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 AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                                 April 10, 2001
                Date of Report (Date of earliet event reported)

                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

        TENNESSEE                     1-12762                   62-1543819
(State of Incorporation)      (Commission File Number)       (I.R.S. Employer
                                                          Identification Number)

                         6584 POPLAR AVENUE, SUITE 340
                           MEMPHIS, TENNEESSEE 38138
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                 (901) 682-6600
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

             (Former name or address, if changed since last report)

ITEM 9.  Regulation FD

On April 10, 2001,  Mid-America Apartment  Communities,  Inc. (MAA: NYSE) issued
the following press release:

Our  markets  are  steady  and  holding  to normal  seasonal  patterns.  Overall
occupancy  (32,414  owned and joint venture  units) is 95.0%,  -0.4% from a year
earlier.  Same store (27,997 units)  occupancy is 95.2%,  -0.3%.  Average rental
rate (all units) was +3.0% for the latest reporting period vs. a year earlier as
were the same store units.

Time will tell if the modest dip is attributable to general economic  conditions
(recession).  In a  recessionary  climate,  apartments  perform better than most
other businesses.  The #1 reason that we lose customers is that they buy houses;
in a recession,  home buying is crimped.  We keep our customers longer,  gaining
operating economies from the resulting reduction in customer turnover rates.

We have 452 newly  developed  units,  completed and available for leasing but as
yet unrented. We'll add 244 more new units during the final half of 2001, giving
us new revenue from 696 units still before us. Leaseup goes well at most, though
the pace at The Reserve at Dexter Lake  (Memphis) is somewhat  slow; the Memphis
regional market shows softness  (average  overall market occupancy of about 91%;
our Memphis portfolio same-store occupancy is 93.4%).

All in all, we find no surprises in the marketplace. Things are going along very
much as we have foreseen and have  projected  publicly for the past two or three
years. We are comfortable with the present consensus projections for Mid-America
and  continue to see steady  progress  throughout  the year as the 696 new units
become increasingly productive.

Insiders continue to be buyers of Mid-America  shares,  purchasing an additional
8,390 shares to date in 2001.

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, but are not
limited to,  statements  made about  anticipated  growth  rate of  revenues  and
expenses  at  Mid-America's  properties  and  anticipated  lease-up  (and rental
concessions) at development properties. Actual results and the timing of certain
events could differ  materially  from those  projected in or contemplated by the
forward-looking  statements due to a number of factors,  including a downturn in
general  economic  conditions  or  the  capital  markets,   competitive  factors
including  overbuilding or other supply/demand  imbalances in some or all of our
markets,  construction delays that could cause new and add-on apartment units to
reach the market  later than  anticipated,  changes in interest  rates and other
items that are difficult to control such as insurance  rates,  increases in real
estate taxes in many of our markets, as well as the other general risks inherent
in the  apartment  and real estate  businesses.  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.

                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchnage  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:  April 10, 2001               /s/Simon R.C. Wadsworth
                                    Simon R.C. Wadsworth
                                    Executive Vice President
                                    (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)