EXHIBIT 32.2


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Quarterly  Report of Mid-America  Apartment  Communities,
Inc.  (the  "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2004, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),
I,  Simon R.C.  Wadsworth,  Chief  Financial  Officer  of the  Company  certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  Section 1350,  as adopted  pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)  The Report fully complies with the  requirements  of Section 13(a) or 15(d)
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)  The information  contained in the Report fairly  presents,  in all material
     respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


/s/Simon R.C. Wadsworth
Simon R.C. Wadsworth
Chief Financial Officer
August 3, 2004