- District: Alabama Senate District 20; AL-SD-020; chamber key sldu:01:20.
- Chamber: Alabama Senate, the upper chamber of the Alabama Legislature. Legislative process.
- County context: The mapped district footprint intersects Jefferson County, Alabama. Jefferson County Senate-district map directory.
- Current officeholder: The Alabama Legislature directory lists Senator Linda Coleman-Madison (D) for Senate District 20 and Jefferson County; this officeholder listing is separate from her 2026 candidate certification. Senate Leaders & Members.
¶ 2. Geography and Communities
- Map references: Alabama Senate district map, labeled by the Legislature as the map as of November 2022; Jefferson County Senate-district maps; Census TIGER/Line geography files.
- District geography: The supplied Census 2025 SLDU and Census TIGER 2024 place overlay is retained here; the district footprint intersects Jefferson County. It does not substitute a House or congressional boundary.
- Mapped place overlaps: Birmingham, Fultondale, Irondale, Forestdale, Pinson, Clay, Trussville, Gardendale, and Adamsville are partial overlaps; Tarrant, Center Point, and Grayson Valley are nearly entirely within their mapped place boundaries. These are geographic overlays, not population shares or proof that every address or institution in a named place is within the district.
- Communities to connect in regional analysis include the Birmingham urban core and northeastern Jefferson County communities around Tarrant, Center Point, Grayson Valley, Pinson, and Clay. The Census place overlays also connect the district map to Fultondale, Irondale, Trussville, Gardendale, Forestdale, and Adamsville.
- District bounding box: west longitude -86.925778, south latitude 33.502961, east longitude -86.604289, north latitude 33.713871.
- Map litigation: On November 17, 2025, a federal district court ordered Remedial Plan 3 for Senate elections in 2026 and 2030. On May 28, 2026, the Eleventh Circuit stayed the district-court injunctions blocking use of the 2021 Alabama state Senate map. On May 29, Governor Kay Ivey announced use of that map and called an August 11 special primary for affected Districts 25 and 26. The Eleventh Circuit later vacated and remanded the appeals on June 8 for further district-court consideration. The supplied District 20 geographic overlay is preserved; the court-ordered remedial changes described in these records concern Districts 25 and 26, not District 20. District court order; Eleventh Circuit opinion; Governor's May 29 announcement.
- The ALDOT Birmingham MPO highway functional-classification map maps the regional road network and identifies Tarrant and Center Point. The City of Center Point describes its location as along a major state highway and railway without naming either route. No institution-point overlay is supplied; locations below are not asserted to be inside the district solely from a city overlap or county location.
- Hydrologic context is countywide, not a district watershed overlay: USGS lists the Black Warrior and Cahaba Rivers, among other streams, as potential surface-water sources in Jefferson County. USGS, Water availability, Jefferson County, Alabama (1975).
¶ 3. Population and Electorate
- District population: 134,073, margin of error ±4,296; ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate, not a county total or voter count. District table query.
- Median household income: $54,865 in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars, margin of error ±$2,563; ACS 2020–2024 five-year district estimate. District table query.
- Poverty: The ACS poverty universe is 132,538, margin of error ±4,206; 26,998 persons were below poverty, margin of error ±2,993. These are district estimates, not registered voters or county figures. District table query.
- Estimates are from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2024 five-year product, covering survey years 2020–2024, delivered through the Census Reporter API. The margins of error should be retained when using the figures comparatively.
¶ 4. Elections and Political Context
- The official 2026 calendar lists a May 19 primary, June 16 runoff, and November 3 general election. The general election was still upcoming on the 2026-10-08 collection date; no general result is reported here. Alabama Secretary of State, 2026 election information.
- Linda Coleman-Madison was certified August 26, 2026, as the Democratic general-election nominee for Senate District 20. Certification identifies a candidate, not incumbency or an election result. Democratic candidate certification.
- The separate dated officeholder reference and the Legislature's member directory identify Coleman-Madison as the sitting District 20 senator. No historical district vote totals are included in the supplied records used here.
- The map record is not a single uninterrupted court order: the district court ordered Remedial Plan 3 on November 17, 2025; the Eleventh Circuit stayed the injunctions on May 28, 2026, allowing Alabama to use the 2021 Alabama state Senate map for the affected special primary; the Governor announced that use on May 29. The Eleventh Circuit's June 8 opinion vacated and remanded for further consideration. The order's remedial changes and the special-primary announcement concern Districts 25 and 26. Eleventh Circuit opinion; Governor's May 29 announcement.
¶ 5. Economic and Civic Anchors
- City of Center Point economic development: The city describes priorities including business vitality, job creation, workforce development, and strategic community investment. It identifies the Center Point Area Chamber of Commerce as a partner in attracting and retaining businesses. Economic Development.
- Center Point Area Chamber of Commerce: The City's business directory says the Chamber's membership spans Center Point and the surrounding area, and describes the Chamber and City as working to support businesses, schools, civic organizations, and residents. City business page.
- Center Point education: The City's resource directory lists Center Point High School at 1000 Eagle Drive, Center Point, and Center Point Elementary School at 528 23rd Avenue NW, Center Point. These are city-listed local schools; the directory does not establish either campus's precise district inclusion. City resource directory.
- Tarrant City Schools: The district describes three schools serving approximately 1,300 students from Pre-K through grade 12; the board office is at 1318 Alabama Street in Tarrant. This is a local education anchor, not a claim that all school attendance boundaries match the Senate district. District overview.
- Tarrant's municipal profile describes a manufacturing base and an emergent service center, and identifies civic organizations, churches, and an independent school system as part of community life. It does not name individual major employers. City of Tarrant community profile.
- Regional healthcare and employment: UAB Medicine's Jefferson County facilities assessment identifies UAB St. Vincent's Birmingham and UAB St. Vincent's East as facilities in Birmingham/Jefferson County and describes each as part of UAB Medicine. The assessment describes UAB Medicine as employing more than 23,000 people, Alabama's largest single-site employer, and serving more than 1.6 million patients annually. These are regional healthcare and economic connections, not evidence that a facility or employer site lies inside Senate District 20. UAB Medicine Jefferson County Facilities CHNA; UAB St. Vincent's locations.
- Regional transportation: The ALDOT Birmingham MPO highway map provides regional highway context for Tarrant, Center Point, and surrounding communities. The City's economic-development page also cites a state highway and railway as local access assets but does not identify route names. The district map is not an infrastructure point overlay.
- Environmental systems: The USGS Jefferson County water-availability report (1975) identifies the Black Warrior and Cahaba Rivers among county surface-water sources. Their mention here is county context; exact district watershed or stream boundaries are not established by the cited district geography.
¶ 6. People and Organizations to Map
- People and organizations: Linda Coleman-Madison; Alabama Senate; City of Center Point; Center Point Area Chamber of Commerce; City of Tarrant; Tarrant City Schools; UAB Medicine; UAB St. Vincent's Birmingham; UAB St. Vincent's East; Jefferson County, Alabama; the Black Warrior and Cahaba Rivers.
- Three open correlation questions:
- What relationship, if any, exists between the Center Point Area Chamber of Commerce's business-support work and the economic-development priorities documented by the City of Center Point?
- What relationship, if any, exists between Tarrant City Schools' local student services and the manufacturing and service-sector base described by the City of Tarrant?
- What relationship, if any, exists between UAB St. Vincent's East and healthcare access needs among residents of Alabama Senate District 20?
¶ 7. Representation and Legislative Work
- Representation: The Alabama Legislature lists Linda Coleman-Madison as the Democratic senator for Senate District 20, with Jefferson County shown in the directory. Senate Leaders & Members.
- Committee record: The Legislature's Sunset Committee page lists Senator Coleman-Madison among the Joint Legislative Sunset Committee members. Official committee membership.
- Alabama SB307 (2026): Coleman-Madison was among the bill's sponsors. As introduced, SB307 would authorize a Class 1 municipality to create nonprofit community land trusts for affordable housing through long-term ground leases. This describes introduced bill text, not enactment. Introduced bill.
- Alabama SB254 (2025): Coleman-Madison was among the sponsors of a bill proposing changes to the statute of limitations for certain civil actions involving sex offenses. The cited record is the introduced bill, not a claim that the proposal became law. Introduced bill.