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Alabama
Top 100
City Population
Helena 13,500
Other cities
City Population
Alabaster 29,600
Albertville 17,500
Alexander City 14,000
Athens 20,200
Auburn 44,100
Birmingham 233,900
Boaz 7,500
Center Point 22,600
Clanton 7,900
Cullman 13,800
Daphne 18,400
Decatur 53,400
Dothan 60,100
Enterprise 21,800
Fairfield 11,800
Fairhope 13,700
Florence 34,100
Foley 8,800
Forestdale 10,200
Fort Payne 13,600
Gardendale 11,800
Guntersville 7,600
Hartselle 12,200
Homewood 24,700
Hoover 67,300
Hueytown 15,000
Huntsville 167,300
Irondale 9,700
Jacksonville 9,500
Jasper 13,300
Lanett 7,100
Leeds 11,300
Madison 33,200
Millbrook 11,700
Mobile 191,200
Montgomery 196,000
Moody 8,800
Mountain Brook 20,000
Muscle Shoals 11,900
Northport 19,100
Opelika 23,300
Oxford 15,000
Ozark 15,000
Pelham 18,500
Pell City 10,800
Pleasant Grove 10,100
Prattville 26,700
Rainbow City 8,400
Saks 10,200
Saraland 12,300
Scottsboro 14,100
Smiths 27,100
Southside 7,000
Sylacauga 11,800
Talladega 14,600
Tillmans Corner 15,800
Troy 13,100
Trussville 12,700
Tuscaloosa 76,100
Tuscumbia 7,700
Valley 8,600
Vestavia Hills 25,000
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Top-earning towns
  Median household income
Hillsborough $263,456
Scarsdale $219,317
Los Altos Hills $199,370
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Hottest
  Avg. high temp
in July (°F)
Rancho Mirage, CA 108.2°F
Avondale, AZ 107.6°F
Glendale, AZ 107.6°F
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Priciest homes
  Median price
Montecito $3,157,233
Hillsborough $2,606,764
Paradise Valley $2,075,930
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Most singles
  % single residents
State College 76.5%
Durham 74.5%
Amherst Center 73.7%
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Youngest
  Median age
Storrs 20.65
Durham 21.19
Oxford 21.56
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