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Most population lost, Alabama counties · 2020

Alabama counties that lost the most residents from the 2010 census to 2020, by raw count of people rather than percentage. This list covers the 67 counties in Alabama that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2000201020202025
Most population lost by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS 2000
01Dallas County, ALAL35,140-5,358+204%
02Monroe County, ALAL18,965-3,296−1026%
03Clarke County, ALAL22,014-2,746−538%
04Barbour County, ALAL24,607-2,234−162%
05Washington County, ALAL14,822-2,193−256%
06Calhoun County, ALAL115,834-2,131−44%
07Perry County, ALAL7,425-2,080+132%
08Macon County, ALAL18,132-1,920+133%
09Butler County, ALAL18,100-1,896+285%
10Marengo County, ALAL18,311-1,704+213%
11Walker County, ALAL65,140-1,681−155%
12Conecuh County, ALAL10,899-1,631−4760%
13Escambia County, ALAL36,665-1,562−153%
14Marion County, ALAL29,097-1,435−204%
15Sumter County, ALAL11,588-1,418+3%
16Greene County, ALAL7,067-1,315+635%
17Lawrence County, ALAL33,843-1,266−138%
18Choctaw County, ALAL11,904-1,194+1144%
19Coosa County, ALAL10,161-1,152−201%
20Wilcox County, ALAL9,666-1,070+178%
21Cherokee County, ALAL26,413-1,018−123%
22Etowah County, ALAL103,886-994−127%
23Lowndes County, ALAL9,359-988−221%
24Hale County, ALAL15,194-975−158%
25Randolph County, ALAL23,163-946−138%
26Winston County, ALAL23,829-944−134%
27Dale County, ALAL49,912-925+84%
28Fayette County, ALAL15,872-920−273%
29Crenshaw County, ALAL13,175-712−2473%
30Jackson County, ALAL54,281-648−111%
31Pickens County, ALAL18,221-623−349%
32Bibb County, ALAL22,262-622−115%
33Lamar County, ALAL13,587-592−413%
34Bullock County, ALAL9,780-557−183%
35Montgomery County, ALAL225,891-409−103%
36Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,953-305−112%
37Covington County, ALAL37,947-195−117%
38Henry County, ALAL18,394-156−117%
39Talladega County, ALAL81,603-142−102%
40Geneva County, ALAL27,554-131−106%
41Cleburne County, ALAL15,970+84−94%
42Pike County, ALAL33,688+110−95%
43Clay County, ALAL14,207+304−70%
44Franklin County, ALAL32,449+409−88%
45DeKalb County, ALAL74,085+499−95%
46Chambers County, ALAL34,253+557−290%
47Lauderdale County, ALAL97,135+855−90%
48Chilton County, ALAL47,708+1,371−81%
49Blount County, ALAL60,156+1,812−85%
50Mobile County, ALAL411,658+1,817−91%
51Colbert County, ALAL59,474+2,799−16%
52Coffee County, ALAL56,953+3,517+4%
53Morgan County, ALAL126,483+3,931−64%
54Autauga County, ALAL61,920+4,234−55%
55Marshall County, ALAL103,537+4,593−60%
56Houston County, ALAL110,318+5,655−24%
57Russell County, ALAL58,898+6,236+115%
58Cullman County, ALAL94,009+7,460−24%
59St. Clair County, ALAL98,206+7,510−49%
60Elmore County, ALAL91,577+8,674−48%
61Jefferson County, ALAL665,742+16,255+54%
62Limestone County, ALAL122,928+20,788+80%
63Shelby County, ALAL238,552+27,939−36%
64Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,368+32,380+126%
65Lee County, ALAL189,881+33,994+22%
66Baldwin County, ALAL267,761+49,502+17%
67Madison County, ALAL433,516+53,342+41%
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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS