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Fastest shrinking, Alabama counties · 2020

Alabama counties with the steepest population decline from the 2010 census to 2020. This list covers the 67 counties in Alabama that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION GROWTHVS 2000

01Perry County, ALAL7,425-19.6%−12.6 pts

02Greene County, ALAL7,067-14.5%−12.8 pts

03Monroe County, ALAL18,965-14.3%−15.8 pts

04Washington County, ALAL14,822-12.5%−20.9 pts

05Conecuh County, ALAL10,899-12.3%−12.6 pts

06Dallas County, ALAL35,140-12.2%−8.6 pts

07Clarke County, ALAL22,014-10.6%−12.9 pts

08Sumter County, ALAL11,588-10.3%−1.8 pts

09Coosa County, ALAL10,161-10.0%−20.3 pts

10Wilcox County, ALAL9,666-9.2%−6.3 pts

11Butler County, ALAL18,100-9.1%−6.8 pts

12Macon County, ALAL18,132-9.0%−5.6 pts

13Lowndes County, ALAL9,359-8.7%−15.2 pts

14Choctaw County, ALAL11,904-8.6%−8.0 pts

15Barbour County, ALAL24,607-8.1%−22.4 pts

16Marengo County, ALAL18,311-8.1%−5.7 pts

17Hale County, ALAL15,194-6.2%−17.1 pts

18Fayette County, ALAL15,872-5.3%−8.3 pts

19Crenshaw County, ALAL13,175-5.1%−5.3 pts

20Bullock County, ALAL9,780-5.1%−11.2 pts

21Marion County, ALAL29,097-4.7%−9.3 pts

22Randolph County, ALAL23,163-4.1%−16.7 pts

23Escambia County, ALAL36,665-4.1%−12.3 pts

24Lamar County, ALAL13,587-4.1%−5.3 pts

25Cherokee County, ALAL26,413-3.9%−26.7 pts

26Winston County, ALAL23,829-3.9%−16.5 pts

27Lawrence County, ALAL33,843-3.7%−14.1 pts

28Pickens County, ALAL18,221-3.2%−4.4 pts

29Bibb County, ALAL22,262-2.7%−28.4 pts

30Walker County, ALAL65,140-2.5%−7.0 pts

31Dale County, ALAL49,912-1.8%−0.8 pts

32Calhoun County, ALAL115,834-1.8%+1.5 pts

33Jackson County, ALAL54,281-1.2%−14.0 pts

34Etowah County, ALAL103,886-1.0%−4.6 pts

35Henry County, ALAL18,394-0.9%−7.0 pts

36Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,953-0.7%−7.6 pts

37Covington County, ALAL37,947-0.5%−3.7 pts

38Geneva County, ALAL27,554-0.5%−9.4 pts

39Montgomery County, ALAL225,891-0.2%−7.1 pts

40Talladega County, ALAL81,603-0.2%−8.6 pts

41Pike County, ALAL33,688+0.3%−6.9 pts

42Mobile County, ALAL411,658+0.4%−5.2 pts

43Cleburne County, ALAL15,970+0.6%−10.4 pts

44DeKalb County, ALAL74,085+0.7%−17.2 pts

45Lauderdale County, ALAL97,135+0.9%−9.5 pts

46Franklin County, ALAL32,449+1.3%−11.0 pts

47Chambers County, ALAL34,253+1.6%+2.4 pts

48Clay County, ALAL14,207+2.2%−5.4 pts

49Jefferson County, ALAL665,742+2.5%+0.9 pts

50Chilton County, ALAL47,708+3.1%−18.8 pts

51Blount County, ALAL60,156+3.2%−26.8 pts

52Morgan County, ALAL126,483+3.3%−7.7 pts

53Marshall County, ALAL103,537+4.9%−11.2 pts

54Colbert County, ALAL59,474+5.1%−1.3 pts

55Houston County, ALAL110,318+5.6%−3.6 pts

56Coffee County, ALAL56,953+7.0%−1.3 pts

57Autauga County, ALAL61,920+7.8%−19.9 pts

58St. Clair County, ALAL98,206+9.0%−20.5 pts

59Cullman County, ALAL94,009+9.3%−5.3 pts

60Elmore County, ALAL91,577+10.9%−22.9 pts

61Russell County, ALAL58,898+11.8%+5.6 pts

62Shelby County, ALAL238,552+14.3%−29.9 pts

63Madison County, ALAL433,516+15.9%+0.1 pts

64Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,368+16.6%+7.1 pts

65Lee County, ALAL189,881+24.2%−7.8 pts

66Limestone County, ALAL122,928+25.1%+3.8 pts

67Baldwin County, ALAL267,761+27.2%−15.7 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS