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Table 2. Definitions of County Classifications (Source: The Alabama Rural Health Association 1998: 1). |
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Counties Counties located in one of the 21 counties that comprise Alabama's Metropolitan Statistical Areas. |
Autauga, Baldwin, Blount, Calhoun, Colbert, Dale, Elmore, Etowah, Houston, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Mobile, Montgomery, Morgan, Russell, St. Clair, Shelby, and Tuscaloosa. |
| Rural
North Counties Counties found in one of the 21-non-MSA (urban) counties located in the Appalachian region (northern portion of Alabama). |
Bibb, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Cullman, DeKalb, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson, Lamar, Marion, Marshall, Pickens, Randolph, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Walker, and Winston. |
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South Counties Counties in one of the 25-non-MSA (urban) counties located in the southern portion of Alabama. |
Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dallas, Escambia, Geneva, Greene, Hale Henry, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Monroe, Perry, Pike, Sumter, Washington and Wilcox.
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