Auburn is a city in
Lee County,
Alabama,
United States. It is the largest city in eastern Alabama with a 2014 population of 60,258. It is a principal city of the
Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area. The
Auburn-Opelika, AL MSA with a population of 150,933, along with the
Columbus, GA-AL MSA and
Tuskegee, Alabama, comprises the greater
Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, GA-AL CSA, a region home to 501,649 residents.