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Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area Demographics

Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area is the 185th most populous of 935 metro areas in the United States, with 268,674 residents across 3,493 square miles. That is about 77 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 268,674
Land area 3,493 sq mi
Density 77 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

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Counties in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area area

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
Tuscaloosa County, AL 227,036 1,320.8 172
Pickens County, AL 19,123 881.4 22
Hale County, AL 14,785 644.0 23
Greene County, AL 7,730 647.0 12

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