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Most densely populated, Alabama counties · 2000

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, ALAL665,742596+0%

02Madison County, ALAL433,516345+0%

03Mobile County, ALAL411,658325+0%

04Montgomery County, ALAL225,891285+0%

05Etowah County, ALAL103,886193+0%

06Morgan County, ALAL126,483192+0%

07Lee County, ALAL189,881189+0%

08Calhoun County, ALAL115,834185+0%

09Shelby County, ALAL238,552182+0%

10Houston County, ALAL110,318153+0%

11Marshall County, ALAL103,537145+0%

12Lauderdale County, ALAL97,135132+0%

13Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,368125+0%

14Limestone County, ALAL122,928117+0%

15Talladega County, ALAL81,603109+0%

16Elmore County, ALAL91,577107+0%

17Cullman County, ALAL94,009105+0%

18St. Clair County, ALAL98,206103+0%

19Colbert County, ALAL59,47493+0%

20Walker County, ALAL65,14089+0%

21Baldwin County, ALAL267,76188+0%

22Dale County, ALAL49,91288+0%

23DeKalb County, ALAL74,08583+0%

24Blount County, ALAL60,15679+0%

25Russell County, ALAL58,89878+0%

26Autauga County, ALAL61,92073+0%

27Coffee County, ALAL56,95364+0%

28Chambers County, ALAL34,25361+0%

29Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,95358+0%

30Chilton County, ALAL47,70857+0%

31Lawrence County, ALAL33,84350+0%

32Jackson County, ALAL54,28150+0%

33Franklin County, ALAL32,44949+0%

34Dallas County, ALAL35,14047+0%

35Geneva County, ALAL27,55445+0%

36Pike County, ALAL33,68844+0%

37Cherokee County, ALAL26,41343+0%

38Marion County, ALAL29,09742+0%

39Escambia County, ALAL36,66541+0%

40Winston County, ALAL23,82941+0%

41Macon County, ALAL18,13240+0%

42Randolph County, ALAL23,16339+0%

43Covington County, ALAL37,94737+0%

44Bibb County, ALAL22,26233+0%

45Barbour County, ALAL24,60733+0%

46Fayette County, ALAL15,87229+0%

47Henry County, ALAL18,39429+0%

48Butler County, ALAL18,10028+0%

49Hale County, ALAL15,19427+0%

50Lamar County, ALAL13,58726+0%

51Cleburne County, ALAL15,97025+0%

52Pickens County, ALAL18,22124+0%

53Monroe County, ALAL18,96524+0%

54Clay County, ALAL14,20724+0%

55Marengo County, ALAL18,31123+0%

56Clarke County, ALAL22,01423+0%

57Crenshaw County, ALAL13,17522+0%

58Lowndes County, ALAL9,35919+0%

59Bullock County, ALAL9,78019+0%

60Coosa County, ALAL10,16119+0%

61Choctaw County, ALAL11,90417+0%

62Washington County, ALAL14,82217+0%

63Conecuh County, ALAL10,89917+0%

64Perry County, ALAL7,42516+0%

65Sumter County, ALAL11,58816+0%

66Greene County, ALAL7,06715+0%

67Wilcox County, ALAL9,66615+0%

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