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Limestone County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 10 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01083

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

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Population
122,928
+18,735 (+18.0%) since 2020
Land area
563.4
square miles. A further 7.2% of the total area is water
Population density
218
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Athens
Seat of county government.
Established
1818
207 years ago
Largest city
Athens city
Population 34,209.

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 Limestone 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 Limestone 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 734 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 Limestone 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
Population122,92810th of 67529th of 3,144
Land area563.4 sq mi62nd of 671,830th of 3,144
Population density218 per sq mi7th of 67539th of 3,144
Median household income$83,6293rd of 67460th of 3,143

Full data for Limestone County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population122,928Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020104,193Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?103,563Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area563.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area43.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area607.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?218 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$83,629American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$281,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households40,953American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units44,354American 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
+222
1,322 births, 1,100 deaths
Net migration
+3,697
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 Limestone 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
Madison CountyAlabama30 mi433,516
Giles CountyTennessee21 mi31,433
Morgan CountyAlabama21 mi126,483
Lauderdale CountyAlabama19 mi97,135
Lawrence CountyAlabama11 mi33,843
Lincoln CountyTennessee3.0 mi36,853

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.