Huntsville metropolitan area

Huntsville Metropolitan Area
Metropolitan statistical area
Huntsville Metropolitan Statistical Area
Country	United States
State(s)	Alabama
Largest city	Huntsville
Other cities	Athens and Madison
Population  (2020 Census)
• Total	491,723
• Rank	113th in the U.S.

The Huntsville Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan statistical area on the northern border of Alabama. The metro area's principal city is Huntsville, and consists of two counties: Limestone and Madison. As of the 2020 United States census, the Huntsville Metropolitan Area's population was 491,723, making it the 2nd-largest metropolitan area in Alabama (behind only the Birmingham metropolitan area) and the 113th-largest in the United States.

Places

Besides Huntsville, the following places are included in the metro area:

• Ardmore
• Athens
• Brownsboro
• East Limestone
• Elkmont
• Gurley
• Harvest
• Hazel Green
• Madison
• Meridianville
• Monrovia
• Moores Mill
• New Hope
• New Market
• Owens Cross Roads
• Redstone Arsenal (U.S. Army post)
• Toney
• Triana

Below is the population of the Huntsville metropolitan area since the first time it was recorded in the 1810 United States census; as of the 2020 United States census, the Huntsville metropolitan area had 491,723 people.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1810	4,669	—
1820	27,332	585.4%
1830	42,397	55.1%
1840	40,180	-5.5%
1850	42,720	6.3%
1860	41,857	-2.1%
1870	46,284	10.6%
1880	59,125	27.7%
1890	59,350	0.4%
1900	66,079	11.3%
1910	73,961	11.9%
1920	82,609	11.8%
1930	101,232	22.5%
1940	101,959	0.7%
1950	108,669	6.6%
1960	153,861	41.6%
1970	228,239	48.3%
1980	242,971	6.5%
1990	293,047	20.6%
2000	342,376	16.8%
2010	417,593	22.0%
2020	491,723	17.8%

Transportation

• Interstate 65
• Interstate 565
• U.S. Highway 72
• U.S. Highway 231
• U.S. Highway 431

See also

• Table of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas
• Table of United States Combined Statistical Areas
• Alabama census statistical areas