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Athens is a city in and the county seat of Limestone County, in the U.S. state of Alabama; it is included in the Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census , the population of the city is 25,406.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico. [2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.
Houston County was the last county created in the state, on February 9, 1903. [3] According to 2023 U.S. Census data, the average population of Alabama's 67 counties is 76,246, with Jefferson County as the most populous (662,895), and Greene County (7,341) the least. [7] The average land area is 756 sq mi (1,958 km 2).
Aug. 13—Decatur and Athens have grown along with most of north Alabama since 2010, but their mayors said census data released Thursday undercounted the two cities' population increases.
The combined statistical area consists of three metropolitan statistical areas – Chattanooga, Cleveland, and Dalton – as well as the Athens, Scottsboro, and Summerville micropolitan statistical areas. At the 2023 estimate, the CSA had a population of 1,003,363. [1]
These cities and towns cover only 9.6% of the state's land mass but are home to 60.4% of its population. [2] The Code of Alabama 1975 defines the legal use of the terms "town" and "city" based on population. A municipality with a population of 2,000 or more is a city, while less than 2,000 is a town. [4]
According to a study by SmartAsset, Athens is No. 5 out of more than 200 cities analyzed where 18- to 24-year-olds moved to in 2022. Athens ranks top-10 among cities where Gen Z is moving, study ...
The 37804 ZIP code, located in Maryville, still has homes valued at around $21,000 below the national median. However, it won’t be long — just until 2027 when these homes slip above the median.