Hoover, Alabama
Hoover, Alabama | |
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Location of Hoover in Jefferson County and Shelby County, Alabama | |
| Coordinates: 33°23′11″N 86°48′18″W / 33.38639°N 86.80500°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| Counties | Jefferson, Shelby |
| Settled | 1853 |
| Founded | 1954 |
| Incorporated | April 28, 1967 |
| Incorporated | May 18, 1967 |
| Named after | William H. Hoover |
| Area | |
• City | 50.326 sq mi (130.344 km2) |
| • Land | 49.354 sq mi (127.827 km2) |
| • Water | 0.972 sq mi (2.518 km2) |
| Elevation | 495 ft (151 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• City | 92,606 |
• Estimate (2022) | 92,435 |
| • Rank | US: 367th AL: 6th |
| • Density | 1,874/sq mi (723.5/km2) |
| • Urban | 774,956 (US: 58th) |
| • Urban density | 1,522/sq mi (587.5/km2) |
| • Metro | 1,181,196 (US: 47th) |
| • Metro density | 248.8/sq mi (96.07/km2) |
| • Combined | 1,362,731 (US: 43rd) |
| • Combined density | 200.3/sq mi (77.35/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 35022, 35080, 35124, 35142, 35216, 35222, 35226, 35236, 35242, 35244 |
| Area codes | 205 and 659 |
| FIPS code | 01-35896 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2404725 |
| Website | hooveralabama.gov |
Hoover is a city in Jefferson and Shelby counties in north central Alabama, United States. Hoover is the largest suburban city in Alabama and the sixth largest city in Alabama. The population was 92,606 at the 2020 census. Hoover is part of the Birmingham, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area and is also included in the Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL Combined Statistical Area. Hoover's territory is along the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.
The Birmingham Barons Minor League Baseball team, which traces its history to 1885, played its home games at the 10,800-seat Hoover Metropolitan Stadium from 1988 through 2013, when it moved to Regions Field in the Parkside District of Birmingham.