Alabama: Time Zones, Counties, Cities & Map

Metro and micro areas in Alabama, largest first

13 metro areas and 13 micro areas have counties in Alabama. 3 cross into another state; their populations are for the whole area. Populations are July 2025 estimates.

1. Birmingham, AL Metro Area1,197,766 people
2. Huntsville, AL Metro Area556,444 people
3. Mobile, AL Metro Area411,658 people
4. Montgomery, AL Metro Area388,747 people
5. Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area324,830 people
6. Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area281,850 people
7. Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area267,761 people
8. Auburn-Opelika, AL Metro Area208,013 people
9. Decatur, AL Metro Area160,326 people
10. Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metro Area156,609 people
11. Dothan, AL Metro Area156,266 people
12. Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area115,834 people

Every metro and micro area in the US

Tribal areas in Alabama, largest first

1. Cher-O-Creek State Designated Tribal Statistical Area85,955 people
2. Echota Cherokee State Designated Tribal Statistical Area59,448 people
3. MaChis Lower Creek State Designated Tribal Statistical Area23,489 people
4. Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama State Designated Tribal Statistical Area15,257 people
5. United Cherokee Ani-Yun-Wiya Nation State Designated Tribal Statistical Area7,199 people
6. Southeastern Mvskoke Nation State Designated Tribal Statistical Area6,201 people
7. Poarch Creek Reservation and Off-Reservation Trust Land339 people
8. MOWA Choctaw (state) Reservation177 people

American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian areas as the Census Bureau maps them, with at least 2% of their area here, water included. These lines don’t decide membership, jurisdiction or land status.

Counties and equivalents, largest first

These areas overlap the mapped boundary; an overlap does not mean that every address belongs to both.

1. Jefferson County, Alabama665,742 people
2. Madison County, Alabama433,516 people
3. Mobile County, Alabama411,658 people
4. Baldwin County, Alabama267,761 people
5. Tuscaloosa County, Alabama241,368 people
6. Shelby County, Alabama238,552 people
7. Montgomery County, Alabama225,891 people
8. Lee County, Alabama189,881 people
9. Morgan County, Alabama126,483 people
10. Limestone County, Alabama122,928 people
11. Calhoun County, Alabama115,834 people
12. Houston County, Alabama110,318 people

See all 67 counties and equivalents in Alabama, largest first

Cities, towns and communities, largest first

These areas overlap the mapped boundary; an overlap does not mean that every address belongs to both.

1. Huntsville, Alabama (city)222,791 people
2. Mobile, Alabama (city)203,416 people
3. Birmingham, Alabama (city)198,173 people
4. Montgomery, Alabama (city)197,494 people
5. Tuscaloosa, Alabama (city)111,038 people
6. Hoover, Alabama (city)92,642 people
7. Auburn, Alabama (city)80,594 people
8. Dothan, Alabama (city)71,514 people
9. Madison, Alabama (city)60,106 people
10. Decatur, Alabama (city)57,361 people
11. Florence, Alabama (city)41,701 people
12. Prattville, Alabama (city)39,482 people

See all 594 cities, towns and communities in Alabama, largest first

ZIP Code areas, largest first

These areas overlap the mapped boundary; an overlap does not mean that every address belongs to both.

1. ZIP 3524257,374 people
2. ZIP 3611753,172 people
3. ZIP 3669552,690 people
4. ZIP 3575850,266 people
5. ZIP 3540549,420 people
6. ZIP 3683049,292 people
7. ZIP 3611645,250 people
8. ZIP 3521543,903 people
9. ZIP 3540143,459 people
10. ZIP 3016543,001 people
11. ZIP 3653540,628 people
12. ZIP 3633039,557 people

See all 658 ZIP Code areas in Alabama, largest first

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