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Most sparsely populated, Alabama counties

Alabama counties with the fewest residents per square mile (2025). This list covers the 67 counties in Alabama that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 67 is 49.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Perry County, ALAL7,42510−37%

02Wilcox County, ALAL9,66611−27%

03Greene County, ALAL7,06711−29%

04Conecuh County, ALAL10,89913−23%

05Sumter County, ALAL11,58813−22%

06Choctaw County, ALAL11,90413−25%

07▲1Lowndes County, ALAL9,35913−31%

08▼1Washington County, ALAL14,82214−18%

09Coosa County, ALAL10,16116−17%

10Bullock County, ALAL9,78016−17%

11Clarke County, ALAL22,01418−21%

12Monroe County, ALAL18,96518−22%

13Marengo County, ALAL18,31119−19%

14▲1Pickens County, ALAL18,22121−13%

15▼1Crenshaw County, ALAL13,17522−4%

16▲1Lamar County, ALAL13,58722−15%

17▲2Butler County, ALAL18,10023−15%

18Clay County, ALAL14,207240%

19▼3Hale County, ALAL15,19424−12%

20Fayette County, ALAL15,87225−14%

21▲1Barbour County, ALAL24,60728−15%

22▼1Cleburne County, ALAL15,97029+13%

23▲1Macon County, ALAL18,13230−25%

24▼1Henry County, ALAL18,39433+13%

25Bibb County, ALAL22,26236+7%

26▲4Dallas County, ALAL35,14036−24%

27▼1Covington County, ALAL37,94737+1%

28▲1Escambia County, ALAL36,66539−5%

29▼1Winston County, ALAL23,82939−4%

30▲1Marion County, ALAL29,09739−7%

31▼4Randolph County, ALAL23,16340+3%

32Cherokee County, ALAL26,41348+10%

33Geneva County, ALAL27,55448+7%

34Lawrence County, ALAL33,84349−3%

35▲1Pike County, ALAL33,68850+14%

36▼1Jackson County, ALAL54,28150+1%

37Franklin County, ALAL32,44951+4%

38Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,95357−1%

39Chambers County, ALAL34,25357−6%

40Chilton County, ALAL47,70869+20%

41▲1Walker County, ALAL65,14082−8%

42▼1Coffee County, ALAL56,95384+31%

43Dale County, ALAL49,91289+2%

44▲2Russell County, ALAL58,89892+18%

45▼1Blount County, ALAL60,15693+18%

46▼1DeKalb County, ALAL74,08595+15%

47Colbert County, ALAL59,474100+8%

48Autauga County, ALAL61,920104+42%

49Talladega County, ALAL81,603111+2%

50Cullman County, ALAL94,009128+21%

51Lauderdale County, ALAL97,135145+10%

52Elmore County, ALAL91,577148+39%

53St. Clair County, ALAL98,206155+52%

54Baldwin County, ALAL267,761168+91%

55Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,368183+46%

56Marshall County, ALAL103,537183+26%

57▲1Houston County, ALAL110,318190+24%

58▲1Calhoun County, ALAL115,834191+3%

59▲1Etowah County, ALAL103,8861940%

60▼3Limestone County, ALAL122,928218+87%

61Morgan County, ALAL126,483218+14%

62▲2Montgomery County, ALAL225,891288+1%

63▼1Shelby County, ALAL238,552304+66%

64▼1Lee County, ALAL189,881313+65%

65Mobile County, ALAL411,658335+3%

66Madison County, ALAL433,516541+57%

67Jefferson County, ALAL665,742599+1%

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