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The new map, set to take effect for the 2024 U.S. House elections, significantly alters the 7th and 2nd districts to have slim Black majority or plurality voting-age populations and span across the eastern portion of Alabama's Black Belt, with the 2nd district set to include portions of the cities of Phenix City, Montgomery and Mobile.
Alabama's 5th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in Alabama, which elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. It encompasses the counties of Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison, Morgan and most of Jackson. It is currently represented by Republican Dale Strong, a former Madison County Commissioner.
Alabama's 4th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in Alabama, which elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. It encompasses the counties of Franklin , Colbert , Marion , Lamar , Fayette , Walker , Winston , Cullman , Lawrence , Marshall , Etowah , and DeKalb .
Huntsville has grown through recent annexations west into Limestone County by 21.5 square miles (56 km 2) (13,885 acres, 5,619 ha) in the early 2000s, [65] and south into Morgan County with 1.03 square miles (2.67 km2) (659.1 acres, 266.73 ha) in 2018. [15] Huntsville borders Marshall County across the Tennessee River near Hobbs Island.
The 4th district is located in rural north-central Alabama, including Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, and Marion counties, as well as half of Lauderdale and Tuscaloosa counties. Blount County was also re-added to the district with the new map. [161] It includes the cities of Cullman, Haleyville, Jasper, and Muscle Shoals.
The 5th district is based in northern Alabama, including the city of Huntsville, as well as Athens, Decatur, Florence, and Scottsboro. The incumbent was Republican Mo Brooks , who was re-elected with 95.8% of the vote in 2020, without major-party opposition. [ 15 ]
Huntsville City Schools is the school district serving Huntsville, Alabama. [4] As of the 2016–17 school year, the system had 24,083 students and employed 1,697 teachers. [ 5 ] The district oversees 36 schools: 21 PreK - elementary schools , 6 middle schools , 7 high schools , and 2 magnet schools .
The metro area's principal city is Huntsville, and consists of two counties: Limestone and Madison. As of the 2020 United States census, the Huntsville Metropolitan Area's population was 491,723, making it the 2nd-largest metropolitan area in Alabama (behind only the Birmingham metropolitan area) and the 113th-largest in the United States. [2]