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Baldwin County, Alabama

The largest of Alabama's 67 counties by land area.

CountyFIPS 01003

Within Alabama
Baldwin County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Bay Minette, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
267,761
+34,509 (+14.8%) since 2020
Land area
1,590
square miles. A further 21.6% of the total area is water
Population density
168
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Bay Minette
Seat of county government.
Established
1809
216 years ago
Largest city
Daphne city
Population 31,396.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Baldwin County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Baldwin County, Alabama from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 457 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Baldwin County ranks

Position among the 67 counties of Alabama, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn AlabamaNationally
Population267,7614th of 67276th of 3,144
Land area1,590 sq mi1st of 67380th of 3,144
Population density168 per sq mi14th of 67637th of 3,144
Median household income$78,7754th of 67634th of 3,143

Full data for Baldwin County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population267,761Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020233,252Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?231,778Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,590 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area437.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area2,027 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?168 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$78,775American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$316,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households98,574American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units132,258American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-272
2,477 births, 2,749 deaths
Net migration
+6,416
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Baldwin County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Escambia CountyFlorida91 mi333,834
Mobile CountyAlabama85 mi411,658
Clarke CountyAlabama30 mi22,014
Escambia CountyAlabama18 mi36,665
Monroe CountyAlabama13 mi18,965
Washington CountyAlabama4.2 mi14,822

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 67 counties of Alabama

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.