About Alabama
Alabama sits in the Deep South, covering about 52,000 square miles between Mississippi to the west and Georgia to the east. It's a state of real geographic variety, from the southern tail of the Appalachian Mountains in the northeast, across broad fertile plains in the center, down to a narrow strip of Gulf Coast beaches in the south.
More than most states, Alabama carries the full weight of American history. It was a center of the antebellum plantation economy, the first capital of the Confederacy, and then, a century later, the epicenter of the movement that dismantled legal segregation in America. The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma and the Saturn V rocket in Huntsville are both Alabama's story, and the tension between those two things is never far from the surface.
Today Alabama has a diversified economy built on aerospace, automotive manufacturing, agriculture, and healthcare, with Huntsville emerging as one of the fastest-growing tech and defense cities in the South.
Geography, Five Distinct Regions
Alabama is more geographically diverse than most people expect. From mountains to beaches, the state spans five very different landscapes. Tap any region to learn more.
Economy
Alabama's economy has transformed dramatically over the past 50 years, from one heavily dependent on agriculture and steel to a diversified mix of high-tech industries. Tap any sector to learn more.
