Fort Payne, AL Micro Area
The Fort Payne, AL micro area is one county in Alabama: DeKalb County. About 74,085 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 3.4% more than in April 2020.
- Population, July 2025
- 74,085 3.4% more than in April 2020
- Type
- Micropolitan statistical area
- County
- DeKalb County
- Land area
- 777 sq mi (2,013 km²)
- Time zone
- Central TimeUTC-06:00 in January; UTC-05:00 in July
- State
- Alabama
- Combined statistical area
- Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL-TN
- CBSA code
- 22840
The county in the Fort Payne, AL micro area
| County | Role | Population, July 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| DeKalb County | Central | 74,085 |
A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of 10,000 to 49,999 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 city
- Fort Payne14,927 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 Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL-TN combined statistical area
OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 4 areas in this one, largest first:
- Huntsville, AL Metro Area556,444 people
- Decatur, AL Metro Area160,326 people
- Albertville, AL Micro Area103,537 people
- Fayetteville, TN Micro Area36,853 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.
- Summerville, GA Micro Area19 mi east
- Scottsboro, AL Micro Area24 mi northwest
- Albertville, AL Micro Area33 mi southwest
- Gadsden, AL Metro Area36 mi southwest
- Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area49 mi northeast
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