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Lowndes County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 65 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01085

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

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Population
9,359
-922 (-9.0%) since 2020
Land area
716.1
square miles. A further 1.2% of the total area is water
Population density
13.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hayneville
Seat of county government.
Established
1830
195 years ago
Largest city
Fort Deposit town
Population 1,114.

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 Lowndes 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 Lowndes 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 781 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 Lowndes 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
Population9,35965th of 672,458th of 3,144
Land area716.1 sq mi30th of 671,266th of 3,144
Population density13.1 per sq mi61st of 672,453rd of 3,144
Median household income$37,05263rd of 673,101st of 3,143

Full data for Lowndes County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population9,359Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202010,281Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?10,316Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area716.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area9.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area725.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?13.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$37,052American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$86,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,284American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,847American 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
-77
114 births, 191 deaths
Net migration
-79
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Lowndes 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
Autauga CountyAlabama37 mi61,920
Montgomery CountyAlabama35 mi225,891
Dallas CountyAlabama34 mi35,140
Butler CountyAlabama24 mi18,100
Crenshaw CountyAlabama9.7 mi13,175
Wilcox CountyAlabama8.9 mi9,666

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.