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Most sparsely populated, Alabama counties · 2000

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+0%

02Greene County, ALAL7,06715+0%

03Sumter County, ALAL11,58816+0%

04Perry County, ALAL7,42516+0%

05Conecuh County, ALAL10,89917+0%

06Washington County, ALAL14,82217+0%

07Choctaw County, ALAL11,90417+0%

08Coosa County, ALAL10,16119+0%

09Bullock County, ALAL9,78019+0%

10Lowndes County, ALAL9,35919+0%

11Crenshaw County, ALAL13,17522+0%

12Clarke County, ALAL22,01423+0%

13Marengo County, ALAL18,31123+0%

14Clay County, ALAL14,20724+0%

15Monroe County, ALAL18,96524+0%

16Pickens County, ALAL18,22124+0%

17Cleburne County, ALAL15,97025+0%

18Lamar County, ALAL13,58726+0%

19Hale County, ALAL15,19427+0%

20Butler County, ALAL18,10028+0%

21Henry County, ALAL18,39429+0%

22Fayette County, ALAL15,87229+0%

23Barbour County, ALAL24,60733+0%

24Bibb County, ALAL22,26233+0%

25Covington County, ALAL37,94737+0%

26Randolph County, ALAL23,16339+0%

27Macon County, ALAL18,13240+0%

28Winston County, ALAL23,82941+0%

29Escambia County, ALAL36,66541+0%

30Marion County, ALAL29,09742+0%

31Cherokee County, ALAL26,41343+0%

32Pike County, ALAL33,68844+0%

33Geneva County, ALAL27,55445+0%

34Dallas County, ALAL35,14047+0%

35Franklin County, ALAL32,44949+0%

36Jackson County, ALAL54,28150+0%

37Lawrence County, ALAL33,84350+0%

38Chilton County, ALAL47,70857+0%

39Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,95358+0%

40Chambers County, ALAL34,25361+0%

41Coffee County, ALAL56,95364+0%

42Autauga County, ALAL61,92073+0%

43Russell County, ALAL58,89878+0%

44Blount County, ALAL60,15679+0%

45DeKalb County, ALAL74,08583+0%

46Dale County, ALAL49,91288+0%

47Baldwin County, ALAL267,76188+0%

48Walker County, ALAL65,14089+0%

49Colbert County, ALAL59,47493+0%

50St. Clair County, ALAL98,206103+0%

51Cullman County, ALAL94,009105+0%

52Elmore County, ALAL91,577107+0%

53Talladega County, ALAL81,603109+0%

54Limestone County, ALAL122,928117+0%

55Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,368125+0%

56Lauderdale County, ALAL97,135132+0%

57Marshall County, ALAL103,537145+0%

58Houston County, ALAL110,318153+0%

59Shelby County, ALAL238,552182+0%

60Calhoun County, ALAL115,834185+0%

61Lee County, ALAL189,881189+0%

62Morgan County, ALAL126,483192+0%

63Etowah County, ALAL103,886193+0%

64Montgomery County, ALAL225,891285+0%

65Mobile County, ALAL411,658325+0%

66Madison County, ALAL433,516345+0%

67Jefferson County, ALAL665,742596+0%

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