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Montgomery, AL Metro Area

The Montgomery, AL metro area is made up of 4 counties in Alabama: Montgomery, Elmore, Autauga, and Lowndes, largest first. About 388,747 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 0.7% more than in April 2020.

Autauga County, centralElmore County, centralLowndes County, outlyingMontgomery County, centralMontgomery
Central Outlying 4 counties in Alabama
Population, July 2025
388,747 0.7% more than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Counties
4: 3 central, 1 outlying
Land area
2,714 sq mi (7,030 km²)
Time zone
Central TimeUTC-06:00 in January; UTC-05:00 in July
State
Alabama
Combined statistical area
Montgomery-Selma, AL
CBSA code
33860
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Counties in the Montgomery, AL metro area, largest first

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Montgomery CountyCentral225,89158.1%
Elmore CountyCentral91,57723.6%
Autauga CountyCentral61,92015.9%
Lowndes CountyOutlying9,3592.4%

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. An outlying county is in the area because of commuting: at least a quarter of its workers have jobs in the central counties, or at least a quarter of the people working there live in them. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal city

  1. Montgomery197,494 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 Montgomery-Selma, 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. Selma, AL Micro Area35,140 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. Troy, AL Micro Area42 mi southeast
  2. Alexander City, AL Micro Area44 mi northeast
  3. Selma, AL Micro Area45 mi west
  4. Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area49 mi east
  5. Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micro Area75 mi north
  6. Birmingham, AL Metro Area87 mi north

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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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