Tuscaloosa, Alabama metropolitan area

Tuscaloosa metropolitan area
Tuscaloosa metropolitan area
Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Tuscaloosa, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Bryant–Denny Stadium home of; Alabama Crimson Tide football team
Interactive Map of Tuscaloosa, AL MSA	City of Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa, AL MSA
	City of Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa, AL MSA
Country	United States
State	Alabama
Principal city	Tuscaloosa
Area
• Total	9,200 km2 (3,600 sq mi)
Population
• Total	268,674
GDP
• Total	$13.818 billion (2022)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

The Tuscaloosa metropolitan area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of four counties in west central Alabama, anchored by the city of Tuscaloosa. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 268,674.^[2]

Counties

Communities

Aerial view of the Tuscaloosa area, 2012

Places with more than 100,000 inhabitants

Tuscaloosa (Principal city)

Places with 15,000 to 25,000 inhabitants

Northport

Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants

Places with 500 to 1,000 inhabitants

Akron
Coker
Forkland
Vance (partial)
Woodstock (partial)

Places with less than 500 inhabitants

Unincorporated places

Crawford Fork

Demographics

As of the census^[3] of 2000, there were 192,034 people, 74,863 households, and 48,931 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 63.05% White, 34.61% African American, 0.22% Native American, 0.81% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.52% from other races, and 0.77% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.22% of the population.

The median income for a household in the MSA was $26,687, and the median income for a family was $33,988. Males had a median income of $29,669 versus $20,847 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $15,115.

References

^ "Total Gross Domestic Product for Tuscaloosa, AL (MSA)". Federal Reserve Economic Data. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
^ "TUSCALOOSA Metropolitan Statistical Area in USA". U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. August 23, 2022. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

[1] "Total Gross Domestic Product for Tuscaloosa, AL (MSA)". Federal Reserve Economic Data. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

[metroest-2] "TUSCALOOSA Metropolitan Statistical Area in USA". U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. August 23, 2022. Retrieved August 23, 2022.

[GR2-3] "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

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