The interactive map and tables below display data on Alabama dentists and dental hygienists aggregated by community. The US Census Bureau classifies an incorporated community by type as either a city, a town, or a place. In addition there are unincorporated communities. Communities are also classified as either rural or belonging to one of Alabama's urbanized areas. For an introduction and user interface information, see the home page.

Map

In the interactive map below, the base layer is the state of Alabama. Communities are shown as a point layer. The larger red points are communities with dentists; the smaller blue points are communities without dentists. Click on a community to see summary information about the community. Alabama's urbanized areas can be added as an overlay. Click on an area to see summary information about the area.

Tables and Graphs

The interactive table below displays data for Alabama dentists and hygienists, aggregated by community. Click on rows in the table to display pushpins for the corresponding communities in the map above. Click on a selected row to de-select and remove the pushpin.

Summary by Rural/Urbanized Area

The interactive table below gives summary data by rural communities or communities that belong to urbanized areas. The footer gives the totals for all of the communities in the urbanized areas. Click on rows in the table to highlight the corresponding urbanized areas in the map above. Make sure that the urbanized areas have been selected as an overlay in the layer control. Click on a selected row again to de-select and remove the highlight.

Summary by Type

The interactive table below gives summary information by type of community. Population, housing units, and households are not available for the unincorporated communities.