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Fastest shrinking, Alabama counties · 2000

Alabama counties with the steepest population decline since the prior decennial census. This list covers the 67 counties in Alabama that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION GROWTHVS 2000

01Sumter County, ALAL11,588-8.5%+0%

02Perry County, ALAL7,425-7.0%+0%

03Dallas County, ALAL35,140-3.7%+0%

04Macon County, ALAL18,132-3.3%+0%

05Calhoun County, ALAL115,834-3.3%+0%

06Wilcox County, ALAL9,666-2.8%+0%

07Marengo County, ALAL18,311-2.4%+0%

08Butler County, ALAL18,100-2.3%+0%

09Greene County, ALAL7,067-1.8%+0%

10Dale County, ALAL49,912-1.0%+0%

11Chambers County, ALAL34,253-0.8%+0%

12Choctaw County, ALAL11,904-0.6%+0%

13Crenshaw County, ALAL13,175+0.2%+0%

14Conecuh County, ALAL10,899+0.2%+0%

15Lamar County, ALAL13,587+1.2%+0%

16Pickens County, ALAL18,221+1.2%+0%

17Monroe County, ALAL18,965+1.5%+0%

18Jefferson County, ALAL665,742+1.6%+0%

19Clarke County, ALAL22,014+2.3%+0%

20Fayette County, ALAL15,872+3.0%+0%

21Covington County, ALAL37,947+3.2%+0%

22Etowah County, ALAL103,886+3.6%+0%

23Walker County, ALAL65,140+4.5%+0%

24Marion County, ALAL29,097+4.6%+0%

25Mobile County, ALAL411,658+5.6%+0%

26Bullock County, ALAL9,780+6.1%+0%

27Henry County, ALAL18,394+6.1%+0%

28Russell County, ALAL58,898+6.2%+0%

29Colbert County, ALAL59,474+6.4%+0%

30Lowndes County, ALAL9,359+6.4%+0%

31Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,953+6.8%+0%

32Montgomery County, ALAL225,891+6.9%+0%

33Pike County, ALAL33,688+7.3%+0%

34Clay County, ALAL14,207+7.6%+0%

35Escambia County, ALAL36,665+8.2%+0%

36Talladega County, ALAL81,603+8.4%+0%

37Coffee County, ALAL56,953+8.4%+0%

38Washington County, ALAL14,822+8.4%+0%

39Geneva County, ALAL27,554+9.0%+0%

40Houston County, ALAL110,318+9.2%+0%

41Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,368+9.5%+0%

42Coosa County, ALAL10,161+10.3%+0%

43Lauderdale County, ALAL97,135+10.4%+0%

44Lawrence County, ALAL33,843+10.4%+0%

45Hale County, ALAL15,194+10.9%+0%

46Cleburne County, ALAL15,970+10.9%+0%

47Morgan County, ALAL126,483+11.0%+0%

48Franklin County, ALAL32,449+12.3%+0%

49Randolph County, ALAL23,163+12.6%+0%

50Winston County, ALAL23,829+12.7%+0%

51Jackson County, ALAL54,281+12.8%+0%

52Barbour County, ALAL24,607+14.2%+0%

53Cullman County, ALAL94,009+14.6%+0%

54Madison County, ALAL433,516+15.8%+0%

55Marshall County, ALAL103,537+16.1%+0%

56DeKalb County, ALAL74,085+17.9%+0%

57Limestone County, ALAL122,928+21.3%+0%

58Chilton County, ALAL47,708+22.0%+0%

59Cherokee County, ALAL26,413+22.7%+0%

60Bibb County, ALAL22,262+25.6%+0%

61Autauga County, ALAL61,920+27.6%+0%

62St. Clair County, ALAL98,206+29.5%+0%

63Blount County, ALAL60,156+30.0%+0%

64Lee County, ALAL189,881+32.1%+0%

65Elmore County, ALAL91,577+33.9%+0%

66Baldwin County, ALAL267,761+42.9%+0%

67Shelby County, ALAL238,552+44.2%+0%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES