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Most sparsely populated, Alabama counties · 2010

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, ALAL9,66613−11%

02Greene County, ALAL7,06714−9%

03Perry County, ALAL7,42515−11%

04Choctaw County, ALAL11,90415−13%

05Sumter County, ALAL11,58815−7%

06Conecuh County, ALAL10,89916−6%

07Lowndes County, ALAL9,35916−16%

08Washington County, ALAL14,82216−3%

09Bullock County, ALAL9,78018−7%

10Coosa County, ALAL10,16118−5%

11Clarke County, ALAL22,01421−7%

12Marengo County, ALAL18,31122−7%

13Pickens County, ALAL18,22122−6%

14Monroe County, ALAL18,96522−5%

15Crenshaw County, ALAL13,17523+2%

16Clay County, ALAL14,20723−2%

17Lamar County, ALAL13,58724−8%

18Hale County, ALAL15,19424−8%

19Cleburne County, ALAL15,97027+6%

20Butler County, ALAL18,10027−2%

21Fayette County, ALAL15,87227−7%

22Henry County, ALAL18,39431+6%

23Barbour County, ALAL24,60731−5%

24Macon County, ALAL18,13235−11%

25Covington County, ALAL37,94737+0%

26Bibb County, ALAL22,26237+10%

27Randolph County, ALAL23,16339+2%

28Winston County, ALAL23,82940−1%

29Escambia County, ALAL36,66541−0%

30Marion County, ALAL29,09741−1%

31Dallas County, ALAL35,14045−5%

32Geneva County, ALAL27,55447+4%

33Cherokee County, ALAL26,41347+8%

34Pike County, ALAL33,68849+11%

35Jackson County, ALAL54,28149−1%

36Lawrence County, ALAL33,84350−1%

37Franklin County, ALAL32,44950+2%

38Chambers County, ALAL34,25357−6%

39Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,95358+0%

40Chilton County, ALAL47,70863+10%

41Coffee County, ALAL56,95374+15%

42Russell County, ALAL58,89883+6%

43Walker County, ALAL65,14085−5%

44Blount County, ALAL60,15689+12%

45Dale County, ALAL49,91290+2%

46DeKalb County, ALAL74,08592+10%

47Colbert County, ALAL59,47492−1%

48Autauga County, ALAL61,92092+25%

49Cullman County, ALAL94,009109+4%

50Talladega County, ALAL81,603112+2%

51Baldwin County, ALAL267,761115+30%

52Elmore County, ALAL91,577128+20%

53St. Clair County, ALAL98,206132+29%

54Lauderdale County, ALAL97,135139+5%

55Limestone County, ALAL122,928147+26%

56Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,368147+18%

57Marshall County, ALAL103,537164+13%

58Houston County, ALAL110,318175+14%

59Etowah County, ALAL103,886195+1%

60Calhoun County, ALAL115,834196+6%

61Morgan County, ALAL126,483206+8%

62Lee County, ALAL189,881231+22%

63Shelby County, ALAL238,552248+36%

64Montgomery County, ALAL225,891292+3%

65Mobile County, ALAL411,658336+3%

66Madison County, ALAL433,516418+21%

67Jefferson County, ALAL665,742592−1%

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