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 earliest 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:

First Quarter, 2001 Earnings Release and Conference Call

Date of Call: May 1, 2001   10:00 a.m. (Central)

George  Cates,  Eric  Bolton  and Simon  Wadsworth  invite you to join them in a
discussion of first quarter  operations at  Mid-America  Apartment  Communities,
Inc. (NYSE:MAA).

The call will be  Tuesday,  May 1, 2001 at 10:00  a.m.,  (Central  Time),  after
release the previous evening of first quarter results.

The conference call-in number: (847) 413-3712

Moderator's name: George E. Cates

Passcode: 3860107

This conference is available on digital replay. To access the system for replay,
please dial 1-630-652-3000 and enter the passcode 3860107 through 5/7/01.

MAA is a self-administered,  self-managed  apartment-only real estate investment
trust which owns or has ownership  interest in 34,025 apartment units throughout
the  southeastern  and midwest  U.S.  and in Texas,  including  247 units in the
development pipeline.


                                   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)