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Most densely populated, Alabama counties · 1990

Alabama counties ranked by residents per square mile (2023). This list covers the 67 counties in Alabama that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Jefferson County, ALAL665,742586−2%

02Mobile County, ALAL411,658308−5%

03Madison County, ALAL433,516298−14%

04Montgomery County, ALAL225,891266−6%

05Calhoun County, ALAL115,834192+3%

06Etowah County, ALAL103,886187−3%

07Morgan County, ALAL126,483173−10%

08Lee County, ALAL189,881143−24%

09Houston County, ALAL110,318140−8%

10Shelby County, ALAL238,552126−31%

11Marshall County, ALAL103,537125−14%

12Lauderdale County, ALAL97,135119−9%

13Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,368114−9%

14Talladega County, ALAL81,603101−8%

15Limestone County, ALAL122,92896−18%

16Cullman County, ALAL94,00992−13%

17Dale County, ALAL49,91288+1%

18Colbert County, ALAL59,47487−6%

19Walker County, ALAL65,14086−4%

20Elmore County, ALAL91,57780−25%

21St. Clair County, ALAL98,20679−23%

22Russell County, ALAL58,89873−6%

23DeKalb County, ALAL74,08570−15%

24Baldwin County, ALAL267,76162−30%

25Chambers County, ALAL34,25362+1%

26Blount County, ALAL60,15661−23%

27Coffee County, ALAL56,95359−8%

28Autauga County, ALAL61,92058−22%

29Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,95354−6%

30Dallas County, ALAL35,14049+4%

31Chilton County, ALAL47,70847−18%

32Lawrence County, ALAL33,84346−9%

33Jackson County, ALAL54,28144−11%

34Franklin County, ALAL32,44944−11%

35Geneva County, ALAL27,55441−8%

36Pike County, ALAL33,68841−7%

37Macon County, ALAL18,13241+3%

38Marion County, ALAL29,09740−4%

39Escambia County, ALAL36,66538−8%

40Winston County, ALAL23,82936−11%

41Covington County, ALAL37,94735−3%

42Cherokee County, ALAL26,41335−19%

43Randolph County, ALAL23,16334−11%

44Barbour County, ALAL24,60729−12%

45Fayette County, ALAL15,87229−3%

46Butler County, ALAL18,10028+2%

47Henry County, ALAL18,39427−6%

48Bibb County, ALAL22,26227−20%

49Lamar County, ALAL13,58726−1%

50Hale County, ALAL15,19424−10%

51Marengo County, ALAL18,31124+2%

52Pickens County, ALAL18,22123−1%

53Monroe County, ALAL18,96523−1%

54Cleburne County, ALAL15,97023−10%

55Crenshaw County, ALAL13,17522−0%

56Clarke County, ALAL22,01422−2%

57Clay County, ALAL14,20722−7%

58Sumter County, ALAL11,58818+9%

59Bullock County, ALAL9,78018−6%

60Perry County, ALAL7,42518+8%

61Lowndes County, ALAL9,35918−6%

62Choctaw County, ALAL11,90418+1%

63Coosa County, ALAL10,16117−9%

64Conecuh County, ALAL10,89917−0%

65Greene County, ALAL7,06716+2%

66Washington County, ALAL14,82215−8%

67Wilcox County, ALAL9,66615+3%

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