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

                                 June 7, 2004
                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

     Exhibit 99.1  Presentation

ITEM 9. Regulation FD Disclosure

During the week of June 7, 2004,  Eric Bolton,  Chairman and CEO, and Simon R.C.
Wadsworth,   Executive  Vice  President  and  CFO  will  present  an  update  to
institutional investors at the NAREIT Institutional Investor Conference.  A copy
of the presentation is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.


                                   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:  June 7, 2004         /s/Simon R.C. Wadsworth
                            Simon R.C. Wadsworth
                            Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
                            (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)