Detailed profiles for cities and towns in Alabama

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Birmingham
Alabama
  Population
243,072
  Median Home Value
$62,100
Birmingham (IPA: /bmhm/) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alabama and is the county seat of Jefferson County. It also includes part of Shelby County. The population of the city is 242,820 as of the 2000 census, and 229,424 according to the 2006 es....
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Montgomery
Alabama
  Population
201,609
  Median Home Value
$86,800
Montgomery is the capital and second most populous city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Montgomery is notable for its historic involvement during the Civil War, for being the first capital of the Confederacy, and for....
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Mobile
Alabama
  Population
198,887
  Median Home Value
$81,400
Mobile (IPA: /mobil/) is the third most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County.[4] The population within the city limits was 198,915 as of the 2000 census.[5] Mobile is the principal municipality of the Mobile M....
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Huntsville
Alabama
  Population
157,899
  Median Home Value
$97,300
Huntsville is a city in Limestone and Madison Counties in the U.S. state of Alabama, and the county seat of Madison County.[2] Huntsville is the largest city in northern Alabama in a region of a half-million people, with the city proper having 168,132 res....
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Tuscaloosa
Alabama
  Population
78,265
  Median Home Value
$99,600
Tuscaloosa is a city in west central Alabama in the southern United States. Located on the Black Warrior River, it is the seat of Tuscaloosa County[2] and the fifth-largest city in Alabama with a population of 83,052 (2006 U.S. Census Bureau Estimate).[1]....
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Hoover
Alabama
  Population
62,480
  Median Home Value
$178,600
Hoover is a city in Jefferson and Shelby Counties in north central Alabama, in the United States. A suburb of Birmingham, the population of the city was 62,742 as of the 2000 census and was estimated to be 68,707 in 2006.[2] Hoover is part of the Birmingh....
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Dothan
Alabama
  Population
57,652
  Median Home Value
$86,800
Dothan is a city located in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the seat of Houston County, and portions of the city are in Dale County and Henry County. The city's name derives from a town mentioned in a Bible verse, Genesis 37:17....
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Decatur
Alabama
  Population
53,953
  Median Home Value
$89,200
Decatur is a city in Limestone and Morgan Counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. The city, known as "The River City", is located in Northern Alabama on the banks of Wheeler Lake, along the Tennessee River. It is the largest city and county seat of Morgan ....
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Auburn
Alabama
  Population
42,896
  Median Home Value
$138,700
Auburn is a city in Lee County, Alabama, United States. It is the largest city in eastern Alabama with a 2006 population of 51,906 (according to the U.S. Census estimates).[1] It is the principal city of the Auburn Metropolitan Area, a MSA with a populati....
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Gadsden
Alabama
  Population
38,836
  Median Home Value
$50,000
Gadsden is a city in and the county seat of Etowah County, northeastern Alabama, United States, approximately 60 miles northeast of Birmingham. It is the principal city of and is included in the Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a populatio....
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