Montgomery metropolitan area

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| name = Montgomery metropolitan area

| official_name = Montgomery, Alabama
Metropolitan Statistical Area

| settlement_type = Metropolitan Statistical Area

| image_skyline = Alabama State Capitol, Montgomery, West view 20160713 1.jpg

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| map_caption = Interactive Map of Montgomery–Selma, AL CSA

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = File:Flag of United States.svg United States

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = File:Flag of Alabama.svg Alabama

| subdivision_type2 = Largest city

| subdivision_name2 = Montgomery

| subdivision_type3 = Other cities

| subdivision_name3 = - Prattville
- Millbrook
- Wetumpka
- Selma

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| area_total_sq_mi = 2,786

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| population_total = 386,047 (2020){{cite web | url = http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_NSRD_GCTPL2.US24PR&prodType=table | title = Population and Housing Occupancy Status: 2010| publisher = United States Census Bureau, Population Division}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

| population_density_sq_mi= 131.4

| population_density_km2 = 81.63

| population_rank = 142nd in the U.S.

|demographics_type2 = GDP

| demographics2_footnotes = {{Cite web|title=Total Gross Domestic Product for Montgomery, AL (MSA)|url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NGMP33860|work=Federal Reserve Economic Data |publisher=Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis}}

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|demographics2_info1 = $22.080 billion (2022)

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The Montgomery, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area (commonly known as the Tri-Counties or the River Region) is a metropolitan area in central Alabama. As of 2020, the MSA had a population of 386,047, ranking it 142nd among United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas. That number is up +3.07% from the 2010 census number of 374,536.

Counties

Communities

=Places with more than 200,000 inhabitants=

Montgomery (Principal city)

=Places with 10,000 to 35,000 inhabitants=

=Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants=

=Places with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants=

=Unincorporated places=

Booth
Equality (part of Equality is in Elmore County)
Letohatchee
Davenport

Demographics

As of the census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}} 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% White, 40.27% African American, 0.31% Native American, 0.77% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.37% from other races, and 0.94% from two or more races. Hispanic 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 original Montgomery–Alexander City 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).{{cite web | url = https://www.census.gov/popest/metro/tables/2009/CBSA-EST2009-02.csv | title = Table 2. Annual Estimates of the Population of Combined Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (CBSA-EST2009-02) | format = CSV | work = 2009 Population Estimates | publisher = United States Census Bureau, Population Division | date = March 23, 2010 | access-date = March 24, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100420062311/http://www.census.gov/popest/metro/tables/2009/CBSA-EST2009-02.csv | archive-date = April 20, 2010 | df = mdy-all }} In 2013, the United States Office of Management and Budget removed the Alexander City Micropolitan Statistical Area and Montgomery-Alexander City Combined Statistical Area from the list of metropolitan areas.[https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/bulletins/2013/b13-01.pdf 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.

In September of 2018 the OMB reinstated Montgomery CSA. Officially named the Montgomery–Selma–Alexander City, AL CSA, it consisted of the 4 county Montgomery MSA, the Selma, AL (Dallas County) micropolitan area, and a re-added Alexander City (Coosa County and Tallapoosa County) micropolitan area. This seven-county area was, to date, the largest extent of the Montgomery area.

When the OMB revised its definitions in 2023, Alexander City was again removed from the CSA with Tallapoosa County added to the nearby Columbus–Auburn–Opelika combined statistical area and with Coosa County becoming part of the Talladega–Sylacauga Micropolitan Statistical Area.{{cite web |title=OMB Bulletin No. 23-01 |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/OMB-Bulletin-23-01.pdf |format=PDF |date=July 21, 2023 |website=White House |access-date=May 1, 2024}}

The current CSA (Montgomery–Selma, AL CSA) consists of one metropolitan area and one micropolitan area, totaling five counties:

Montgomery, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Autauga County
Elmore County
Lowndes County
Montgomery County

Selma, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area
Dallas County

Politics

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|+ Presidential election results{{cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/|title=Our Campaigns|access-date=July 22, 2020}}

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! Year

! DEM

! GOP

! Others

align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|2016

|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|47.4% 78,178

|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|49.5% 81,560

|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|3.1% 5,057

align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|2012

|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|49.8% 84,149

|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|49.5% 83,720

|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|0.7% 1,240

align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|2008

|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|48.2% 82,009

|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|51.2% 87,020

|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|0.5% 948

align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|2004

|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|42.0% 60,622

|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|57.6% 83,135

|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|0.5% 675

align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|2000

|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|44.3% 56,522

|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|54.3% 69,235

|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|1.4% 1,826

align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|1996

|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|44.7% 53,897

|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|51.1% 61,599

|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|4.1% 4,980

align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|1992

|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|40.8% 51,884

|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|48.8% 62,141

|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|10.4% 13,248

align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|1988

|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|39.3% 40,205

|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|59.8% 61,216

|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|0.9% 944

align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|1984

|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|39.1% 42,337

|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|60.0% 65,001

|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|0.8% 913

align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|1980

|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|42.7% 41,837

|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|53.3% 52,249

|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|4.0% 4,000

align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|1976

|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|47.8% 39,659

|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|50.6% 42,044

|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|1.6% 1,338

align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|1972

|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|26.1% 18,540

|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|71.7% 50,968

|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|2.2% 1,584

align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|1968

|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|23.8% 16,513

|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|12.1% 8,387

|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|64.1% 44,47643,585 (62.8%) to George Wallace

align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|1964

|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|–

|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|78.0% 33,708

|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|22.0% 9,515

align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|1960

|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|48.6% 14,981

|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|49.6% 15,278

|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|1.8% 555

For the first half of the 20th century, the Montgomery metropolitan area leaned towards the Democratic Party, as did the rest of the Solid South. It was one of the first regions in Alabama to flip towards the Republican Party, narrowly voting for Richard Nixon in 1960. With the one exception of George Wallace's third-party win in 1968, the Montgomery MSA would continue voting for Republicans, by varying margins, until Barack Obama'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.