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Lamar County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 57 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01075

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

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Population
13,587
-359 (-2.6%) since 2020
Land area
604.8
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
22.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Vernon
Seat of county government.
Established
1867
158 years ago
Largest city
Vernon town
Population 1,823.

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 Lamar 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 Lamar 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 450 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 Lamar 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
Population13,58757th of 672,184th of 3,144
Land area604.8 sq mi52nd of 671,608th of 3,144
Population density22.5 per sq mi52nd of 672,143rd of 3,144
Median household income$50,00045th of 672,771st of 3,143

Full data for Lamar County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population13,587Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202013,946Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?13,966Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area604.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.62 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area605.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?22.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$50,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$114,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,086American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,123American 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
-68
142 births, 210 deaths
Net migration
+104
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 Lamar 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
Fayette CountyAlabama27 mi15,872
Marion CountyAlabama24 mi29,097
Monroe CountyMississippi22 mi33,318
Pickens CountyAlabama19 mi18,221
Lowndes CountyMississippi15 mi57,346

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.