Facts and Statistics

If you're researching Huntsville for your next media piece, here are the basics just to get you started. 

LOCATION

Huntsville is located in Madison, Limestone, and Morgan Counties, nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in North Alabama.

AREA

About 215 square miles

POPULATION

~195,000 (as of July 2017)    

CLIMATE

Huntsville is characterized by a temperate climate, with high temperatures in the late spring, summer, and early fall. Humid weather is common, and winters are mild.

AIRPORT

Huntsville International Airport (HSV)

ATTRACTIONS

• U.S. Space and Rocket Center
• Huntsville Botanical Garden
• Huntsville Museum of Art
• EarlyWorks Children’s Museum
• Alabama Constitution Hall Historic Park and Museum
• Historic Huntsville Depot
• Weeden House Museum
• Burritt on the Mountain
• Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment

TOURISM

• 3.7 million people visited Madison County in 2019
• Travel and tourism provided a $1.6 billion economic impact in 2019
• Travel and tourism supported roughly 18,970 jobs in Madison County in 2019
• Madison County saw the second-highest amount of visitors of all Alabama counties in 2019
• Every household in Huntsville/Madison County saves more than $925 in taxes as a result of travel expenditures

RECREATION

Campus No. 805, 10 + local breweries, Topgolf, Ditto Landing & Marina, Monte Sano State Park, golf courses, Huntsville Aquatics Center, ice complex, tennis center, soccer complexes, cross-country running course, disc golf courses, community recreation centers, numerous city greenways, over 100 miles of hiking/biking trails, Green Mountain

SHOPPING

• Bridge Street Town Centre
• Parkway Place Mall
• Valley Bend at Jones Farm
• Village of Providence
• Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment
• Harrison Brothers Hardware Store

Multiple antique stores and boutiques