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Most sparsely populated, Alabama counties · 1990

Alabama counties with the fewest 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

01Wilcox County, ALAL9,66615+3%

02Washington County, ALAL14,82215−8%

03Greene County, ALAL7,06716+2%

04Conecuh County, ALAL10,89917−0%

05Coosa County, ALAL10,16117−9%

06Choctaw County, ALAL11,90418+1%

07Lowndes County, ALAL9,35918−6%

08Perry County, ALAL7,42518+8%

09Bullock County, ALAL9,78018−6%

10Sumter County, ALAL11,58818+9%

11Clay County, ALAL14,20722−7%

12Clarke County, ALAL22,01422−2%

13Crenshaw County, ALAL13,17522−0%

14Cleburne County, ALAL15,97023−10%

15Monroe County, ALAL18,96523−1%

16Pickens County, ALAL18,22123−1%

17Marengo County, ALAL18,31124+2%

18Hale County, ALAL15,19424−10%

19Lamar County, ALAL13,58726−1%

20Bibb County, ALAL22,26227−20%

21Henry County, ALAL18,39427−6%

22Butler County, ALAL18,10028+2%

23Fayette County, ALAL15,87229−3%

24Barbour County, ALAL24,60729−12%

25Randolph County, ALAL23,16334−11%

26Cherokee County, ALAL26,41335−19%

27Covington County, ALAL37,94735−3%

28Winston County, ALAL23,82936−11%

29Escambia County, ALAL36,66538−8%

30Marion County, ALAL29,09740−4%

31Macon County, ALAL18,13241+3%

32Pike County, ALAL33,68841−7%

33Geneva County, ALAL27,55441−8%

34Franklin County, ALAL32,44944−11%

35Jackson County, ALAL54,28144−11%

36Lawrence County, ALAL33,84346−9%

37Chilton County, ALAL47,70847−18%

38Dallas County, ALAL35,14049+4%

39Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,95354−6%

40Autauga County, ALAL61,92058−22%

41Coffee County, ALAL56,95359−8%

42Blount County, ALAL60,15661−23%

43Chambers County, ALAL34,25362+1%

44Baldwin County, ALAL267,76162−30%

45DeKalb County, ALAL74,08570−15%

46Russell County, ALAL58,89873−6%

47St. Clair County, ALAL98,20679−23%

48Elmore County, ALAL91,57780−25%

49Walker County, ALAL65,14086−4%

50Colbert County, ALAL59,47487−6%

51Dale County, ALAL49,91288+1%

52Cullman County, ALAL94,00992−13%

53Limestone County, ALAL122,92896−18%

54Talladega County, ALAL81,603101−8%

55Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,368114−9%

56Lauderdale County, ALAL97,135119−9%

57Marshall County, ALAL103,537125−14%

58Shelby County, ALAL238,552126−31%

59Houston County, ALAL110,318140−8%

60Lee County, ALAL189,881143−24%

61Morgan County, ALAL126,483173−10%

62Etowah County, ALAL103,886187−3%

63Calhoun County, ALAL115,834192+3%

64Montgomery County, ALAL225,891266−6%

65Madison County, ALAL433,516298−14%

66Mobile County, ALAL411,658308−5%

67Jefferson County, ALAL665,742586−2%

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