ALABAMA
ALABAMA POPULATION DENSITY*
Alabama Land Area - 50,645 square miles
YEAR | PEOPLE PER SQUARE MILE |
|---|---|
2020 | 99.2 |
2010 | 94.4 |
2000 | 87.8 |
1990 | 79.8 |
1980 | 76.9 |
1970 | 68.0 |
1960 | 64.5 |
1950 | 60.5 |
1940 | 55.9 |
1930 | 52.3 |
1920 | 46.4 |
1910 | 42.2 |
ALABAMA HISTORIC & PROJECTED GROWTH 1790 TO 2040*
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Year |
Population |
1790 |
0 |
1800 |
1,250 |
1810 |
9,046 |
1820 |
127,901 |
1830 |
309,527 |
1840 |
590,756 |
1850 |
771,623 |
1860 |
964,201 |
1870 |
996,992 |
1880 |
1,262,505 |
1890 |
1,513,401 |
1900 |
1,828,697 |
1910 |
2,138,093 |
1920 |
2,348,174 |
1930 |
2,646,248 |
1940 |
2,832,961 |
1950 |
3,061,743 |
1960 |
3,266,740 |
1970 |
3,444,354 |
1980 |
3,894,025 |
1990 |
4,040,587 |
2000 |
4,447,100 |
2010 |
4,779,736 |
2020 |
5,024,279 |
2030 |
*5,029,833 |
2040 |
*5,056,796 |
Sources: Census figures from U.S. Bureau of the Census & *Estimates from Weldon Cooper Center, Demographics Research Group
(The Census Bureau and Weldon Cooper Center have not yet provided updated State projections to reflect 2020 census numbers.)
ALABAMA POPULATION BY COUNTY*
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County |
Census 2020 Population |
Census 2010 Population |
Change from 2010 |
Percent Change |
ALABAMA |
5,024,279 |
4,779,736 |
244,543 |
5.12% |
Autauga County |
58,805 |
54,571 |
4,234 |
7.76% |
Baldwin County |
231,767 |
182,265 |
49,502 |
27.16% |
Barbour County |
25,223 |
27,457 |
-2,234 |
-8.14% |
Bibb County |
22,293 |
22,915 |
-622 |
-2.71% |
Blount County |
59,134 |
57,322 |
1,812 |
3.16% |
Bullock County |
10,357 |
10,914 |
-557 |
-5.10% |
Butler County |
19,051 |
20,947 |
-1,896 |
-9.05% |
Calhoun County |
116,441 |
118,572 |
-2,131 |
-1.80% |
Chambers County |
34,772 |
34,215 |
557 |
1.63% |
Cherokee County |
24,971 |
25,989 |
-1,018 |
-3.92% |
Chilton County |
45,014 |
43,643 |
1,371 |
3.14% |
Choctaw County |
12,665 |
13,859 |
-1,194 |
-8.62% |
Clarke County |
23,087 |
25,833 |
-2,746 |
-10.63% |
Clay County |
14,236 |
13,932 |
304 |
2.18% |
Cleburne County |
15,056 |
14,972 |
84 |
0.56% |
Coffee County |
53,465 |
49,948 |
3,517 |
7.04% |
Colbert County |
57,227 |
54,428 |
2,799 |
5.14% |
Conecuh County |
11,597 |
13,228 |
-1,631 |
-12.33% |
Coosa County |
10,387 |
11,539 |
-1,152 |
-9.98% |
Covington County |
37,570 |
37,765 |
-195 |
-0.52% |
Crenshaw County |
13,194 |
13,906 |
-712 |
-5.12% |
Cullman County |
87,866 |
80,406 |
7,460 |
9.28% |
Dale County |
49,326 |
50,251 |
-925 |
-1.84% |
Dallas County |
38,462 |
43,820 |
-5,358 |
-12.23% |
DeKalb County |
71,608 |
71,109 |
499 |
0.70% |
Elmore County |
87,977 |
79,303 |
8,674 |
10.94% |
Escambia County |
36,757 |
38,319 |
-1,562 |
-4.08% |
Etowah County |
103,436 |
104,430 |
-994 |
-0.95% |
Fayette County |
16,321 |
17,241 |
-920 |
-5.34% |
Franklin County |
32,113 |
31,704 |
409 |
1.29% |
Geneva County |
26,659 |
26,790 |
-131 |
-0.49% |
Greene County |
7,730 |
9,045 |
-1,315 |
-14.54% |
Hale County |
14,785 |
15,760 |
-975 |
-6.19% |
Henry County |
17,146 |
17,302 |
-156 |
-0.90% |
Houston County |
107,202 |
101,547 |
5,655 |
5.57% |
Jackson County |
52,579 |
53,227 |
-648 |
-1.22% |
Jefferson County |
674,721 |
658,466 |
16,255 |
2.47% |
Lamar County |
13,972 |
14,564 |
-592 |
-4.06% |
Lauderdale County |
93,564 |
92,709 |
855 |
0.92% |
Lawrence County |
33,073 |
34,339 |
-1,266 |
-3.69% |
Lee County |
174,241 |
140,247 |
33,994 |
24.24% |
Limestone County |
103,570 |
82,782 |
20,788 |
25.11% |
Lowndes County |
10,311 |
11,299 |
-988 |
-8.74% |
Macon County |
19,532 |
21,452 |
-1,920 |
-8.95% |
Madison County |
388,153 |
334,811 |
53,342 |
15.93% |
Marengo County |
19,323 |
21,027 |
-1,704 |
-8.10% |
Marion County |
29,341 |
30,776 |
-1,435 |
-4.66% |
Marshall County |
97,612 |
93,019 |
4,593 |
4.94% |
Mobile County |
414,809 |
412,992 |
1,817 |
0.44% |
Monroe County |
19,772 |
23,068 |
-3,296 |
-14.29% |
Montgomery County |
228,954 |
229,363 |
-409 |
-0.18% |
Morgan County |
123,421 |
119,490 |
3,931 |
3.29% |
Perry County |
8,511 |
10,591 |
-2,080 |
-19.64% |
Pickens County |
19,123 |
19,746 |
-623 |
-3.16% |
Pike County |
33,009 |
32,899 |
110 |
0.33% |
Randolph County |
21,967 |
22,913 |
-946 |
-4.13% |
Russell County |
59,183 |
52,947 |
6,236 |
11.78% |
St. Clair County |
91,103 |
83,593 |
7,510 |
8.98% |
Shelby County |
223,024 |
195,085 |
27,939 |
14.32% |
Sumter County |
12,345 |
13,763 |
-1,418 |
-10.30% |
Talladega County |
82,149 |
82,291 |
-142 |
-0.17% |
Tallapoosa County |
41,311 |
41,616 |
-305 |
-0.73% |
Tuscaloosa County |
227,036 |
194,656 |
32,380 |
16.63% |
Walker County |
65,342 |
67,023 |
-1,681 |
-2.51% |
Washington County |
15,388 |
17,581 |
-2,193 |
-12.47% |
Wilcox County |
10,600 |
11,670 |
-1,070 |
-9.17% |
Winston County |
23,540 |
24,484 |
-944 |
-3.86% |
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census
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