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Lawrence County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 35 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01079

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

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Population
33,843
+758 (+2.3%) since 2020
Land area
690.7
square miles. A further 3.7% of the total area is water
Population density
49.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Moulton
Seat of county government.
Established
1818
207 years ago
Largest city
Moulton city
Population 3,436.

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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence 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 581 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 Lawrence 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
Population33,84335th of 671,349th of 3,144
Land area690.7 sq mi32nd of 671,355th of 3,144
Population density49.0 per sq mi34th of 671,493rd of 3,144
Median household income$66,07112th of 671,533rd of 3,143

Full data for Lawrence County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population33,843Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202033,085Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?33,071Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area690.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area26.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area717.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?49.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,071American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$172,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households13,627American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units15,403American 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
-98
357 births, 455 deaths
Net migration
+291
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 Lawrence 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
Colbert CountyAlabama31 mi59,474
Morgan CountyAlabama26 mi126,483
Winston CountyAlabama24 mi23,829
Franklin CountyAlabama18 mi32,449
Lauderdale CountyAlabama11 mi97,135
Limestone CountyAlabama11 mi122,928
Cullman CountyAlabama1.0 mi94,009

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.