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Geneva County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 39 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01061

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

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Population
27,554
+856 (+3.2%) since 2020
Land area
574.5
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
48.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Geneva
Seat of county government.
Established
1868
157 years ago
Largest city
Geneva city
Population 4,307.

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 Geneva 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 Geneva 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 330 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 Geneva 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
Population27,55439th of 671,526th of 3,144
Land area574.5 sq mi60th of 671,734th of 3,144
Population density48.0 per sq mi35th of 671,514th of 3,144
Median household income$52,77137th of 672,614th of 3,143

Full data for Geneva County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population27,554Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202026,698Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?26,658Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area574.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area579 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?48.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$52,771American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$130,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households10,647American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units12,584American 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
-140
302 births, 442 deaths
Net migration
+366
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 Geneva 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
Holmes CountyFlorida32 mi20,119
Houston CountyAlabama27 mi110,318
Coffee CountyAlabama25 mi56,953
Covington CountyAlabama14 mi37,947
Walton CountyFlorida9.0 mi93,288
Dale CountyAlabama4.8 mi49,912
Jackson CountyFlorida0.6 mi49,629

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.