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Escambia County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 32 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01053

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

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Population
36,665
-20 (-0.1%) since 2020
Land area
945.4
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
38.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Brewton
Seat of county government.
Established
1868
157 years ago
Largest city
Atmore city
Population 8,360.

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 Escambia 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 Escambia 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 326 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 Escambia 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
Population36,66532nd of 671,279th of 3,144
Land area945.4 sq mi12th of 67749th of 3,144
Population density38.8 per sq mi40th of 671,698th of 3,144
Median household income$48,22551st of 672,863rd of 3,143

Full data for Escambia County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population36,665Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202036,685Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?36,767Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area945.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area953.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?38.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$48,225American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$136,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households12,808American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units16,816American 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
-139
398 births, 537 deaths
Net migration
+133
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 Escambia 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
Conecuh CountyAlabama54 mi10,899
Escambia CountyFlorida26 mi333,834
Santa Rosa CountyFlorida22 mi211,115
Baldwin CountyAlabama18 mi267,761
Covington CountyAlabama14 mi37,947
Monroe CountyAlabama14 mi18,965
Okaloosa CountyFlorida5.8 mi221,810

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.