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Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area

The Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL metro area is made up of 2 counties in Alabama: Lauderdale and Colbert. About 156,609 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 3.9% more than in April 2020.

Colbert County, centralLauderdale County, centralFlorenceMuscle Shoals
2 counties in Alabama
Population, July 2025
156,609 3.9% more than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Counties
2, both central
Land area
1,261 sq mi (3,266 km²)
Time zone
Central TimeUTC-06:00 in January; UTC-05:00 in July
State
Alabama
Combined statistical area
Florence-Muscle Shoals-Russellville, AL
CBSA code
22520
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Counties in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL metro area, largest first

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Lauderdale CountyCentral97,13562.0%
Colbert CountyCentral59,47438.0%

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal cities, largest first

  1. Florence41,701 people
  2. Muscle Shoals16,951 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the Florence-Muscle Shoals-Russellville, AL combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other area in this one is

  1. Russellville, AL Micro Area32,449 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Russellville, AL Micro Area23 mi south
  2. Lawrenceburg, TN Micro Area34 mi northeast
  3. Decatur, AL Metro Area42 mi southeast
  4. Huntsville, AL Metro Area57 mi east

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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