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Largest by population, Alabama counties

The most populous Alabama counties as of the 2025 population estimates. This list covers the 67 counties in Alabama that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 67 is 34,253.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATETOTAL POPULATIONVS 2000

01Jefferson County, ALAL665,742+1%

02▲1Madison County, ALAL433,516+57%

03▼1Mobile County, ALAL411,658+3%

04Baldwin County, ALAL267,761+91%

05▲1Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,368+46%

06▲1Shelby County, ALAL238,552+66%

07▼2Montgomery County, ALAL225,891+1%

08Lee County, ALAL189,881+65%

09Morgan County, ALAL126,483+14%

10▲2Limestone County, ALAL122,928+87%

11▼1Calhoun County, ALAL115,834+3%

12▼1Houston County, ALAL110,318+24%

13Etowah County, ALAL103,8860%

14Marshall County, ALAL103,537+26%

15▲1St. Clair County, ALAL98,206+52%

16▼1Lauderdale County, ALAL97,135+10%

17▲1Cullman County, ALAL94,009+21%

18▼1Elmore County, ALAL91,577+39%

19Talladega County, ALAL81,603+2%

20DeKalb County, ALAL74,085+15%

21Walker County, ALAL65,140−8%

22▲2Autauga County, ALAL61,920+42%

23Blount County, ALAL60,156+18%

24▲1Colbert County, ALAL59,474+8%

25▼3Russell County, ALAL58,898+18%

26Coffee County, ALAL56,953+31%

27Jackson County, ALAL54,281+1%

28Dale County, ALAL49,912+2%

29Chilton County, ALAL47,708+20%

30Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,953−1%

31▲1Covington County, ALAL37,947+1%

32▲1Escambia County, ALAL36,665−5%

33▼2Dallas County, ALAL35,140−24%

34Chambers County, ALAL34,253−6%

35Lawrence County, ALAL33,843−3%

36Pike County, ALAL33,688+14%

37Franklin County, ALAL32,449+4%

38Marion County, ALAL29,097−7%

39Geneva County, ALAL27,554+7%

40▲1Cherokee County, ALAL26,413+10%

41▼1Barbour County, ALAL24,607−15%

42Winston County, ALAL23,829−4%

43▲2Randolph County, ALAL23,163+3%

44Bibb County, ALAL22,262+7%

45▼2Clarke County, ALAL22,014−21%

46Monroe County, ALAL18,965−22%

47▲4Henry County, ALAL18,394+13%

48Marengo County, ALAL18,311−19%

49Pickens County, ALAL18,221−13%

50▼3Macon County, ALAL18,132−25%

51▼1Butler County, ALAL18,100−15%

52▲2Cleburne County, ALAL15,970+13%

53▼1Fayette County, ALAL15,872−14%

54▲1Hale County, ALAL15,194−12%

55▼2Washington County, ALAL14,822−18%

56Clay County, ALAL14,2070%

57Lamar County, ALAL13,587−15%

58Crenshaw County, ALAL13,175−4%

59Choctaw County, ALAL11,904−25%

60Sumter County, ALAL11,588−22%

61Conecuh County, ALAL10,899−23%

62▲1Coosa County, ALAL10,161−17%

63▲1Bullock County, ALAL9,780−17%

64▼2Wilcox County, ALAL9,666−27%

65Lowndes County, ALAL9,359−31%

66Perry County, ALAL7,425−37%

67Greene County, ALAL7,067−29%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES