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Cullman County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 17 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01043

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

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Population
94,009
+5,881 (+6.7%) since 2020
Land area
734.7
square miles. A further 2.7% of the total area is water
Population density
128
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Cullman
Seat of county government.
Established
1877
148 years ago
Largest city
Cullman city
Population 20,799.

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 Cullman 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 Cullman 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 647 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 Cullman 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
Population94,00917th of 67654th of 3,144
Land area734.7 sq mi27th of 671,205th of 3,144
Population density128 per sq mi18th of 67766th of 3,144
Median household income$62,65616th of 671,832nd of 3,143

Full data for Cullman County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population94,009Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202088,128Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?87,848Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area734.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area20.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area755 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?128 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,656American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$199,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households35,347American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units39,871American 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
-125
1,061 births, 1,186 deaths
Net migration
+1,370
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 Cullman 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
Blount CountyAlabama67 mi60,156
Morgan CountyAlabama30 mi126,483
Winston CountyAlabama23 mi23,829
Walker CountyAlabama20 mi65,140
Marshall CountyAlabama11 mi103,537
Lawrence CountyAlabama1.0 mi33,843

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.