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Population per Square Mile in Alabama, by County

Population per Square Mile for every county in Alabama, ranked. The highest is Jefferson County at 600.7 and the lowest is Perry County at 11.2.

Alabama: 100.4 · United States: n/a · median county in Alabama: 48.2

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#County Population per Square Mile
1Jefferson County600.7
2Madison County506.1
3Mobile County335.6
4Lee County298.1
5Shelby County293.1
6Montgomery County288.7
7Morgan County214.7
8Limestone County197.4
9Etowah County192.7
10Calhoun County191.6
11Houston County186.5
12Tuscaloosa County179.8
13Marshall County176.3
14Baldwin County155.4
15St. Clair County149.1
16Elmore County144.7
17Lauderdale County143.5
18Cullman County123.3
19Talladega County110.0
20Autauga County100.8
21Colbert County97.9
22DeKalb County93.0
23Blount County92.3
24Russell County91.7
25Dale County88.4
26Walker County82.0
27Coffee County80.9
28Chilton County66.4
29Chambers County57.3
30Tallapoosa County57.1
31Franklin County50.4
32Jackson County49.2
33Pike County49.1
34Lawrence County48.2
35Geneva County46.8
36Cherokee County46.0
37Marion County39.3
38Randolph County38.8
39Escambia County38.7
40Winston County38.6
41Dallas County37.7
42Covington County36.5
43Bibb County35.6
44Henry County31.4
45Macon County30.7
46Barbour County27.8
47Cleburne County27.5
48Fayette County25.6
49Butler County24.0
50Clay County23.5
51Hale County23.0
52Lamar County22.6
53Crenshaw County21.6
54Pickens County21.2
55Marengo County19.3
56Monroe County18.9
57Clarke County18.2
58Bullock County16.1
59Coosa County15.8
60Washington County14.0
61Lowndes County13.7
62Choctaw County13.6
63Conecuh County13.3
64Sumter County13.1
65Greene County11.5
66Wilcox County11.5
67Perry County11.2

People divided by land area. Water is excluded, so lake and coastal counties are not unfairly diluted.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Alabama ranks 29th of 52 states for population per square mile.

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