The interactive map and tables below displays data for Alabama PCPs, aggregated by community. In 2020, PCPs were found in 230 different communities in Alabama. An incorporated community is classified by the US Census Bureau as either a city, a town, or a place. Alabama has 14 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). Nine are based on large cities and the other five are based on clusters of two or three smaller cities that are in close proximity. A PCP practicing in a community that falls into an urbanized area is classified as urban; otherwise she is classified as rural.

Map

The base layer is the state of Alabama. Click in the state for summary information. Blue points are communities that have PCPs; orange points are communities that do not. Click on a community for summary information. The MSA layer can be added with the layer control. Click on an MSA for summary information.

Tables and Graphs

Community Table

Click on rows in the table to display pushpins at the corresponding communities in the map above. Click on a selected row to de-select and remove the pushpin.

The five largest cities (Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, and Tuscaloosa) have 41% of all PCPs.

Distribution by MSA

Click on rows in the table to see the corresponding MSAs highlighted in the map above. (Remember to select the MSA layer in the map.) Click on a selected row again to de-select and remove the highlighting.

Over half of all Alabama PCPs (55%) are in the five largest urbanized areas: Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, and Tuscaloosa. Moreover, 74% of all urban PCPs are in these five areas.

Distribution by Community Type

The following table gives the distribution of PCPs by community type. The types, based on the US Census Bureau classification are city, town, place, and unincorporated.