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Huntsville-Decatur, AL Combined Statistical Area

February 15, 2024

The Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL Combined Statistical Area is the most populated sub-region of North Alabama, and is the second largest Combined Statistical Area in the State of Alabama after Birmingham.[1] The Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville CSA had a total of 879,315 people in 2022 and ranks 68th in the country.[2]

Huntsville–Decatur-Albertville AL
Combined Statistical Area
Coordinates: 34°39′00″N 86°47′13″W / 34.65°N 86.787°W / 34.65; -86.787
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama,Tennessee
Metro areas
Core cities
Constituent countiesDekalb, Lawrence, Limestone, Lincoln, Madison, Marshall, Morgan
Area
 • Total4,709 sq mi (12,200 km2)
 • Land4,545 sq mi (11,770 km2)
 • Water164 sq mi (420 km2)
Population
 • Total852,756
Time zoneUTC−06:00 (Central)

The CSA is situated along the Tennessee River, and is made up of two separate metropolitan areas (Decatur and Huntsville) and 3 Micropolitan areas ( Albertville, Fort Payne, and Fayetteville) that are usually referred to as one. The Decatur MSA, Albertville µSA, and Fort Payne µSA are south of the Tennessee River and the Huntsville MSA and Fayetteville µSA are north of it.

Significant cities included in the CSA include Albertville, Arab, Athens, Boaz, Decatur, Fayetteville, Fort Payne, Guntersville, Hartselle, Huntsville, and Madison, as well as DeKalb, Lawrence, Limestone, Lincoln, Madison, Marshall, and Morgan counties.

Huntsville is the largest city in the area with a population of 215,006 people,[3][4] and a metro population of 502,728. Decatur is the second largest city with a population of 57,938 people,[5] and a metro population of 156,758.[6] Mooresville is the smallest town in the CSA with 47 people.

Counties edit

Metropolitan areas included edit

Cities edit

All places listed have their populations listed from the 2020 US Census data. All unincorporated places do not have their population data recorded unless it is a CDP.

Core cities edit

Cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants edit

Cities with 10,000–30,000 inhabitants edit

Cities and communities with 5,000–9,999 inhabitants edit

Cities, and towns with more than 2,000–4,999 inhabitants edit

Cities and towns with less than 2,000 inhabitants edit

Unincorporated places edit

Education edit

K–12 education edit

School systems by county:

Madison

  • Huntsville City Schools[7]
  • Madison County Schools 2007-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
  • Madison City Schools

Limestone

  • Athens City Schools
  • Limestone County Schools

Morgan

Lawrence

  • Lawrence County Schools

Institutions of higher education edit

Geography edit

The geography of the Huntsville-Decatur Metro Area ranges from the tall peaks of the southern Appalachian Mountains, to the low valleys formed by the Tennessee River. Decatur sits on the southern shore of the Tennessee River, while Huntsville lies about 10 miles from the Tennessee River, and sits at the base of Monte Sano Mountain.

Infrastructure edit

Roadways edit

The heart of the Huntsville–Decatur Metro Area (Huntsville, Decatur, and Madison) is linked together by the 22 mile strip of Interstate 565.

Interstate 565 begins at the eastern edge of the Decatur city limits near the interchange with Interstate 65. At the interchange, Alternate US 72 and State Route 20 become a controlled access highway as it passes under Interstate 65 receiving traffic from the north – (Nashville), and south – (Birmingham / Decatur / Hartselle) in addition to the nearly 40,000-51,000 vehicles per day from Decatur to Huntsville on the Alternate US 72 Corridor.

Plans are underway to extend Interstate 565 from the Interstate 65/Alternate US 72/State Route 20 interchange to the US 31/State Route 20/Alternate US 72 interchange in the Limestone County portion of Decatur. Eventually the extended Interstate Highway will cross the Tennessee River's Wheeler Lake intersecting the once proposed Memphis to Atlanta Highway.[citation needed].

Huntsville/Madison roadways edit

As Interstate 565 passes the northern portion of the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Madison Boulevard (formerly State Route 20) branches off of the interstate leading into Madison. Beyond Madison Boulevard's convergence with Interstate 565 nine miles beyond, Research Park Boulevard, an important north/south expressway connecting Cummings Research Park, MidCity (a mixed used development at the location of the former Madison Square Mall[10]), and Redstone Arsenal, bypasses the portions of Huntsville's busier Memorial Parkway.

 
I-565 passing by the U.S. Space & Rocket Center

Interstate 565 winds past the US Space and Rocket Center and approaches downtown as an elevated freeway. About a .5 miles (0.80 km) after the elevated portion of the interstate begins is the largest interchange in Huntsville.[citation needed] The I-565/Memorial Parkway interchange carries over 150,000 vehicles a day. Memorial Parkway stretches from the Tennessee River to Normal. The Parkway feeds the 7-lane University Drive, also known as US 72. Also intersecting the Parkway is the 5-lane Governors Drive (US 431) that serves southeast Huntsville, Hampton Cove, and Huntsville Hospital.[11] Interstate 565 ascends Chapman Mountain, and descends the other side towards Gurley as US 72.

Decatur roadways edit

Decatur's main roadways are 6th Avenue – (U.S. Route 31), and Beltline Road – State Route 67.

6th Avenue, part of U.S. Route 31, begins as both State Route 20/Alternate US 72, and US 31 are carved out of the "Steamboat Bill" Hudson Memorial Bridge that crosses the Tennessee River at the north central part of town. AL 20/Alt US 72 continues west towards The Shoals, after The Beltline begins in the vicinity of the Solutia plant. After the Tennessee River bridges 6th Avenue continues southward where it eventually intersects with The Beltline. After that intersection, 6th Avenue continues southward now under the name of Decatur Highway towards Hartselle and Birmingham.

The Beltline was built as a western bypass to reduce congestion on 6th Avenue.[citation needed] The area around the Beltline experienced rapid growth, causing additional traffic problems.[citation needed] The city's approach to this was to widen the road to six lanes, which was to be completed by 2010.[clarification needed]

Economy edit

The economy of the Huntsville-Decatur Area has significant technical, aerospace, manufacturing, and defensive components. Huntsville is also home to the second largest research park in the country, Cummings Research Park.

The Huntsville–Decatur Metro Area is the second fastest growing region/metro area in the state of Alabama because of the ample job opportunities being instilled in the area. Both ports in the metro area are two of the busiest in the state. Huntsville International Airport is the second busiest in Alabama, and still growing, trailing Birmingham International Airport in Birmingham. The Port of Decatur, along the Tennessee River, has grown to be the largest/busiest along the Tennessee River.

Tennessee Valley Authority edit

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal plan, creating numerous dams, locks, nuclear power plants, coal power plants, along with many others, to create jobs along one of the most poverty ridden regions in the United States. The TVA has turned many tired North Alabama towns into some of the most technologically advanced cities in the country. A high quality of living, has helped to fuel the Huntsville and Decatur area's explosion into the aerospace, bio-technical, and other research market areas of the U.S.

The Tennessee Valley Authority has grown to be the largest public utility provider in the United States.

TVA links edit

  • TVA home page
  • WPA Photographs of TVA Archaeological Projects 2009-07-03 at the Wayback Machine

Major employers edit

References edit

  1. ^ "U.S. Statistical Areas" (PDF). www.whitehouse.gov. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  2. ^ Bureau, US Census. "Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2021". Census.gov. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  3. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  4. ^ "Huntsville Statistics". maps.huntsvilleal.gov. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  5. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  6. ^ Bureau, US Census. "Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2021". Census.gov. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  7. ^ Huntsville City Schools
  8. ^ [1] November 27, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ . Fusion.erau.edu. Archived from the original on 2008-12-27. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
  10. ^ . Archived from the original on 2016-11-05. Retrieved 2006-02-22.
  11. ^ Huntsville Hospital

External links edit

Huntsville links edit

  • Convention and Visitors Bureau
  • Chamber of Commerce
  • The Arts Council, Inc.
  • The Huntsville Times

Decatur links edit

  • Official City Website:
  • Official Decatur-Morgan County Website
  • The Decatur Daily
  • Decatur Convention & Visitor's Bureau
  • Decatur Morgan County Chamber of Commerce
  • Decatur City Schools
  • Decatur Sports
  • Alabama Jubilee – Hot Air Balloon Classic
  • Decatur Parks and Recreation

February 15, 2024
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Huntsville Decatur AL Combined Statistical Area news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Huntsville Decatur Albertville AL Combined Statistical Area is the most populated sub region of North Alabama and is the second largest Combined Statistical Area in the State of Alabama after Birmingham 1 The Huntsville Decatur Albertville CSA had a total of 879 315 people in 2022 and ranks 68th in the country 2 Huntsville Decatur Albertville ALCombined Statistical AreaCoordinates 34 39 00 N 86 47 13 W 34 65 N 86 787 W 34 65 86 787CountryUnited StatesStateAlabama TennesseeMetro areasHuntsville Metropolitan AreaDecatur Metropolitan AreaAlbertville Micropolitan AreaFort Payne Micropolitan AreaFayetteville Micropolitan AreaCore citiesHuntsvilleDecaturAlbertvilleConstituent countiesDekalb Lawrence Limestone Lincoln Madison Marshall MorganArea Total4 709 sq mi 12 200 km2 Land4 545 sq mi 11 770 km2 Water164 sq mi 420 km2 Population Total852 756Time zoneUTC 06 00 Central The CSA is situated along the Tennessee River and is made up of two separate metropolitan areas Decatur and Huntsville and 3 Micropolitan areas Albertville Fort Payne and Fayetteville that are usually referred to as one The Decatur MSA Albertville µSA and Fort Payne µSA are south of the Tennessee River and the Huntsville MSA and Fayetteville µSA are north of it Significant cities included in the CSA include Albertville Arab Athens Boaz Decatur Fayetteville Fort Payne Guntersville Hartselle Huntsville and Madison as well as DeKalb Lawrence Limestone Lincoln Madison Marshall and Morgan counties Huntsville is the largest city in the area with a population of 215 006 people 3 4 and a metro population of 502 728 Decatur is the second largest city with a population of 57 938 people 5 and a metro population of 156 758 6 Mooresville is the smallest town in the CSA with 47 people Contents 1 Counties 2 Metropolitan areas included 3 Cities 3 1 Core cities 3 2 Cities with more than 50 000 inhabitants 3 3 Cities with 10 000 30 000 inhabitants 3 4 Cities and communities with 5 000 9 999 inhabitants 3 5 Cities and towns with more than 2 000 4 999 inhabitants 3 6 Cities and towns with less than 2 000 inhabitants 3 7 Unincorporated places 4 Education 4 1 K 12 education 4 2 Institutions of higher education 5 Geography 6 Infrastructure 6 1 Roadways 6 1 1 Huntsville Madison roadways 6 1 2 Decatur roadways 7 Economy 7 1 Tennessee Valley Authority 7 1 1 TVA links 7 2 Major employers 8 References 9 External links 9 1 Huntsville links 9 2 Decatur linksCounties editDeKalb Lawrence Limestone Lincoln Madison Marshall MorganMetropolitan areas included editDecatur Metropolitan Area Huntsville Metropolitan Area Albertville Micropolitan Area Fort Payne Micropolitan Area Fayetteville Micropolitan AreaCities editAll places listed have their populations listed from the 2020 US Census data All unincorporated places do not have their population data recorded unless it is a CDP Core cities edit Huntsville 215 006 Decatur 57 938 Albertville 22 386 Cities with more than 50 000 inhabitants edit Madison 56 933 Cities with 10 000 30 000 inhabitants edit Athens 25 406 Boaz 10 107 Fort Payne 14 877 Hartselle 15 455 Cities and communities with 5 000 9 999 inhabitants edit Arab 8 461 Fayetteville 7 068 Guntersville 8 553 Rainsville 5 505 Cities and towns with more than 2 000 4 999 inhabitants edit Collinsville 2 059 Henager 2 292 Moulton 3 398 New Hope 2 889 Owens Cross Roads 2 594 Priceville 3 513 Triana 2 890 Trinity 2 526 Cities and towns with less than 2 000 inhabitants edit Ardmore Alabama 1 321 Ardmore Tennessee 1 217 Courtland 583 Crossville 1 830 Douglas 761 Elkmont 411 Eva 589 Falkville 1 197 Fyffe 967 Geraldine 910 Grant 1 039 Gurley 816 Hammondville 425 Hillsboro 407 Ider 735 Lakeview 161 Lester 111 Mentone 319 Mooresville 47 North Courtland 483 Petersburg 528 Pine Ridge 263 Powell 901 Shiloh 321 Sylvania 1 790 Somerville 796 Taft 256 Union Grove 67 Valley Head 577 Unincorporated places edit Basham Belle Mina Big Cove Blanche Brooksville Brownsboro Burningtree Mountain Caddo Capshaw Chalybeate Springs Chase Coxey Danville Dellrose Flintville Good Springs Greenbrier Harvest Hazel Green Hobbs Island Holland Gin Hulaco Joppa Lacey s Spring Landersville Loosier Massey Maysville Meridianville Monrovia Moontown Moores Mill Morgan City Moulton Heights Mount Hope Muck City Neel New Market Oakville Oakland near Athens Oakland near Madison Park City Pence Pettusville Plevna Pittsburg Rainbow Mountain Redstone Arsenal Ryan Crossroads Ryland Scarce Grease Six Mile Six Way Speake Thach Tanner Toney Union Hill Valhermoso Springs Veto Wheeler Wolf Springs Woodland Mills Wren YoungtownEducation editK 12 education edit School systems by county Madison Huntsville City Schools 7 Madison County Schools Archived 2007 08 10 at the Wayback Machine Madison City SchoolsLimestone Athens City Schools Limestone County SchoolsMorgan Decatur City Schools Hartselle City Schools Morgan County SchoolsLawrence Lawrence County SchoolsInstitutions of higher education edit University of Alabama in Huntsville Alabama A amp M University Athens State University Calhoun Community College System Calhoun Decatur Campus Calhoun Redstone Arsenal Campus Calhoun Huntsville Cummings Research Park Campus Faulkner University Georgia Institute of Technology s two sites Huntsville 2 Huntsville Regional Medical Campus of the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine 8 Oakwood University Embry Riddle Aeronautical University 9 Florida Institute of TechnologyGeography editThe geography of the Huntsville Decatur Metro Area ranges from the tall peaks of the southern Appalachian Mountains to the low valleys formed by the Tennessee River Decatur sits on the southern shore of the Tennessee River while Huntsville lies about 10 miles from the Tennessee River and sits at the base of Monte Sano Mountain Tennessee Valley Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Monte Sano State Park Joe Wheeler State ParkInfrastructure editRoadways edit The heart of the Huntsville Decatur Metro Area Huntsville Decatur and Madison is linked together by the 22 mile strip of Interstate 565 Interstate 565 begins at the eastern edge of the Decatur city limits near the interchange with Interstate 65 At the interchange Alternate US 72 and State Route 20 become a controlled access highway as it passes under Interstate 65 receiving traffic from the north Nashville and south Birmingham Decatur Hartselle in addition to the nearly 40 000 51 000 vehicles per day from Decatur to Huntsville on the Alternate US 72 Corridor Plans are underway to extend Interstate 565 from the Interstate 65 Alternate US 72 State Route 20 interchange to the US 31 State Route 20 Alternate US 72 interchange in the Limestone County portion of Decatur Eventually the extended Interstate Highway will cross the Tennessee River s Wheeler Lake intersecting the once proposed Memphis to Atlanta Highway citation needed Huntsville Madison roadways edit As Interstate 565 passes the northern portion of the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Madison Boulevard formerly State Route 20 branches off of the interstate leading into Madison Beyond Madison Boulevard s convergence with Interstate 565 nine miles beyond Research Park Boulevard an important north south expressway connecting Cummings Research Park MidCity a mixed used development at the location of the former Madison Square Mall 10 and Redstone Arsenal bypasses the portions of Huntsville s busier Memorial Parkway nbsp I 565 passing by the U S Space amp Rocket CenterInterstate 565 winds past the US Space and Rocket Center and approaches downtown as an elevated freeway About a 5 miles 0 80 km after the elevated portion of the interstate begins is the largest interchange in Huntsville citation needed The I 565 Memorial Parkway interchange carries over 150 000 vehicles a day Memorial Parkway stretches from the Tennessee River to Normal The Parkway feeds the 7 lane University Drive also known as US 72 Also intersecting the Parkway is the 5 lane Governors Drive US 431 that serves southeast Huntsville Hampton Cove and Huntsville Hospital 11 Interstate 565 ascends Chapman Mountain and descends the other side towards Gurley as US 72 Decatur roadways edit Decatur s main roadways are 6th Avenue U S Route 31 and Beltline Road State Route 67 6th Avenue part of U S Route 31 begins as both State Route 20 Alternate US 72 and US 31 are carved out of the Steamboat Bill Hudson Memorial Bridge that crosses the Tennessee River at the north central part of town AL 20 Alt US 72 continues west towards The Shoals after The Beltline begins in the vicinity of the Solutia plant After the Tennessee River bridges 6th Avenue continues southward where it eventually intersects with The Beltline After that intersection 6th Avenue continues southward now under the name of Decatur Highway towards Hartselle and Birmingham The Beltline was built as a western bypass to reduce congestion on 6th Avenue citation needed The area around the Beltline experienced rapid growth causing additional traffic problems citation needed The city s approach to this was to widen the road to six lanes which was to be completed by 2010 clarification needed Economy editThe economy of the Huntsville Decatur Area has significant technical aerospace manufacturing and defensive components Huntsville is also home to the second largest research park in the country Cummings Research Park The Huntsville Decatur Metro Area is the second fastest growing region metro area in the state of Alabama because of the ample job opportunities being instilled in the area Both ports in the metro area are two of the busiest in the state Huntsville International Airport is the second busiest in Alabama and still growing trailing Birmingham International Airport in Birmingham The Port of Decatur along the Tennessee River has grown to be the largest busiest along the Tennessee River Tennessee Valley Authority edit The Tennessee Valley Authority TVA was established by President Franklin D Roosevelt s New Deal plan creating numerous dams locks nuclear power plants coal power plants along with many others to create jobs along one of the most poverty ridden regions in the United States The TVA has turned many tired North Alabama towns into some of the most technologically advanced cities in the country A high quality of living has helped to fuel the Huntsville and Decatur area s explosion into the aerospace bio technical and other research market areas of the U S The Tennessee Valley Authority has grown to be the largest public utility provider in the United States TVA links edit TVA home page WPA Photographs of TVA Archaeological Projects Archived 2009 07 03 at the Wayback MachineMajor employers edit ADTRAN Athens Limestone Hospital Athens Limestone County Boeing Decatur Huntsville United Launch Alliance Decatur Calhoun Community College System Decatur Huntsville Cinram Huntsville Cummings Research Park Decatur General Hospital system Decatur Huntsville Hospital System Huntsville Intergraph Madison Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville Madison County Meow Mix Decatur Nucor Corporation Decatur Parkway Medical Center Decatur Redstone Arsenal Huntsville Madison County SAIC Huntsville Teledyne Brown Engineering Huntsville Toyota Huntsville TVA Decatur Limestone County University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville Vulcan Materials Company Trinity HuntsvilleReferences edit U S Statistical Areas PDF www whitehouse gov Retrieved November 20 2023 Bureau US Census Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Population Totals and Components of Change 2020 2021 Census gov Retrieved 2022 04 15 Explore Census Data data census gov Retrieved 2022 04 15 Huntsville Statistics maps huntsvilleal gov Retrieved 2023 11 20 Explore Census Data data census gov Retrieved 2022 04 15 Bureau US Census Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Population Totals and Components of Change 2020 2021 Census gov Retrieved 2022 04 15 Huntsville City Schools 1 Archived November 27 2005 at the Wayback Machine Find a Location Embry Riddle Worldwide Fusion erau edu Archived from the original on 2008 12 27 Retrieved 2013 07 10 Madison Square Mall Archived from the original on 2016 11 05 Retrieved 2006 02 22 Huntsville HospitalExternal links editHuntsville links edit City of Huntsville Convention and Visitors Bureau Chamber of Commerce The Arts Council Inc The Huntsville TimesDecatur links edit Official City Website DigitalDecatur Official Decatur Morgan County Website The Decatur Daily Decatur Convention amp Visitor s Bureau Decatur Morgan County Chamber of Commerce Decatur City Schools Decatur Sports Alabama Jubilee Hot Air Balloon Classic Decatur Parks and Recreation Morgan County Economic Development Association Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Huntsville Decatur AL Combined Statistical Area amp oldid 1195332430, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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