Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Notes To Financial Statements [Abstract]

Revenues and NOI for Reportable Segment

	Three months ended March 31,
	2013			2012
Revenues
Large Market Same Store	$	57,278		$	53,932
Secondary Market Same Store	44,249			42,673
Non-Same Store and Other	18,363			7,255
Total property revenues	119,890			103,860
Management fee income	178			269
Total operating revenues	$	120,068		$	104,129
NOI
Large Market Same Store	$	34,580		$	31,436
Secondary Market Same Store	26,706			25,057
Non-Same Store and Other	11,132			5,780
Total NOI	72,418			62,273
Discontinued operations NOI included above	—			(1,835		)
Management fee income	178			269
Depreciation and amortization	(30,350		)	(26,755		)
Acquisition expense	(10		)	(20		)
Property management expense	(4,778		)	(4,924		)
General and administrative expense	(2,890		)	(3,029		)
Interest and other non-property income	18			114
Interest expense	(14,112		)	(12,792		)
(Loss) gain on debt extinguishment	(61		)	20
Amortization of deferred financing costs	(765		)	(656		)
Net casualty gain (loss) and other settlement proceeds	16			(9		)
Gain (loss) from real estate joint ventures	54			(31		)
Discontinued operations	—			9,859
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(159		)	(148		)
Net income available for Mid-America Apartments, L.P. common unitholders	$	19,559		$	22,336

Assets for Reportable Segment

	March 31, 2013		December 31, 2012
Assets
Large Market Same Store	$	1,194,556	$	1,108,827
Secondary Market Same Store	697,986		654,315
Non-Same Store and Other	623,459		728,209
Corporate assets	39,373		38,520
Total assets	$	2,555,374	$	2,529,871