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

                                 May 8, 2003
                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 300
                           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 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

The following  exhibit is furnished  pursuant to Items 9 and 12 (reported herein
under the Item 9 caption in accordance with the guidance provided in SEC Release
Nos.  33-8216  and  34-47583),  is  not  to be  considered  "filed"  under  the
Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and shall not
be  incorporated  by  reference  into  any  previous  or  future  filing  by the
Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the  "Securities  Act")
or the Exchange Act:

     Exhibit 99.1  Press Release dated May 8, 2003

ITEM 9. Regulation FD Disclosure  (Furnished under Item 9 and 12 Pursuant to SEC
Release Nos. 33-8216 and 34-47583)

On May 8, 2003, the Registrant  issued an earnings release for the quarter ended
March 31,  2003,  a copy of which is  furnished  as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current
Report.

This release is furnished by the  Registrant  pursuant to Items 9 and 12 of Form
8-K in  accordance  with the guidance  provided in SEC Release Nos.  33-8216 and
34-47583 and is not to be  considered  "filed" 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.


                                   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:  May 9, 2003          /s/Simon R.C. Wadsworth
                            Simon R.C. Wadsworth
                            Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
                            (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)