The interactive map and tables below given information on Alabama communities relative to the BMSA program. The term Completed refers to BMSA recipients who have completed service while the term In Service refers to BMSA recipients who are still fulfilling their service obligation. The term Practice refers to the current practice city of BMSA recipients who have complted service. A few practice communities are outside of Alabama, but of course service communities must be in Alabama. The US Census Bureau classifies a community by type as either a city, a town, or a place. The Census Bureau also recognizes 14 urbanized areas in Alabama. A community that falls into an urbanized area is considered urban, and is considered rural otherwise.

Map

The map below shows the census-designated communities in Alabama as points. Click on a point to see summary information about the community. Three point layers can be added as overlays using the layer control: Communites with BMSA recipients in service, communities in which BMSA recipients have completed service, and communities in which BMSA recipients who have completed service and are currently practicing. The urbanized areas of Alabama can also be added as an overlay using the layer control. Click on an urbanized area to see summary information about the area.

Tables and Graphs

Complete Data

The table below gives data on census-designated communities in Alabama. Click on rows to display pushpins at the corresponding communities in the map above. Click on a selected row again to de-select and remove the pushpin.

Summary by Type

The table and graph below give summary data by type of service community.

Type	Communities	Population	Housing Units	Households	Completed	In Service	Practice

Summary by Rural-Urbanized Area

The table and graph below give summary data by classification of the service community as rural or part of an urbanized area. Click on rows in the table to see the corresponding urbanized areas highlighted in the map above. Make sure that the Urbanized Area layer has been added with the layer control. Click on a selected row again to de-select and remove the highlight.

Classificaiton	Communities	Population	Housing Units	Households	Completed	In Service	Practice

Summary by Population Range

The table and graph below give summary data by the population range of the service community.

Range	Communities	Population	Housing Units	Households	Completed	In Service	Practice