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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
February 28, 2012 (February 28, 2012)</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 31%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>TENNESSEE</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 35%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>1-12762</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>62-1543819</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(State
    of incorporation)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Commission
    File Number)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S.
    Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 66%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>6584
    Poplar Avenue, Suite 300</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Memphis,
    Tennessee</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">38138</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Address
    of principal executive offices)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Zip
    Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(901) 682-6600</B></P>

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code)</P>

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last report)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 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 (see General Instruction
A.2. below):</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 96%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; padding-bottom: 0">Written communications&nbsp; pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; padding-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; padding-bottom: 0">Soliciting&nbsp; material&nbsp; pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; padding-bottom: 0">Pre-commencement&nbsp; communications&nbsp; pursuant&nbsp; to Rule&nbsp; 14d-2(b)&nbsp; under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; padding-bottom: 0">Pre-commencement&nbsp; communications&nbsp; pursuant&nbsp; to Rule&nbsp; 13e-4(c)&nbsp; under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">ITEM 7.01&#9;Regulation FD Disclosure</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">On February 28, 2012, the registrant issued a press release announcing
the public <FONT STYLE="color: black">offering price for the 1,700,000 shares of common stock previously sold to UBS Investment
Bank and Jefferies &amp; Company, Inc., joint bookrunning managers for the offering, is $62.23 per share, for expected gross proceeds
of approximately $105.8 million, before underwriting discounts and estimated expenses. The offering is expected to close on March
2, 2012.</FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">The information furnished on Exhibit 99.1 is hereby incorporated
by reference under this Item 7.01 as if fully set forth herein.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">The information presented herein under Item 7.01 shall not be deemed
&ldquo;filed&rdquo; under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in
any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as may be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">ITEM 9.01&#9;Financial Statements and Exhibits</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 57%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Exhibit<br>Number</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Description</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">99.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Press Release dated February 28, 2012</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">(furnished)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: left">SIGNATURES</P>

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

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    <TD STYLE="width: 64%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><B>MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC</B>.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Date: February 28, 2012</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">/s/Albert M. Campbell, III</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Albert M. Campbell</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD></TR>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
February 28, 2012 (February 28, 2012)
MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
TENNESSEE
1-12762
62-1543819
(State
    of incorporation)
(Commission
    File Number)
(I.R.S.
    Employer Identification No.)
6584
    Poplar Avenue, Suite 300
Memphis,
    Tennessee
38138
(Address
    of principal executive offices)
(Zip
    Code)
(901) 682-6600
(Registrant's telephone number, including area
code)
(Former name or former address, if changed since
last report)
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 (see General Instruction
A.2. below):
£
Written communications  pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
£
Soliciting  material  pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
£
Pre-commencement  communications  pursuant  to Rule  14d-2(b)  under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
£
Pre-commencement  communications  pursuant  to Rule  13e-4(c)  under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
ITEM 7.01	Regulation FD Disclosure
On February 28, 2012, the registrant issued a press release announcing
the public
offering price for the 1,700,000 shares of common stock previously sold to UBS Investment
Bank and Jefferies & Company, Inc., joint bookrunning managers for the offering, is $62.23 per share, for expected gross proceeds
of approximately $105.8 million, before underwriting discounts and estimated expenses. The offering is expected to close on March
2, 2012.
The information furnished on Exhibit 99.1 is hereby incorporated
by reference under this Item 7.01 as if fully set forth herein.
The information presented herein under Item 7.01 shall not be deemed
"filed" under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in
any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as may be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
ITEM 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c)
Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description
99.1
Press Release dated February 28, 2012
(furnished)
SIGNATURES
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.
MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC
.
Date: February 28, 2012
/s/Albert M. Campbell, III
Albert M. Campbell
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)