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Chilton County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 29 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01021

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

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Population
47,708
+2,655 (+5.9%) since 2020
Land area
692.8
square miles. A further 1.1% of the total area is water
Population density
68.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Clanton
Seat of county government.
Established
1868
157 years ago
Largest city
Clanton city
Population 9,289.

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 Chilton 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 Chilton 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 800 by 626 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 Chilton 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
Population47,70829th of 671,043rd of 3,144
Land area692.8 sq mi31st of 671,351st of 3,144
Population density68.9 per sq mi28th of 671,192nd of 3,144
Median household income$65,60314th of 671,583rd of 3,143

Full data for Chilton County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population47,708Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202045,053Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?45,006Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area692.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area700.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?68.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$65,603American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$161,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households17,875American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units19,839American 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
+17
608 births, 591 deaths
Net migration
+327
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 7 areas bordering Chilton 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
Autauga CountyAlabama32 mi61,920
Shelby CountyAlabama26 mi238,552
Coosa CountyAlabama24 mi10,161
Bibb CountyAlabama23 mi22,262
Dallas CountyAlabama10 mi35,140
Perry CountyAlabama7.4 mi7,425
Elmore CountyAlabama5.7 mi91,577

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.