narrower and more colloquial use of the term Northeast Alabama may refer only to the areas around Scottsboro and Fort Payne and the Sand Mountain communities in the far northeast of the state, starting around Albertville. A person in Huntsville referring to Northeast Alabama may be using this narrower definition while Huntsville would be included in the broader term North Alabama. Likewise, Gadsden, Anniston, and Oxford may be referred to as part of East Alabama, while the areas in between Guntersville and Gadsden on Sand Mountain would most always be considered Northeast Alabama. Northeast Alabama Community College on the border of Jackson County and Dekalb County on Highway 35 west of Rainsville shares its name with the region, and Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Calhoun County is a public university in Northeast Alabama.[1]

Locales

Metropolitan areas

RankMetro AreaPopulation 2008 estimates
1Birmingham–Hoover–Talladega, AL CSAalign=center 1,374,190
2Huntsville Metropolitan Areaalign=center 386,632
3Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Areaalign=center 142,950
4Gadsden Metropolitan Areaalign=center 103,217

Major cities

RankCityPopulation 2007 estimatesMetro Area
1align=center 171,327align=center Huntsville
2Madisonalign=center 38,275align=center Huntsville
3Gadsdenalign=center 36,936align=center Gadsden
4Annistonalign=center 23,689align=center Anniston-Oxford
5Oxfordalign=center 20,329align=center Anniston-Oxford

Counties

Areas in italics aren't traditionally included in the NE Alabama region

RankCountyPopulation 2008 estimatesCounty seatStatistical Area
1align=center 319,510align=center Huntsvillealign=center Huntsville
2Calhounalign=center 113,419align=center Annistonalign=center Anniston-Oxford
3Etowahalign=center 72,446align=center Gadsdenalign=center Gadsden
4Marshallalign=center 88,484align=center Guntersvillealign=center Albertville μSA
5Talladegaalign=center 80,279align=center Talladegaalign=center Talladega μSA
6St. Clairalign=center 79,837align=center Ashville / Pell Cityalign=center Birmingham-Hoover
7Dekalbalign=center 68,515align=center Fort Paynealign=center Fort Payne μSA
8Jacksonalign=center 53,134align=center Scottsboroalign=center Scottsboro μSA
9Cherokeealign=center 24,545align=center Centrealign=center none
10Cleburnealign=center 14,799align=center Heflinalign=center none

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: alabamaadmin . About . 2022-09-06 . East AlabamaWorks! . en-US.

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