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Greater Huntsville
Greater Huntsville
Combined Statistical Area
	Map of Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL-TN CSA Huntsville metropolitan area Decatur metropolitan area Albertville micropolitan area Fort Payne micropolitan area Fayetteville micropolitan area City of Huntsville City of Decatur
	Coordinates: 34°39′00″N 86°47′13″W / 34.650°N 86.787°W
Country	United States
State	Alabama; Tennessee
Metro areas	Huntsville Metropolitan Area; Decatur Metropolitan Area; Albertville Micropolitan Area; Fort Payne Micropolitan Area; Fayetteville Micropolitan Area;
Core cities	Huntsville; Decatur; Albertville;
Constituent counties	DeKalb, Lawrence, Limestone, Lincoln, Madison, Marshall, Morgan
Area
• Total	12,200 km2 (4,710 sq mi)
• Land	11,770 km2 (4,545 sq mi)
• Water	420 km2 (164 sq mi)
Population
• Total	852,756
Time zone	UTC−06:00 (Central)

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The Huntsville–Decatur–Albertville 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]

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

Metropolitan areas included

Cities

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

Huntsville (215,006)
Decatur (57,938)
Albertville (22,386)

Cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants

Madison (56,933)

Cities with 10,000–30,000 inhabitants

Athens (25,406)
Boaz (10,107)
Fort Payne (14,877)
Hartselle (15,455)

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

Arab (8,461)
Fayetteville (7,068)
Guntersville (8,553)
Rainsville (5,505)

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

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

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

Education

K–12 education

School systems by county:

Madison

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

Limestone

Morgan

Lawrence

Lawrence County Schools

Institutions of higher education

University of Alabama in Huntsville
Alabama A&M University
Athens State University
Calhoun Community College System
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 Technology

Geography

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

Roadways

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Major employers

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, Huntsville

References

^ "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. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ "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. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ 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 Hospital

External links

Huntsville links

Decatur links

[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. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[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. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[7] Huntsville City Schools

[8] [1] Archived November 27, 2005, at the Wayback Machine

[9] "Find a Location | Embry-Riddle Worldwide". Fusion.erau.edu. Archived from the original on 2008-12-27. Retrieved 2013-07-10.

[10] "Madison Square Mall". Archived from the original on 2016-11-05. Retrieved 2006-02-22.

[11] Huntsville Hospital

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