Alabama
People per square mile, 1990:
People per square mile, 2000:
Historic & Projected Growth
1790 to 2030

| Year | Population | Year | Population | Year | Population | ||
| 1790 | 0 | 1880 | 1,262,505 | 1970 | 3,444,354 | ||
| 1800 | 1,250 | 1890 | 1,513,401 | 1980 | 3,894,025 | ||
| 1810 | 9,046 | 1900 | 1,828,697 | 1990 | 4,040,587 | ||
| 1820 | 127,901 | 1910 | 2,138,093 | 2000 | 4,447,100 | ||
| 1830 | 309,527 | 1920 | 2,348,174 | 2010 | 4,596,330 | ||
| 1840 | 590,756 | 1930 | 2,646,248 | 2020 | 4,728,915 | ||
| 1850 | 771,623 | 1940 | 2,832,961 | 2030 | 4,874,243 | ||
| 1860 | 964,201 | 1950 | 3,061,743 | ||||
| 1870 | 996,992 | 1960 | 3,266,740 |
Population By County
|
Population |
1990 |
Change |
|
| ALABAMA | 4,447,100 | 406,513 | 10.1 |
| Autauga County | 43,671 | 9,449 | 27.6 |
| Baldwin County | 140,415 | 42,135 | 42.9 |
| Barbour County | 29,038 | 3,621 | 14.2 |
| Bibb County | 20,826 | 4,250 | 25.6 |
| Blount County | 51,024 | 11,776 | 30.0 |
| Bullock County | 11,714 | 672 | 6.1 |
| Butler County | 21,399 | -493 | -2.3 |
| Calhoun County | 112,249 | -3,785 | -3.3 |
| Chambers County | 36,583 | -293 | -0.8 |
| Cherokee County | 23,988 | 4,445 | 22.7 |
| Chilton County | 39,593 | 7,135 | 22.0 |
| Choctaw County | 15,922 | -96 | -0.6 |
| Clarke County | 27,867 | 627 | 2.3 |
| Clay County | 14,254 | 1,002 | 7.6 |
| Cleburne County | 14,123 | 1,393 | 10.9 |
| Coffee County | 43,615 | 3,375 | 8.4 |
| Colbert County | 54,984 | 3,318 | 6.4 |
| Conecuh County | 14,089 | 35 | 0.2 |
| Coosa County | 12,202 | 1,139 | 10.3 |
| Covington County | 37,631 | 1,153 | 3.2 |
| Crenshaw County | 13,665 | 30 | 0.2 |
| Cullman County | 77,483 | 9,870 | 14.6 |
| Dale County | 49,129 | -504 | -1.0 |
| Dallas County | 46,365 | -1,765 | -3.7 |
| DeKalb County | 64,452 | 9,801 | 17.9 |
| Elmore County | 65,874 | 16,664 | 33.9 |
| Escambia County | 38,440 | 2,922 | 8.2 |
| Etowah County | 103,459 | 3,619 | 3.6 |
| Fayette County | 18,495 | 533 | 3.0 |
| Franklin County | 31,223 | 3,409 | 12.3 |
| Geneva County | 25,764 | 2,117 | 9.0 |
| Greene County | 9,974 | -179 | -1.8 |
| Hale County | 17,185 | 1,687 | 10.9 |
| Henry County | 16,310 | 936 | 6.1 |
| Houston County | 88,787 | 7,456 | 9.2 |
| Jackson County | 53,926 | 6,130 | 12.8 |
| Jefferson County | 662,047 | 10,522 | 1.6 |
| Lamar County | 15,904 | 189 | 1.2 |
| Lauderdale County | 87,966 | 8,305 | 10.4 |
| Lawrence County | 34,803 | 3,290 | 10.4 |
| Lee County | 115,092 | 27,946 | 32.1 |
| Limestone County | 65,676 | 11,541 | 21.3 |
| Lowndes County | 13,473 | 815 | 6.4 |
| Macon County | 24,105 | -823 | -3.3 |
| Madison County | 276,700 | 37,788 | 15.8 |
| Marengo County | 22,539 | -545 | -2.4 |
| Marion County | 31,214 | 1,384 | 4.6 |
| Marshall County | 82,231 | 11,399 | 16.1 |
| Mobile County | 399,843 | 21,200 | 5.6 |
| Monroe County | 24,324 | 356 | 1.5 |
| Montgomery County | 223,510 | 14,425 | 6.9 |
| Morgan County | 111,064 | 11,021 | 11.0 |
| Perry County | 11,861 | -898 | -7.0 |
| Pickens County | 20,949 | 250 | 1.2 |
| Pike County | 29,605 | 2,010 | 7.3 |
| Randolph County | 22,380 | 2,499 | 12.6 |
| Russell County | 49,756 | 2,896 | 6.2 |
| St. Clair County | 64,742 | 14,733 | 29.5 |
| Shelby County | 143,293 | 43,935 | 44.2 |
| Sumter County | 14,798 | -1,376 | -8.5 |
| Talladega County | 80,321 | 6,214 | 8.4 |
| Tallapoosa County | 41,475 | 2,649 | 6.8 |
| Tuscaloosa County | 164,875 | 14,353 | 9.5 |
| Walker County | 70,713 | 3,043 | 4.5 |
| Washington County | 18,097 | 1,403 | 8.4 |
| Wilcox County | 13,183 | -385 | -2.8 |
| Winston County | 24,843 | 2,790 | 12.7 |
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census
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