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Butler County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 51 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01013

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

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Population
18,100
-922 (-4.8%) since 2020
Land area
776.8
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
23.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Greenville
Seat of county government.
Established
1819
206 years ago
Largest city
Greenville city
Population 6,912.

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 Butler 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 Butler 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 734 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 Butler 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
Population18,10051st of 671,933rd of 3,144
Land area776.8 sq mi24th of 671,119th of 3,144
Population density23.3 per sq mi51st of 672,112th of 3,144
Median household income$44,75555th of 672,971st of 3,143

Full data for Butler County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population18,100Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202019,022Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?19,044Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area776.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area777.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?23.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$44,755American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$99,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,597American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,885American 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
-109
190 births, 299 deaths
Net migration
-68
More people moved out than moved in.

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

The 6 areas bordering Butler 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
Crenshaw CountyAlabama35 mi13,175
Conecuh CountyAlabama28 mi10,899
Lowndes CountyAlabama24 mi9,359
Wilcox CountyAlabama12 mi9,666
Covington CountyAlabama12 mi37,947
Monroe CountyAlabama5.3 mi18,965

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.