RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 67 SHOWN OF 67

Most population gained, Alabama counties · 2000

Alabama counties that added the most residents from the 1990 census to 2000, by raw count of people rather than percentage. This list covers the 67 counties in Alabama that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 67 is +2,790.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS –

01Shelby County, ALAL238,552+43,935–

02Baldwin County, ALAL267,761+42,135–

03Madison County, ALAL433,516+37,788–

04Lee County, ALAL189,881+27,946–

05Mobile County, ALAL411,658+21,200–

06Elmore County, ALAL91,577+16,664–

07St. Clair County, ALAL98,206+14,733–

08Montgomery County, ALAL225,891+14,425–

09Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,368+14,353–

10Blount County, ALAL60,156+11,776–

11Limestone County, ALAL122,928+11,541–

12Marshall County, ALAL103,537+11,399–

13Morgan County, ALAL126,483+11,021–

14Jefferson County, ALAL665,742+10,522–

15Cullman County, ALAL94,009+9,870–

16DeKalb County, ALAL74,085+9,801–

17Autauga County, ALAL61,920+9,449–

18Lauderdale County, ALAL97,135+8,305–

19Houston County, ALAL110,318+7,456–

20Chilton County, ALAL47,708+7,135–

21Talladega County, ALAL81,603+6,214–

22Jackson County, ALAL54,281+6,130–

23Cherokee County, ALAL26,413+4,445–

24Bibb County, ALAL22,262+4,250–

25Barbour County, ALAL24,607+3,621–

26Etowah County, ALAL103,886+3,619–

27Franklin County, ALAL32,449+3,409–

28Coffee County, ALAL56,953+3,375–

29Colbert County, ALAL59,474+3,318–

30Lawrence County, ALAL33,843+3,290–

31Walker County, ALAL65,140+3,043–

32Escambia County, ALAL36,665+2,922–

33Russell County, ALAL58,898+2,896–

34Winston County, ALAL23,829+2,790–

35Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,953+2,649–

36Randolph County, ALAL23,163+2,499–

37Geneva County, ALAL27,554+2,117–

38Pike County, ALAL33,688+2,010–

39Hale County, ALAL15,194+1,687–

40Washington County, ALAL14,822+1,403–

41Cleburne County, ALAL15,970+1,393–

42Marion County, ALAL29,097+1,384–

43Covington County, ALAL37,947+1,153–

44Coosa County, ALAL10,161+1,139–

45Clay County, ALAL14,207+1,002–

46Henry County, ALAL18,394+936–

47Lowndes County, ALAL9,359+815–

48Bullock County, ALAL9,780+672–

49Clarke County, ALAL22,014+627–

50Fayette County, ALAL15,872+533–

51Monroe County, ALAL18,965+356–

52Pickens County, ALAL18,221+250–

53Lamar County, ALAL13,587+189–

54Conecuh County, ALAL10,899+35–

55Crenshaw County, ALAL13,175+30–

56Choctaw County, ALAL11,904-96–

57Greene County, ALAL7,067-179–

58Chambers County, ALAL34,253-293–

59Wilcox County, ALAL9,666-385–

60Butler County, ALAL18,100-493–

61Dale County, ALAL49,912-504–

62Marengo County, ALAL18,311-545–

63Macon County, ALAL18,132-823–

64Perry County, ALAL7,425-898–

65Sumter County, ALAL11,588-1,376–

66Dallas County, ALAL35,140-1,765–

67Calhoun County, ALAL115,834-3,785–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS