Northeast Alabama


Northeast Alabama includes the cities of Anniston, Gadsden, Talladega, and their surrounding areas in the state of Alabama. The county inclusion varies and remains overlapped by St. Clair and Talladega making the Birmingham–Hoover–Talladega, AL CSA the largest and most diverse metropolitan area in the region. Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Area and Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area. Sometimes the city of Huntsville, and rarely Auburn, are included, they are usually separated into regions other than Northeast Alabama.

Locales

Metropolitan areas

RankMetro AreaPopulation 2008 estimates
1Birmingham–Hoover–Talladega, AL CSA1,374,190
2Huntsville Metropolitan Area386,632
3Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Area142,950
4Gadsden Metropolitan Area103,217

Major cities

Counties

Areas in italics aren't traditionally included in the NE Alabama region
RankCountyPopulation 2008 estimatesCounty seatStatistical Area
1Madison319,510HuntsvilleHuntsville
2Calhoun113,419AnnistonAnniston-Oxford
3Etowah72,446GadsdenGadsden
4Marshall88,484GuntersvilleAlbertville μSA
5Talladega80,279TalladegaTalladega μSA
6St. Clair79,837Ashville / Pell CityBirmingham-Hoover
7Dekalb68,515Fort PayneFort Payne μSA
8Jackson53,134ScottsboroScottsboro μSA
9Cherokee24,545Centrenone
10Cleburne14,799Heflinnone