![]() For legislative purposes, municipalities are divided into eight classes based on the municipality's population, as certified by the 1970 federal decennial census. A municipality with a population of 2,000 or more is a city, while less than 2,000 is a town. The Code of Alabama 1975 defines the legal use of the terms "town" and "city" based on population. These cities and towns cover only 9.6% of the state's land mass but are home to 60.4% of its population. Alabama is divided into 67 counties and contains 461 municipalities consisting of 174 cities and 287 towns. According to the 2020 United States Census, Alabama is the 24th most populous state with 5,024,279 inhabitants and the 28th largest by land area spanning 50,645.33 square miles (131,170.8 km 2) of land. Map of the United States with Alabama highlightedĪlabama is a state located in the Southern United States.
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