City profile · Small City
Decatur, Alabama
Reviewed Oct 13, 2026Who leads Decatur, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Tab Bowling
- Role
- Mayor
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Party
- Republican
- Population
- 53,929
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 13, 2026
- Confirmed by a reviewer against a source
- Last checked
- Oct 13, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcecityofdecatural.com/departments/office-of-the-mayor ↗
- Official leadership pagecityofdecatural.com/departments/office-of-the-mayor ↗
- City websitedecatur-al.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Tab Bowling CurrentMayor · added May 4, 2026 · verified Oct 13, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 53,929
- Median household income
- $55,164
- Median age
- 40.4
- Land area
- 54.6 sq mi
- Population density
- 987.7 per sq mi
- County
- Morgan County
- Metro area
- Decatur, AL
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