Coffee County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 26 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01031

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

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Population
56,953
+3,382 (+6.3%) since 2020
Land area
679.1
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
83.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Elba
Seat of county government.
Established
1841
184 years ago
Largest city
Enterprise city
Population 30,568 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

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 Coffee 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 Coffee 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 654 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 Coffee 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
Population56,95326th of 67934th of 3,144
Land area679.1 sq mi33rd of 671,382nd of 3,144
Population density83.9 per sq mi26th of 671,039th of 3,144
Median household income$68,3539th of 671,316th of 3,143

Full data for Coffee County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population56,953Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202053,571Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?53,467Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area679.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area680.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?83.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$68,353American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$188,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households20,984American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units24,656American 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
+39
651 births, 612 deaths
Net migration
+435
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 5 areas bordering Coffee 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
Dale CountyAlabama29 mi49,912
Geneva CountyAlabama25 mi27,554
Pike CountyAlabama21 mi33,688
Covington CountyAlabama17 mi37,947
Crenshaw CountyAlabama15 mi13,175

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.