Metropolitan statistical area - Wikipedia
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List of U.S. states and territories by population - Wikipedia
List of United States counties and county equivalents - Wikipedia
County or equivalent
State or equivalent
Population (2020 census)
Area (mi^2)
Core-based statistical area
Autauga
Alabama
58,805
594.44
Montgomery, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Baldwin
231,767
1589.78
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Barbour
25,223
884.88
Eufaula, AL-GA Micropolitan Statistical Area
Bibb
22,293
622.58
Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Blount
59,134
644.78
Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Bullock
10,357
622.80
Butler
19,051
776.83
Calhoun
116,441
605.87
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Chambers
34,772
596.53
LaGrange, GA-AL Micropolitan Statistical Area
Cherokee
24,971
553.70
Chilton
45,014
692.85
Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Choctaw
12,665
913.50
Clarke
23,087
1238.46
Clay
14,236
603.96
Cleburne
15,056
560.10
Coffee
53,465
678.97
Enterprise, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area
Colbert
57,227
592.62
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Conecuh
11,597
850.16
Coosa
10,387
650.93
Alexander City, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area
Covington
37,570
1030.46
Crenshaw
13,194
608.84
Cullman
87,866
734.84
Cullman, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area
Dale
49,326
561.15
Ozark, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area
Dallas
38,462
978.69
Selma, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area
DeKalb
71,608
777.09
Fort Payne, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area
Elmore
87,977
618.48
Montgomery, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Escambia
36,757
945.08
Etowah
103,436
534.99
Gadsden, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Fayette
16,321
627.66
Franklin
32,113
633.82
Geneva
26,659
574.41
Dothan, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Greene
7,720
647.11
Tuscaloosa, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Hale
14,785
643.94
Tuscaloosa, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Henry
17,146
561.75
Dothan, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Houston
107,202
579.82
Dothan, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jackson
52,579
1077.87
Scottsboro, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area
Jefferson
674,721
1111.28
Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Lamar
13,972
604.85
Lauderdale
93,564
667.70
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Lawrence
33,073
690.68
Decatur, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Lee
174,241
607.54
Auburn-Opelika, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Limestone
103,570
559.94
Huntsville, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Lowndes
10,311
715.91
Montgomery, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Macon
19,532
608.89
Madison
388,153
801.59
Huntsville, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Marengo
19,323
976.88
Marion
29,341
742.29
Marshall
97,612
565.84
Albertville, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area
Mobile
414,809
1229.44
Mobile, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Monroe
19,772
1025.67
Montgomery
228,954
784.25
Montgomery, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Morgan
123,421
579.34
Decatur, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Perry
8,511
719.66
Pickens
19,123
881.41
Tuscaloosa, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Pike
33,009
672.09
Troy, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area
Randolph
21,967
580.55
Russell
59,183
641.14
Columbus, GA-AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
St. Clair
91,103
631.90
Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Shelby
223,024
784.93
Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sumter
12,345
903.89
Talladega
82,149
736.78
Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area
Tallapoosa
41,311
716.52
Alexander City, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area
Tuscaloosa
227,036
1321.75
Tuscaloosa, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Walker
65,342
791.19
Jasper, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area
Washington
15,388
1080.21
Mobile, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Wilcox
10,600
888.50
Winston
23,540
612.98
Aleutians East Borough[d]
Alaska
3,420
6985
Aleutians West Census Area[e]
5,232
4393
Anchorage, Municipality of[d][f]
291,247
1707
Anchorage, AK Metropolitan Statistical Area
Bethel Census Area[e]
18,666
40627
Bristol Bay Borough[d]
844
482
Chugach Census Area[e]
7,102
9530
Copper River Census Area[e]
2,617
24692
Denali Borough[d]
1,619
12641
Dillingham Census Area[e]
4,857
18334
Fairbanks North Star Borough[d]
95,655
7335
Fairbanks, AK Metropolitan Statistical Area
Haines Borough[d]
2,080
2343
Hoonah–Angoon Census Area[e]
2,365
6555
Juneau, City and Borough of[d][g]
32,255
2704
Juneau, AK Micropolitan Statistical Area
Kenai Peninsula Borough[d]
58,799
16017
Ketchikan Gateway Borough[d]
13,948
4857
Ketchikan, AK Micropolitan Statistical Area
Kodiak Island Borough[d]
13,101
6689
Kusilvak Census Area[e]
8,368
17077
Lake and Peninsula Borough[d]
1,476
23832
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