Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman Combined Statistical Area

The Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman, AL CSA (combined statistical area)

Combined Statistical Area

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sometimes known as Greater Birmingham, is made up of 8 counties in Central Alabama

Central Alabama

Central Alabama is the region in the state of Alabama that stretches approximately 170 miles from the western border with Mississippi to eastern border with Georgia and 136 miles from the northern border of Cullman County to the Alabama River in southern Autauga County. With a...

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According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 1,052,238 inhabitants. The 2009 Census estimate puts the Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman CSA at 1,212,848. The statistical area consists of the Birmingham–Hoover Metropolitan Area (metropolitan statistical area)

United States metropolitan area

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and the Cullman, AL μSA (micropolitan statistical area)

United States micropolitan area

United States Micropolitan Statistical Areas , as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget, are urban areas in the United States based around a core city or town with a population of 10,000 to 49,999. The micropolitan area designation was created in 2003...

. It is the 48th largest population sub-region in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, and the largest population region in Alabama

Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...

constituting roughly 1/4 of the state's population. Nearby counties Tuscaloosa

Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

Tuscaloosa County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama.It is named in honor of the pre-Choctaw chief Tuskaloosa. In 2010, the population was 194,656...

, Etowah

Etowah County, Alabama

Etowah County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is from the Cherokee language, which means "edible tree". It is the center of the Gadsden Metropolitan Area which includes Etowah and Cherokee Counties. As of 2010 the population was 104,430. Its county seat is Gadsden...

, Talladega

Talladega County, Alabama

Talladega County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Talladega is a Muscogee Native American word derived from TVLVTEKE, which means "border town." As of 2010, the population was 82,291...

, and Calhoun

Calhoun County, Alabama

Calhoun County is a county in the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of John C. Calhoun, famous member of the United States Senate from South Carolina. As of 2010 the population was 118,572. It is included in the Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, though not officially a part of Greater Birmingham, contribute significantly to the region's economy.

Counties

Bibb
Bibb County, Alabama
Bibb County is a county in the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of William W. Bibb, the first Governor of Alabama. As of 2010 the population was 22,915. The county seat is Centreville...
Blount
Blount County, Alabama
Blount County is a county located in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 57,322. Its county seat is Oneonta.Blount County is a dry county.-History:...
Chilton
Chilton County, Alabama
-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*84.1% White*9.7% Black*0.4% Native American*0.3% Asian*0.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*1.2% Two or more races*7.8% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...
Cullman
Jefferson
Jefferson County, Alabama
Jefferson County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Alabama, with its county seat being located in Birmingham.As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of Jefferson County was 658,466...
St. Clair
St. Clair County, Alabama
St. Clair County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama.It is a part of the Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman Combined Statistical Area. Its name is in honor of General Arthur St...
Shelby
Shelby County, Alabama
Shelby County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama and a part of the Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman Combined Statistical Area. It is named in honor of Isaac Shelby, Governor of Kentucky. The county seat of Shelby County is Columbiana. As of 2010 U.S. Census the population was 195,085. Shelby...
Walker
Walker County, Alabama
Walker County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama.Its name is in honor of John Williams Walker, a member of the United States Senate. As of 2010 the population was 67,023...

Primary Cities

Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...
Hoover
Hoover, Alabama
Hoover is a city in Jefferson and Shelby Counties in north central Alabama, in the United States. The largest suburb of Birmingham, the population of the city was 62,742 as of the 2000 census and 81,619 in the 2010 census. Hoover is part of the Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA and is also included in the...
Cullman
Cullman, Alabama
Cullman is a city in Cullman County, State of Alabama. Cullman is located along Interstate 65, about north of Birmingham, and about south of Huntsville. According to the U.S...

Suburbs with more than 10,000 inhabitants

Alabaster
Alabaster, Alabama
Alabaster is a city and southern suburb of Birmingham in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 22,619. According to the 2005 U.S. Census estimates, the city had a population of 27,517. At the 2010 census the population was 30,352. Alabaster is still a growing...
Bessemer
Bessemer, Alabama
Bessemer is a city outside of Birmingham in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States eight miles west of Hoover. The population was 29,672 at the 2000 Census, but by the 2009 U.S...
Calera
Calera, Alabama
Calera is a city in Chilton and Shelby counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the location of Birmingham's Shelby County Airport. Its population was 3,158 at the 2000 census, but as of 2010 the population had nearly quadrupled to 11,620 making it the fastest growing city in...
Center Point
Center Point, Alabama
Center Point is a newly incorporated city and a former census-designated place in northeastern Birmingham, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 22,784. However, after its incorporation in 2002, the city's boundaries are much smaller than those of the CDP. As of July 1,...
Fairfield
Fairfield, Alabama
Fairfield is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Birmingham–Hoover Metropolitan Area. The population was 12,381 at the 2000 census. As of 2006, the Census estimates the population to be 11,547.-History:...
Forestdale
Forestdale, Alabama
Forestdale is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Birmingham, Alabama, United States north of Ensley. At the 2000 census the population was 10,509.-Geography:Forestdale is located at .According to the U.S...
Gardendale
Gardendale, Alabama
Gardendale is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, and a northern suburb of Birmingham. The population was 11,626 at the 2000 census. 2009 Census estimates propose a population of 13,720.-History:...
Homewood
Homewood, Alabama
Homewood is a city in southeastern Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is a suburb of Birmingham, located on the other side of Red Mountain due south of the city center. It has one of the highest population densities in Alabama. As of 2009 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the...
Helena
Helena, Alabama
Helena is a city in Jefferson and Shelby Counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. Helena is considered a suburb of Birmingham and part of the Greater Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan area. It is also one of three cities, along with Alabaster and Pelham, that make up the area known as "North Shelby" or...
Hueytown
Hueytown, Alabama
Hueytown is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 16,105.It was the home of the legendary NASCAR Alabama Gang...
Jasper
Jasper, Alabama
Jasper is a city in Walker County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 14,659. As of 2011 the population had was 13,857. The city is the county seat of Walker County, and once ranked among the world's leading producers of coal....
Leeds
Leeds, Alabama
Leeds is a tri-county municipality located in Jefferson, St. Clair, and Shelby Counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is a suburb of Birmingham. As of the 2009 population estimate, the population of the city is about 11,474.-History:...
Mountain Brook
Mountain Brook, Alabama
Mountain Brook is a city in southeastern Jefferson County, Alabama, and a suburb of Birmingham. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 20,821. Mountain Brook is a particularly affluent city within the Birmingham metropolitan area and has appeared in several lists...
Pelham
Pelham, Alabama
Pelham is a city and suburb of Birmingham in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 14,369, but has grown to 21,352 recorded by the 2010 census. It was named for famed Confederate American Civil War officer John Pelham...
Pell City
Pell City, Alabama
Pell City is a city in St. Clair County, Alabama, United States. The city is the county seat of St. Clair County along with Ashville. At the 2000 census the population was 9,565. At the 2010 census, the city-limit population jumped to 12,695. -Geography:...
Trussville
Trussville, Alabama
Trussville is a city in Jefferson and St. Clair counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. The population was 19,933 at the 2010 census. Trussville was ranked as number 56 out of 100 in Money Magazines Best Places to Live 2005.-Geography:...
Vestavia Hills
Vestavia Hills, Alabama
Vestavia Hills is a city in Jefferson and Shelby Counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is a suburb of the city of Birmingham.-History:Vestavia Hills is named for the estate of former Birmingham mayor George B. Ward. It was situated on the crest of Shades Mountain in what is now the northern...

Incorporated cities, unincorporated communities, and neighborhoods with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants

Allgood
Allgood, Alabama
Allgood is a town in Blount County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 629. According to the 2005 U.S. Census estimates, the town had a population of 693. The mayor of Allgood, Alabama, is Nell Payne...
Altoona
Altoona, Alabama
Altoona is a town in Etowah County in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is part of the Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2000 census the population was 984. According to the 2005 U.S. Census estimates, the town had a population of 970. -Geography:Altoona is located at .According to the U.S...
Arab
Arab, Alabama
Arab is a city in both Cullman County, Alabama and Marshall County, Alabama in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Alabama, located ten miles from Guntersville Lake and Guntersville Dam, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area...
Adamsville
Adamsville, Alabama
Adamsville is a town in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman Combined Statistical Area. According to the 2010 U.S. Census estimates, the town had a population of 4,522.-Geography:...
Argo
Argo, Alabama
Argo is a town in Jefferson and St. Clair Counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. At the 2000 census the population was 1,780. According to the 2005 U.S. Census estimates, the town had a population of 1,892. Argo is located at ....
Ashville
Ashville, Alabama
Ashville is a city in St. Clair County, Alabama, United States part of the Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman Combined Statistical Area. Its population was 2,260 at the 2000 census, at which time it was a town. This town is the county seat of St. Clair County along with Pell City. According to the 2005 U.S....
Baileyton
Baileyton, Alabama
Baileyton is a town in Cullman County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 684. According to the 2005 U.S. Census estimates, the town had a population of 703. -History:...
Blountsville
Blountsville, Alabama
Blountsville is a town in Blount County, Alabama, United States. Blount County was created by the Alabama Territorial legislature on 1818 Feb. 6, from land ceded to the Federal government by the Creek Nation on 1814 Aug. 9. It was named for Gov. Willie G. Blount of Tennessee, who provided...
Branchville
Branchville, Alabama
Branchville is a town in St. Clair County, Alabama in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the town is 825.-Geography:Branchville is located at .According to the U.S...
Brent
Brent, Alabama
Brent is a city in Bibb County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 4,024.-Geography:Brent is located at 32°56'24.864" North, 87°10'29.935" West .According to the U.S...
Brighton
Brighton, Alabama
Brighton is a city near Birmingham, Alabama, United States and located just east of Hueytown. At the 2000 census the population was 3,640. It is one of four cities in Jefferson County named after cities in Great Britain...
Brook Highland
Brookside
Brookside, Alabama
Brookside is a former mining town, predominantly settled by Eastern European immigrants, located in north-central Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the town is 1,393. The mayor is Roger McCondiche.- History :...
Cahaba Heights
Cahaba Heights, Alabama
Cahaba Heights is a neighborhood of Vestavia Hills, a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. Before annexation in 2002, it was a census-designated place ; the population was 5,203 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
Carbon Hill
Carbon Hill, Alabama
Carbon Hill is a city in Walker County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 2,071.-Geography:Carbon Hill was begun as a small mining town in extreme western Walker County. The city is located at ....
Dora
Dora, Alabama
Dora is a city in Walker County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 2,413.-Geography:Dora is located at .According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.-Demographics:...
Eldridge
Eldridge, Alabama
Eldridge is a town in Walker County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 184.-Geography:Eldridge is located at .According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.-Demographics:...
Cardiff
Cardiff, Alabama
Cardiff is a town in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States west of Gardendale. At the 2000 census the population was 82. It is named after the capital of Wales. It is one of four Jefferson County cities named after cities in Great Britain, the others being Birmingham, Leeds and...
Centreville
Centreville, Alabama
Centreville is a city in Bibb County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 2,466. The city is the county seat of Bibb County.-Geography:According to the U.S...
Chalkville
Chalkville, Alabama
Chalkville is a former census-designated place in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 3,829. The area is now part of the city of Clay.-Geography:Chalkville is located at ....
Chelsea
Chelsea, Alabama
Chelsea is a city in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. Chelsea was incorporated on March 1, 1996 with a population of 906. At the 2000 census the population was 2,949. According to U.S. Census Bureau, the 2010 population for Chelsea was 10,183...
Childersburg
Childersburg, Alabama
Childersburg is a city in Talladega county in the U.S. state of Alabama. At the 2000 census the population was 4,927. It claims a history dating back before 1540, when it was noted as a village of the Coosa Nation visited by the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto...
Clanton
Clanton, Alabama
Clanton is a city in Chilton County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman Combined Statistical Area. At the 2000 census the population was 7,800. The city is the county seat of Chilton County.-History:...
Clay
Clay, Alabama
Clay is a city in northeastern Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman Combined Statistical Area. Local government is run by a mayor and city council. Before incorporation on June 6, 2000, it was a census-designated place...

Cleveland

Cleveland, Alabama

Cleveland is a town in Blount County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 1,241.-Geography:Cleveland is located at 33°59'31.326" North, 86°34'33.823" West .According to the U.S...

Colony

Colony, Alabama

Colony is a town in Cullman County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 385. Colony is a historically African-American town. In its early days it was a safe-haven for African Americans in the Deep South.-Geography:...

Concord

Concord, Alabama

Concord is a census-designated place in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman Combined Statistical Area. At the 2000 census the population was 1,809. This area was damaged by an F5 tornado on April 8, 1998, and again by an EF4 tornado on Wednesday,...

Cordova

Cordova, Alabama

Cordova is a city in Walker County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 2,423.-History:Cordova was originally a settlement on the Warrior River Called "Dent" or "Dent's Place." The city was dubbed "Cordova" by Captain Benjamin M. Long in 1859. He named the city after a...

County Line

County Line, Alabama

County Line is a town in Blount and Jefferson Counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. At the 2000 census the population was 257.-Geography:County Line is located at 33°49'10.722" North, 86°43'45.433" West .According to the U.S...

Columbiana

Columbiana, Alabama

Columbiana is a city in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 4,197. The city is the county seat of Shelby County.-History:...

Dodge City

Dodge City, Alabama

Dodge City is a town in Cullman County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 612.-Geography:Dodge City is located at .According to the U.S...

Edgewater

Edgewater, Alabama

Edgewater is a census-designated place in Birmingham, Alabama, United States northeast of Pleasant Grove. Its population was 730 at the 2000 census. This area was damaged by tornadoes on April 15, 1956 and April 8, 1998. The 1998 tornado was rated an F5 on the Fujita scale. -Geography:Edgewater is...

Ensley

Fairview

Fairview, Alabama

Fairview is a town in Cullman County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 522.-Geography:Fairview is located at .According to the U.S...

Fultondale

Fultondale, Alabama

Fultondale is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States and a northern suburb of Birmingham. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 6,595 and, as of 2006, was estimated to be 6,905. Fultondale was a relatively stagnant community until the last decade...

Garden City

Garden City, Alabama

Garden City is a town in Blount and Cullman Counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. At the 2000 census the population was 564. In spite of its name, Garden City is not a city , but merely a village...

Good Hope

Good Hope, Alabama

Good Hope is a town in Cullman County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the town is 1,966.-Geography:Good Hope is located at 34°6'32" North, 86°52'2" West .According to the U.S...

Grayson Valley

Grayson Valley, Alabama

Grayson Valley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 5,447.-Geography:Grayson Valley is located at .According to the U.S...

Graysville

Graysville, Alabama

Graysville is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman Combined Statistical Area. At the 2000 census the population was 2,344.-Geography:Graysville is located at ....

Hanceville

Hanceville, Alabama

Hanceville is a city in Cullman County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 2,951.-Geography:Hanceville is located at .According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

Harpersville

Harpersville, Alabama

Harpersville is a town in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 1,620. The small town is growing due to the growth of big business on Highway 280...

Hayden

Hayden, Alabama

Hayden is a town in Blount County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 470.-Geography:Hayden is located at 33°53'36.236" North, 86°45'25.139" West .According to the U.S...

Highland Lake

Highland Lake, Alabama

Highland Lake is a town in Blount County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 408.-Geography:Highland Lake is located at 33°53'3.376" North, 86°25'19.744" West .According to the U.S...

Holly Pond

Holly Pond, Alabama

Holly Pond is a town in Cullman County, Alabama, United States. As of 2000 the town's population was 645.-People from Holly Pond, Alabama:*Guy Hunt, former Governor of Alabama and Primitive Baptist pastor...

Indian Springs Village

Indian Springs Village, Alabama

Indian Springs Village is a town in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 2,225....

Jemison

Jemison, Alabama

Jemison is a town in Chilton County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 2,248. The center of population of Alabama is located outside of Jemison, an area known as Jemison Division. .-Geography:...

Kimberly

Kimberly, Alabama

Kimberly is a town in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 2,711. Beginning June 29, 2011, due to the population increase from 1801 persons in 2000, to 2711 persons in 2010, the Town will begin operating as a City....

Kansas

Kansas, Alabama

Kansas is a town in Walker County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 260.-Geography:Kansas is located at .According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....

Lipscomb

Lipscomb, Alabama

Lipscomb is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Birmingham–Hoover Metropolitan Area. At the 2000 census the population was 2,458....

Locust Fork

Locust Fork, Alabama

Locust Fork is a town in Blount County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 1,186 people up from 1,016 since the 2000 census. While traveling south with his troops, General Andrew Jackson camped at the fork of the river in 1813. General Jackson carved his name in a Locust...

Maplesville

Maplesville, Alabama

Maplesville is a town in Chilton County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 672.-Geography:Maplesville is located at 32°46'54.800" North, 86°52'31.861" West .According to the U.S...

Margaret

Margaret, Alabama

Margaret is a city in St. Clair County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 1,169. Margaret became a city in October 2011.-Geography:Margaret is located at .According to the U.S...

Maytown

Maytown, Alabama

Maytown is a town in Jefferson, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman Combined Statistical Area. At the 2000 census the population was 435. This area was damaged by an F5 tornado on April 8, 1998.-Geography:...

McDonald Chapel

McDonald Chapel, Alabama

McDonald Chapel is a census-designated place in Birmingham, Alabama, United States northeast of Pleasant Grove. At the 2000 census the population was 1,054. Large portions of this area were damaged by violent tornadoes in 1956, 1998, and 2011. The 1998 tornado was rated an F5 on the Fujita scale....

Meadowbrook

Meadowbrook, Alabama

Meadowbrook is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 4,697.-Geography:Meadowbrook is located at .According to the U.S...

Midfield

Midfield, Alabama

Midfield is a town in Jefferson County, Alabama. It is south of Fairfield and part of the Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman Combined Statistical Area. At time of the 2000 U.S. Census, it had a population of about 5,625 people.-Geography:...

Minor

Minor, Alabama

Minor is a census-designated place in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman Combined Statistical Area. At the 2000 census the population was 1,116. This area was damaged by an F5 tornado on April 8, 1998 including the non-denominational Open Door...

Montevallo

Montevallo, Alabama

Montevallo is a city in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. A college town, it is the home of the University of Montevallo, a public liberal arts university with around 3000 students. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city of Montevallo is 4,825....

Moody

Moody, Alabama

Moody is a city in St. Clair County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 8,053.-Geography:Moody is located at .According to the U.S...

Morris

Morris, Alabama

Morris is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman Combined Statistical Area.-Geography:Morris is located at .According to the U.S...

Mount Olive

Mulga

Mulga, Alabama

Mulga is a town in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman Combined Statistical Area. At its 2000 census the population was 973. This town includes the community of Bayview. Its communities were damaged by an F5 tornado on April 8,...

Nauvoo

Nauvoo, Alabama

Nauvoo is a town in Walker and Winston counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2000 census, the population of the town is 284. Camp McDowell, an Episcopalian church camp, is located nearby.-History:...

Nectar

Nectar, Alabama

Nectar is a town in Blount County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 372.-Geography:Nectar is located at 33°58'8.846" North, 86°38'10.522" West .According to the U.S...

North Bibb

North Johns

North Johns, Alabama

North Johns is the second smallest incorporated town in Jefferson County, Alabama . It is located approximately 20 miles west of downtown Birmingham, United States and about eight miles southwest of Hueytown. It was a thriving mining town at the beginning of the 20th century when more than 2000...

Oakman

Oakman, Alabama

Oakman is a town in Walker County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 944.-Geography:Oakman is located at .According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land...

Odenville

Odenville, Alabama

Odenville is a town in St. Clair County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 1,131.-Geography:Odenville is located at .According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....

Oneonta

Oneonta, Alabama

Oneonta is a city in Blount County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 5,576. The city is the county seat of Blount County...

Parrish

Parrish, Alabama

Parrish is a town in Walker County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 1,268.A long-track EF3 tornado struck Parrish on April 24, 2010. The rotation later crossed into Cordova, and Empire, a town northeast of Sumiton on Highway 78...

Pinson

Pinson, Alabama

Pinson is a city in Birmingham, Alabama, United States northwest from Center Point. At the 2000 census, the population was 5,033.-Geography:This city is located at .According to the U.S...

Ragland

Ragland, Alabama

Ragland is a town in St. Clair County, Alabama, United States southeast of Ashville. At the 2000 census the population was 1,918. It is part of the Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman Combined Statistical Area. An F4 tornado struck southwest from here at 10:55 in the morning on Palm Sunday March 27, 1994...

Riverside

Riverside, Alabama

Riverside is a town in St. Clair County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 1,564.-Geography:Riverside is located at .According to the U.S...

Rock Creek

Rock Creek, Alabama

Rock Creek is a census-designated place in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman Combined Statistical Area. At the 2000 census the population was 1,495. This area was damaged by an F5 tornado on April 8, 1998 including Hueytown's Rock Creek Church of...

Rosa

Rosa, Alabama

Rosa is a town in Blount County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 313.-Geography:Rosa is located at 33°59'23.316" North, 86°30'42.977" West .According to the U.S...

Sipsey

Sipsey, Alabama

Sipsey is a town in Walker County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 552.-Geography:Sipsey is located at .According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....

Smoke Rise

Smoke Rise, Alabama

Smoke Rise is a census-designated place in Blount County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 1,750.-History:...

Snead

Snead, Alabama

Snead is a town in Blount County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 748.-Geography:Snead is located at 34°6'57.492" North, 86°23'29.443" West .According to the U.S...

South Vinemont

South Vinemont, Alabama

South Vinemont is a town in Cullman County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 425.-Geography:South Vinemont is located at .According to the U.S...

Springville

Springville, Alabama

Springville is a town in St. Clair County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 2,521.-Geography:Springville is located at .According to the U.S...

Steele

Steele, Alabama

Steele is a town in northeastern St. Clair County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 1,093. The town is a part of the Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman Combined Statistical Area.-Geography:Steele is located at ....

Sumiton

Sumiton, Alabama

Sumiton is a city in Jefferson and Walker Counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. At the 2000 census the population was 2,665.A long-track EF3 tornado struck Sumiton on April 24, 2010. The rotation started in Parrish...

Susan Moore

Susan Moore, Alabama

Susan Moore is a town in Blount County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 721.-Geography:Susan Moore is located at 34°4'54.617" North, 86°25'10.247" West .According to the U.S...

Sylvan Springs

Sylvan Springs, Alabama

Sylvan Springs is a town in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman Combined Statistical Area. At the 2000 census the population was 1,465...

Tarrant

Tarrant, Alabama

Tarrant is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States southeast of Fultondale. At the 2000 census the population was 7,022.-Geography:Tarrant is located at .According to the U.S...

Thorsby

Thorsby, Alabama

Thorsby is a town in Chilton County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the town was 1,820. The town mayor is Dearl Hilyer. The Swede-founded town's name, "Thorsby" is Swedish for "Thor's Village."-Geography:...

Trafford

Trafford, Alabama

Trafford is a town in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 523.-Geography:Trafford is located at .According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....

Vance

Vance, Alabama

Vance is a town in Bibb and Tuscaloosa Counties in the U.S. state of Alabama, just outside of the city of Tuscaloosa. It is most famous for the Mercedes-Benz plant, currently the only one in North America...

Vincent

Vincent, Alabama

Vincent is a town in Shelby, St. Clair, and Talladega Counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. At the 2000 census the population was 1,853.-Geography:Vincent is located at .According to the U.S...

Warrior

Warrior, Alabama

Warrior is a city in Jefferson and Blount County in the U.S. state of Alabama. At the 2000 census the population was 3,169.-History:The city takes its name from the Warrior coal fields, which J. T. Pierce opened in 1872 in the vicinity. The coal fields were named, in turn, after the Black Warrior...

Wenonah

Wenonah, Alabama

The Wenonah community was the name of one of a series of Red Mountain ore mining camps for employees of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company...

West Blocton

West Blocton, Alabama

West Blocton is a town in Bibb County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 1,372.- Geography :West Blocton is located at ....

West Jefferson

West Jefferson, Alabama

West Jefferson is a town in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 344.-Geography:West Jefferson is located at .According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land....

Westover

Westover, Alabama

Westover is a city in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. It was officially incorporated on January 31, 2001 although it was established in 1901 and had a population of 961 when it was incoporporated in 2001....

West Point

West Point, Alabama

West Point is a town in Cullman County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 295.-Geography:West Point is located at .According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....

Wilsonville

Wilsonville, Alabama

Wilsonville is a town in southeastern Birmingham, Alabama, United States. It is northeast of Columbiana. This town is part of the Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman Combined Statistical Area. At the 2000 census the population was 1,551.-Geography:...

Wilton

Wilton, Alabama

Wilton is a town in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. This town is part of the Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman Combined Statistical Area. At the 2000 census the population was 580.-Geography:Wilton is located at .According to the U.S...

Commerce

The economy of Greater Birmingham is the most diversified of any metropolitan area in Alabama. Many of the region's major employers are located in Birmingham and Jefferson County. The economy of Birmingham ranges from service industries such as banking and finance to health-related technological research and heavy industry. The University of Alabama at Birmingham

University of Alabama at Birmingham

The University of Alabama at Birmingham is a public university in Birmingham in the U.S. state of Alabama. Developing from an extension center established in 1936, the institution became an autonomous institution in 1969 and is today one of three institutions in the University of Alabama System...

(UAB) is Alabama's largest employer as well as the area's largest, with some 20,000 employees. The area is world headquarters for Regions Financial

Regions Financial

Regions Financial Corporation is a publicly held company based in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, with the corporate headquarters at the Regions Center...

, one of the nation's top 10 banks, and Books-A-Million

Books-A-Million

Books-A-Million, Inc., also known as BAM!, is a company that owns the second largest U.S. bookstore chain and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. The company operates over 200 stores in the South, Midwest, Northeast...

, the second largest book retailer in the United States.

Major employers in the Greater Birmingham area

Alabama Power
AT&T
AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...

(formerly BellSouth
BellSouth
BellSouth Corporation is an American telecommunications holding company based in Atlanta, Georgia. BellSouth was one of the seven original Regional Bell Operating Companies after the U.S...

)
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Alabama
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association is a federation of 39 separate health insurance organizations and companies in the United States. Combined, they directly or indirectly provide health insurance to over 100 million Americans. The history of Blue Cross dates back to 1929, while the history of...
Compass Bancshares
Compass Bancshares
BBVA Compass is a United States financial holding company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, with US$65 billion in assets and primarily located in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, and Texas. Compass Bancshares is one of the U.S.’s 25 largest banks, and was previously...
Drummond Company
Drummond Company
Drummond Company, Inc. is a privately owned company based in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, involved in the mining and processing of coal and coal products. The company was founded in Jasper, Alabama in 1935 by H. E...
EBSCO Industries
EBSCO Industries
EBSCO Industries, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is a privately held, widely diversified corporation and the largest subscription agency in the world. It was founded in 1944 by Elton Bryson Stephens...
Energen
Energen
Energen Corporation , headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is a diversified energy company that operates two divisions; an oil and gas exploration company and a natural gas utility company...
HealthSouth
HealthSouth
HealthSouth Corporation , based in Birmingham, Alabama, is the nation’s largest owner and operator of inpatient rehabilitative hospitals. Operating in 26 states across the country and in Puerto Rico, HealthSouth serves patients through its network of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals , outpatient...
Hibbett Sports, Inc.
Hibbett Sports, Inc.
Hibbett Sports, Inc. is a publicly traded holding company for Hibbett Sporting Goods, a full line sporting goods retailer. Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, the company has over 800 locations in approximately 26 states.Hibbett Sports, Inc...
Liberty National Life Insurance Co. (part of Torchmark)
McWane, Inc.
Regions Financial Corporation (merged with AmSouth)
Royal Cup Coffee, Inc.
Southern Research Institute
Sloss Industries
Torchmark
University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Alabama at Birmingham
The University of Alabama at Birmingham is a public university in Birmingham in the U.S. state of Alabama. Developing from an extension center established in 1936, the institution became an autonomous institution in 1969 and is today one of three institutions in the University of Alabama System...
Vulcan Materials Company
Vulcan Materials Company
Vulcan Materials Company , based in Birmingham, Alabama is principally engaged in the production, distribution and sale of construction materials. Vulcan is the largest producer of construction materials, primarily gravel, crushed stone, and sand, and employs approximately 9,700 people at over 356...
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational diversified financial services company with operations around the world. Wells Fargo is the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by assets and the largest bank by market capitalization. Wells Fargo is the second largest bank in deposits, home...

(formerly SouthTrust
SouthTrust
SouthTrust Corporation was a banking company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. In 2004, SouthTrust reached an agreement to merge with Wachovia in a stock-for-stock deal. At the time of the merger with Wachovia was completed, SouthTrust had $53 Billion in assets. SouthTrust was listed on the...

and then Wachovia
Wachovia
Wachovia was a diversified financial services company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Before its acquisition by Wells Fargo in 2008, Wachovia was the fourth-largest bank holding company in the United States based on total assets...

)

Transportation

According to a recent study, Greater Birmingham has more roadways than most other US metropolitan areas. It is located at the convergence of four interstate highways: Interstate 20, Interstate 59, Interstate 65, and Interstate 459

Interstate 459

Interstate 459 is a bypass highway of Interstate 59 that is an alternate Interstate Highway around the southern sides of Birmingham, Alabama, Bessemer, Alabama, and several other cities and towns in Jefferson County. Interstate 459 lies entirely within Jefferson County, without exception...

, which creates a southern belt around Birmingham. Several U.S. highways run through the area: U.S. Highway 31 and U.S. Highway 280, which converges into the Elton B. Stephens Expressway (Red Mountain Expressway) anlong with U.S. Highway 78, and U.S. Highway 11. Interstate 22

Interstate 22

Interstate 22 , when it is completed, will follow the U.S. Highway 78 corridor along a 213-mile-long route from Memphis, Tennessee, to Birmingham, Alabama, as an Interstate Highway. Interstate 22 will connect Interstate 240 and Interstate 40 in the northwest with Interstate 65 and Interstate...

, also known as Corridor X, is currently under construction and set to be complete by 2012 with all but the last two miles connecting it to Interstate 65

Interstate 65

Interstate 65 is a major Interstate Highway in the United States. The southern terminus is located at an intersection with Interstate 10 in Mobile, Alabama, and its northern terminus is at an interchange with Interstate 90 , U.S. Route 12, and U.S...

which is already open. There are also plans on board to complete the beltway around Birmingham, the Northern Beltline

Corridor X-1

Corridor X-1 or the Birmingham Northern Beltline is the proposed by-pass route around Birmingham, Alabama through northern and western Jefferson County to be completed by 2025...

, which has been set to be completed by 2025. This route has been designated Interstate 422. The Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport is the primary airport for the region's air travellers.

Mass Transit

Birmingham is served by the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority through the Metro Area Express (MAX) bus system. However, BJCTA has been direly underfunded partly because Alabama's constitution limits the ability of local governments to tax citizens.

Birmingham's mass transit system, such as it is, exemplifies the reluctance of the citizens of Alabama to support an areawide public mass transit system. A 1956 amendment to the state's constitution requires that all gas taxes be used for highway construction rather than public transit. As a result, the sprawling city, which once boasted the second-largest streetcar system in the United States, now ranks among the leading cities for automobile use (and routinely fails to meet air quality standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency

United States Environmental Protection Agency

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is an agency of the federal government of the United States charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress...

.)

The US Congress, with the urging of Senator Richard C. Shelby granted $87 million to help fund a regional multi-faceted mass transit system. The county and state have let many deadlines for 20% matching funds pass, and little visible progress is being made toward adequate transit services.

Shopping

Greater Birmingham is home to the largest and most affluent shopping centers and malls in Alabama. Many of the retailers have their exclusive Alabama location in the area. Birmingham is the only city in Alabama that has 2 Macy's

Macy's

Macy's is a U.S. chain of mid-to-high range department stores. In addition to its flagship Herald Square location in New York City, the company operates over 800 stores in the United States...

stores, a Saks Fifth Avenue

Saks Fifth Avenue

Saks Fifth Avenue is a luxury American specialty store owned and operated by Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises , a subsidiary of Saks Incorporated. It competes in the high-end specialty store market in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, i.e. 'the 3 B's' Bergdorf, Barneys, Bloomingdale's and Lord & Taylor...

and no Dillard's

Dillard's

Dillard's, Inc. is a department store chain in the United States, with 330 stores in 29 states. Headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, Dillard's locations are concentrated in Texas and Florida; with a major presence in other states including Arizona, Iowa, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Missouri,...

stores.

Major shopping centers

Riverchase Galleria
Riverchase Galleria
Riverchase Galleria, locally known as The Galleria, is a large super–regional shopping mall in the Birmingham suburb of Hoover, Alabama. It is the 25th largest shopping mall in the United States...

was, when built, the largest mixed use project in the Southeastern United States
Southeastern United States
The Southeastern United States, colloquially referred to as the Southeast, is the eastern portion of the Southern United States. It is one of the most populous regions in the United States of America....

, and also Alabama's. It is the Greater Birmingham area's largest shopping center. Riverchase Galleria, locally called "The Galleria", has the world's longest skylight with 200 specialty shops and restaurants with major anchors include JCPenney, Belk [former Parisian], Belk Home Store [former McRae's upper level], Macy's, and Sears. The Galleria is located in Hoover
Hoover, Alabama
Hoover is a city in Jefferson and Shelby Counties in north central Alabama, in the United States. The largest suburb of Birmingham, the population of the city was 62,742 as of the 2000 census and 81,619 in the 2010 census. Hoover is part of the Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA and is also included in the...

.
The Summit is the largest open-air lifestyle center
Lifestyle center (retail)
A lifestyle center is a shopping center or mixed-used commercial development that combines the traditional retail functions of a shopping mall with leisure amenities oriented towards upscale consumers...

in the U.S. and is owned by Bayer Properties. The upscale shopping center is home to Alabama's only Saks Fifth Avenue
Saks Fifth Avenue
Saks Fifth Avenue is a luxury American specialty store owned and operated by Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises , a subsidiary of Saks Incorporated. It competes in the high-end specialty store market in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, i.e. 'the 3 B's' Bergdorf, Barneys, Bloomingdale's and Lord & Taylor...

, the only one between Atlanta and New Orleans. Other anchors include a Belk
Belk
Belk is a department store chain founded in 1888 in Monroe, North Carolina, today part of the Charlotte metropolitan area. After the founding of the first Belk store, the company grew in size and influence throughout the South via the chain in the USA, with its stores primarily located in the...

flagship store, Gap, and a 16-screen movie theater.
Colonial Brookwood Village
Colonial Brookwood Village
Colonial Brookwood Village is a upscale shopping mall located near Birmingham in "the cities of Mountain Brook and Homewood, Alabama". - History :...

originally called Brookwood Village this 2-level mall was one of the first shopping centers built outside of the Birmingham proper. This shopping center has recently been renovated so that it would have a main-street appeal to its facade. Its anchors include Belk and Macy's and some 70+ shops and restaurants.
Patton Creek is a 600,000 square foot (56,000 m²) open-air shopping center home to Dick's Sporting Goods, DSW and includes a 15-screen Rave movie theater. It is located in Hoover behind the Riverchase Galleria
Riverchase Galleria
Riverchase Galleria, locally known as The Galleria, is a large super–regional shopping mall in the Birmingham suburb of Hoover, Alabama. It is the 25th largest shopping mall in the United States...

.
Century Plaza
Century Plaza
Century Plaza was an enclosed shopping mall in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Opened in 1975, the mall originally included four anchor stores and more than one hundred tenants, but lost three of those anchors in the mid-2000s. In May 2009, the mall was completely closed as Sears and the rest of the...

was a 2-level shopping center home to 100 stores and restaurants located in the Eastwood area of Birmingham with no anchor store for the mall as JC Penney, Rich's, Belk, and Sear's left the mall. The mall was closed completely on May 31, 2009.
Wildwood Centre
Wildwood Centre
Wildwood Centre is an open-air, mixed-use shopping mall and commercial office park in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Opened in 1991, The project is located on both the north and south sides of Lakeshore Drive and encompasses roughly...

is part of a 400 acres (1.6 km²) mixed-use project that includes two retail shopping centers, restaurants, office and hotels. The retail portion of the complex provides an excess of 1000000 square feet (92,903 m²) of shopping.

Other notable shopping areas

Pinnacle at Tutwiler Farms-Hoover
Colonial Promenade Alabaster
Colonial Promenade Fultondale
Eastwood Village

Politics

The Greater Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman has been a rather Republician supportive region. The last time a sizeable amount of counties was won by another party was by Jimmy Carter in 1976. In the 2008 election every county except Jefferson County

Jefferson County, Alabama

Jefferson County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Alabama, with its county seat being located in Birmingham.As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of Jefferson County was 658,466...

voted for John McCain

John McCain

John Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election....

over Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

and even Jefferson County