Northeast Alabama

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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

Rank	Metro Area	Population 2008 estimates
1	Birmingham–Hoover–Talladega, AL CSA	1,374,190
2	Huntsville Metropolitan Area	386,632
3	Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Area	142,950
4	Gadsden Metropolitan Area	103,217

Major cities

Rank	City	Population 2007 estimates	Metro Area
1	Huntsville	171,327	Huntsville
2	Madison	38,275	Huntsville
3	Gadsden	36,936	Gadsden
4	Anniston	23,689	Anniston-Oxford
5	Oxford	20,329	Anniston-Oxford

Counties

Areas in italics aren't traditionally included in the NE Alabama region

Rank	County	Population 2008 estimates	County seat	Statistical Area
1	Madison	319,510	Huntsville	Huntsville
2	Calhoun	113,419	Anniston	Anniston-Oxford
3	Etowah	72,446	Gadsden	Gadsden
4	Marshall	88,484	Guntersville	Albertville μSA
5	Talladega	80,279	Talladega	Talladega μSA
6	St. Clair	79,837	Ashville / Pell City	Birmingham-Hoover
7	Dekalb	68,515	Fort Payne	Fort Payne μSA
8	Jackson	53,134	Scottsboro	Scottsboro μSA
9	Cherokee	24,545	Centre	none
10	Cleburne	14,799	Heflin	none

See also

• Geography of Alabama

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