Northeast Alabama
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Northeast Alabama includes the cities of Anniston, Gadsden, Talladega, and their surrounding areas in the state of Alabama. The county inclusion varies and remains overlapped by St. Clair and Talladega making the Birmingham–Hoover–Talladega, AL CSA the largest and most diverse metropolitan area in the region. Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Area and Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area. Sometimes the city of Huntsville, and rarely Auburn, are included, they are usually separated into regions other than Northeast Alabama.
Locales[]
Metropolitan areas[]
Rank | Metro Area | Population 2008 estimates |
---|---|---|
1 | Birmingham–Hoover–Talladega, AL CSA | 1,374,190 |
2 | Huntsville Metropolitan Area | 386,632 |
3 | Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Area | 142,950 |
4 | Gadsden Metropolitan Area | 103,217 |
Major cities[]
Rank | City | Population 2007 estimates | Metro Area |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Huntsville | 171,327 | Huntsville |
2 | Madison | 38,275 | Huntsville |
3 | Gadsden | 36,936 | Gadsden |
4 | Anniston | 23,689 | Anniston-Oxford |
5 | Oxford | 20,329 | Anniston-Oxford |
Counties[]
Areas in italics aren't traditionally included in the NE Alabama region
Rank | County | Population 2008 estimates | County seat | Statistical Area |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Madison | 319,510 | Huntsville | Huntsville |
2 | Calhoun | 113,419 | Anniston | Anniston-Oxford |
3 | Etowah | 72,446 | Gadsden | Gadsden |
4 | Marshall | 88,484 | Guntersville | Albertville μSA |
5 | Talladega | 80,279 | Talladega | Talladega μSA |
6 | St. Clair | 79,837 | Ashville / Pell City | Birmingham-Hoover |
7 | Dekalb | 68,515 | Fort Payne | Fort Payne μSA |
8 | Jackson | 53,134 | Scottsboro | Scottsboro μSA |
9 | Cherokee | 24,545 | Centre | none |
10 | Cleburne | 14,799 | Heflin | none |
See also[]
Categories:
- Regions of Alabama
- Alabama geography stubs