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Marshall County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 14 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01095

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

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Population
103,537
+5,841 (+6.0%) since 2020
Land area
565.9
square miles. A further 9.2% of the total area is water
Population density
183
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Guntersville
Seat of county government.
Established
1836
189 years ago
Largest city
Albertville city
Population 23,710.

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 Marshall 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 Marshall 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 703 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 Marshall 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
Population103,53714th of 67607th of 3,144
Land area565.9 sq mi61st of 671,809th of 3,144
Population density183 per sq mi12th of 67599th of 3,144
Median household income$62,57118th of 671,841st of 3,143

Full data for Marshall County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population103,537Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202097,696Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?97,605Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area565.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area57.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area623.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?183 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,571American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$201,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households36,459American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units41,762American 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
+177
1,475 births, 1,298 deaths
Net migration
+490
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 Marshall 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 CountyAlabama32 mi433,516
Jackson CountyAlabama31 mi54,281
DeKalb CountyAlabama21 mi74,085
Morgan CountyAlabama17 mi126,483
Etowah CountyAlabama15 mi103,886
Blount CountyAlabama14 mi60,156
Cullman CountyAlabama11 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.