Scottsboro, AL Micro Area
The Scottsboro, AL micro area is one county in Alabama: Jackson County. About 54,281 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 3.3% more than in April 2020.
- Population, July 2025
- 54,281 3.3% more than in April 2020
- Type
- Micropolitan statistical area
- County
- Jackson County
- Land area
- 1,078 sq mi (2,792 km²)
- Time zone
- Central TimeUTC-06:00 in January; UTC-05:00 in July
- State
- Alabama
- Combined statistical area
- Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL
- CBSA code
- 42460
The county in the Scottsboro, AL micro area
| County | Role | Population, July 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Jackson County | Central | 54,281 |
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
- Scottsboro15,712 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 Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL combined statistical area
OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 5 areas in this one, largest first:
- Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area594,530 people
- Dalton, GA Metro Area147,819 people
- Cleveland, TN Metro Area134,057 people
- Athens, TN Micro Area71,590 people
- Summerville, GA Micro Area25,300 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.
- Fort Payne, AL Micro Area24 mi southeast
- Albertville, AL Micro Area28 mi south
- Huntsville, AL Metro Area36 mi west
- Winchester, TN Micro Area38 mi north
- Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area54 mi northeast
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