The Montgomery, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area (commonly known as the Tri-Counties or the River Region) is a

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in central

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. As of 2020, the MSA had a population of 386,047, ranking it 142nd among

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Metropolitan Statistical Areas. That number is up +3.07% from the 2010 census number of 374,536. In September of 2018 the OMB formed the Montgomery-Selma-Alexander City CSA. It's made up of the 4 county Montgomery MSA and the Selma, AL (Dallas County) and Alexander City, AL (Coosa and Tallapoosa County) micropolitan areas. The 7 county CSA has a population of 522,873 as of the 2020 census. * Autauga * Elmore * Lowndes * Montgomery

Communities

Places with more than 200,000 inhabitants

* Montgomery (Principal city)

Places with 10,000 to 35,000 inhabitants

* Millbrook * Prattville

Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

* Blue Ridge (

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) * Coosada *

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* Fort Deposit * Hayneville *

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* Tallassee (partial) *

Wetumpka Wetumpka () is a city in and the county seat of Elmore County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 7,220. In the early 21st century Elmore County became one of the fastest-growing counties in the state. The city is ...

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Places with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants

* Autaugaville * Benton * Billingsley * Deatsville * Elmore * Gordonville * Lowndesboro

Unincorporated places

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(part of Equality is in Elmore County) * Letohatchee *

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Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 346,528 people, 129,717 households, and 90,298 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 57.32%

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, 40.27%

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, 0.31% Native American, 0.77% Asian, 0.03%

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, 0.37% from

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, and 0.94% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.20% of the population. The median income for a household in the MSA was $35,567, and the median income for a family was $42,304. Males had a median income of $31,881 versus $22,995 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $16,996.

Combined Statistical Area

The former Montgomery–

Alexander City Alexander City, known to locals as "Alex City", is the largest city in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, United States, with a population of 14,843 as of the 2020 census. It has been the largest community in Tallapoosa County since 1910. It is know ...

Combined Statistical Area (CSA) was made up of six counties in central Alabama. The statistical area included the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical area and the former Alexander City Micropolitan Statistical Area, composed of Coosa and Tallapoosa Counties. As of the 2000 Census, the CSA had a population of 400,205 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 417,965). In 2013, the United States

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removed the Alexander City Micropolitan Statistical Area and Montgomery-Alexander City Combined Statistical Area from the list of metropolitan areas.OMB BULLETIN NO. 13-01: Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas
Office of Management and Budget. February 28, 2013. Coosa County then became part of the Talladega-Sylacauga Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Politics

For the first half of the 20th century, the Montgomery metropolitan area leaned towards the Democratic Party, as did the rest of the

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. It was one of the first regions in Alabama to flip towards the Republican Party, narrowly voting for

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in 1960. With the one exception of

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's third-party win in 1968, the Montgomery MSA would continue voting for Republicans, by varying margins, until

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's narrow victory there in 2012. No candidate has won the MSA by more than 3 percentage points in the most recent three presidential elections.

Transportation

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Interstate 85 Interstate 85 (I-85) is a major Interstate Highway in the Southeastern United States. Its southern terminus is at an interchange with I-65 in Montgomery, Alabama; its northern terminus is an interchange with I-95 in Petersburg, Virginia, ...

U.S. Highway 31 U.S. Route 31 or U.S. Highway 31 (US 31) is a major north–south U.S. highway connecting southern Alabama to northern Michigan. Its southern terminus is at an intersection with US 90/ US 98 in Spanish Fort, Alabama. Its ...

U.S. Highway 80 U.S. Route 80 or U.S. Highway 80 (US 80) is a major east–west United States Numbered Highway in the Southern United States, much of which was once part of the early auto trail known as the Dixie Overland Highway. As the "0" in the rou ...

U.S. Highway 82 U.S. Route 82 (US 82) is an east–west United States highway in the Southern United States. Created on July 1, 1931 across central Mississippi and southern Arkansas, US 82 eventually became a 1,625-mile (2,615 km) route extending from ...

U.S. Highway 231 U.S. Route 231 (US 231) is a north-south U.S highway that is a parallel route of US 31. It runs for from St. John, Indiana, at US 41 to south of US 98 in downtown Panama City, Florida. One of its most notable landmarks ...

* U.S. Highway 331

References

External links

The River Region Online
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