List of municipalities in Alabama

[2] Alabama is divided into 67 counties and contains 461 municipalities consisting of 174 cities and 287 towns.

[3] These cities and towns cover only 9.6% of the state's land mass but are home to 60.4% of its population.

[2] The Code of Alabama 1975 defines the legal use of the terms "town" and "city" based on population.

Tuscaloosa and Gadsden are Class 4 cities with between 50,000 and 99,999 inhabitants, as of the 1970 census.

Class 8 includes all towns, plus all remaining cities with populations of less than 6,000.