Birmingham, Alabama

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Birmingham is the largest city within a 50 mile [80 km] radius.

The next largest community is Tuscaloosa. It is located about 46 miles [74 km] to the southwest of Birmingham and has a population of 77,906 people.^<1>

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alabaster	S	19 mi [30.58 km]	29,352	29.77% increase
	Bessemer	SW	14 mi [22.53 km]	28,542	3.81% decrease
	Center Point	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Cullman	N	45 mi [72.4 km]	15,295	9.29% increase
	Homewood	S	4 mi [6.44 km]	23,840	4.8% decrease
	Hoover	S	10 mi [16.09 km]	71,020	13.19% increase
	Hueytown	SW	14 mi [22.53 km]	15,751	2.52% increase
	Jasper	NW	35 mi [56.3 km]	14,131	0.56% increase
	Mountain Brook	SE	4 mi [6.44 km]	21,061	2.22% increase
	Northport	W	49 mi [78.9 km]	23,118	18.95% increase
	Pelham	S	15 mi [24.14 km]	21,266	48% increase
	Sylacauga	SE	39 mi [62.8 km]	12,843	1.8% increase
	Talladega	E	40 mi [64.4 km]	16,943	11.89% increase
	Trussville	NE	14 mi [22.53 km]	18,985	46.9% increase
	Vestavia Hills	SE	6 mi [9.66 km]	30,892	26.21% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Cahaba Heights	SE	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	English Village	S	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Fairfield	N	2 mi [3.22 km]	11,316	8.6% decrease
	Forestdale	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Fultondale	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	6,918	4.9% increase
	Gate City	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Hooper City	NW	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Marks Village	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Mason City	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Mountain Brook Village	SE	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Pratt City	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Tarrant City	N	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Tarrant	N	4 mi [6.44 km]	6,499	7.45% decrease
	Vulcan City	N	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Zion City	NE	5 mi [8.05 km]	---

Jefferson County

Birmingham is primarily located in Jefferson County and is the county seat. A portion of Birmingham extends into Shelby County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jefferson: Bibb, Blount, Saint Clair, Shelby, Tuscaloosa and Walker.

While not sharing a border with Jefferson, the following counties are close to Birmingham: Talladega, Cullman and Chilton.

Below are counties that are near Birmingham (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Birmingham:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Birmingham
	Bibb County	SW	Gray Hill	26 miles [41 km]
	Blount County	NE	Brentwood	19 miles [30 km]
	Chilton County	S	Calera	27 miles [43 km]
	Coosa County	NE	Smiths Ferry	28 miles [45 km]
	Cullman County	N	Arkadelphia	27 miles [43 km]
	Saint Clair County	E	Austin Hill	15 miles [24 km]
	Shelby County	S	Altadena Woods	8 miles [12 km]
	Talladega County	E	Glovers Ferry	25 miles [40 km]
	Tuscaloosa County	SW	Bucksville	23 miles [37 km]
	Walker County	NW	Bryan	18 miles [28 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Alabama<3>

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Birmingham. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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