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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-17-003354
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170123
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170123
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170123

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MID AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000912595
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				621543819
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12762
		FILM NUMBER:		17540211

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6584 POPLAR AVE
		STREET 2:		STE 340
		CITY:			MEMPHIS
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			38138
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9016826600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6584 POPLAR AVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 340
		CITY:			MEMPHIS
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			38138
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">UNITED STATES</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">FORM 8-K</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">CURRENT REPORT</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934</P>

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January 23, 2017 (January 23, 2017)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.</B></P>

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its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; padding: 0; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; text-indent: 0">1-12762</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; padding: 0; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; text-indent: 0">62-1543819</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0">(Commission File Number)</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 66%; padding: 0; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; text-indent: 0">6584 Poplar Avenue</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; padding: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0"><B>Memphis, Tennessee</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0"><B>38138</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0">(Address of principal executive offices)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0">(Zip Code)</TD></TR>
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area code (901) 682-6600</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Former name or former address, if changed
since last report)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (<U>see</U> General Instruction
A.2. below):</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; font-weight: bold; text-indent: 0">Regulation FD Disclosure</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On January 23, 2017, the registrant issued a press release announcing
the taxable composition of its 2016 distributions paid to shareholders. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1
to this Current Report.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Exhibit 99.1, furnished by the Registrant pursuant to Item 9.01
of Form 8-K, is not to be considered &quot;filed&quot; under the Exchange Act, and shall not be incorporated by reference into
any previous or future filing by the Registrant under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">99.1</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">Press Release dated January 23, 2017: &ldquo;MAA Announces Taxable Composition of 2016 Distributions&rdquo;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: left">SIGNATURES</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 41%; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC</B>.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/Albert M. Campbell, III</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Albert M. Campbell</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">EXHIBIT 99.1</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>PRESS RELEASE</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: left">MAA Announces Taxable Composition of
2016 Distributions</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Memphis, TN, January 23, 2017. Mid-America Apartment Communities,
Inc. or MAA (NYSE: MAA)</B> today announces the taxable composition of the 2016 distributions paid to shareholders. The company
does not expect any portion of the 2016 distributions paid to shareholders to represent a return of capital. The company did not
incur any foreign taxes. The composition presented is applicable to all dividend distributions during 2016. The classifications
for 2016 are as follows:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Common Stock (MAA) (CUSIP 59522J103)</B></P>

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        Date</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 17%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Payable<BR>
        Date</B></P></TD>
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        Distribution<BR>
        Per Share</B></P></TD>
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        Taxable<BR>
        Distribution</B></P></TD>
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        Term<BR>
        Capital<BR>
        Gain</B></P></TD>
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        Sec. 1250<BR>
        Gain</B></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: #DBDBDB 1pt solid; border-bottom: #DBDBDB 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">0.00%</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: #DBDBDB 1pt solid; border-bottom: #DBDBDB 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4/29/16</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: #DBDBDB 1pt solid; border-bottom: #DBDBDB 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$0.8200</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: #DBDBDB 1pt solid; border-bottom: #DBDBDB 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">100.00%</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: #DBDBDB 1pt solid; border-bottom: #DBDBDB 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">0.00%</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: #DBDBDB 1pt solid; border-bottom: #DBDBDB 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">0.00%</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: #DBDBDB 1pt solid; border-bottom: #DBDBDB 1pt solid; border-left: #DBDBDB 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">7/15/16</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: #DBDBDB 1pt solid; border-bottom: #DBDBDB 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">0.00%</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: #DBDBDB 1pt solid; border-bottom: #DBDBDB 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">0.00%</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>8.5% Series I Cumulative Redeemable Preferred (MAA-PI) (CUSIP
59522J889)</B></P>

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        Distribution <BR>
        Per Share</B></P></TD>
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        Taxable <BR>
        Distribution</B></P></TD>
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        Term <BR>
        Capital <BR>
        Gain</B></P></TD>
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        Sec. 1250 <BR>
        Gain</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">This release is based on the preliminary work the company has
performed on its filings and is subject to correction or adjustment based on the completion of those filings. Shareholders are
encouraged to consult with their personal tax advisors as to their specific tax treatment of these MAA distributions. The company
is releasing information at this time to aid those required to distribute 1099s on the company&rsquo;s dividends. No material change
in the taxable composition is expected.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white"><B>About MAA</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">MAA, an S&amp;P 500 company, is a real
estate investment trust focused on delivering full-cycle and superior investment performance for shareholders through the ownership,
management, acquisition, development and redevelopment of quality apartment communities throughout the United States. As of December
1, 2016, MAA had ownership interest in 101,207 apartment units, including communities currently in development, across 17 states
and the District of Columbia. For further details, please visit the MAA website at www.maac.com or contact Investor Relations at
investor.relations@maac.com.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Certain matters in this press release may
constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27-A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities
and Exchange Act of 1934. Such statements include those made about the expectation that the company will have no material change
in taxable composition of its 2016 distributions. The expectation is based on preliminary work the company has performed on its
year end filings and on information currently available. Unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors may cause actual results,
performance or achievements of the company to differ materially from those on which these calculations were based. Reference is
hereby made to the filings of Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q, reports on Form 8-K, and its annual report on Form 10-K, particularly including the risk factors contained
in the latter filing.</P>

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