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Pickens County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 49 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01107

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

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Population
18,221
-735 (-3.9%) since 2020
Land area
881.4
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
20.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Carrollton
Seat of county government.
Established
1820
205 years ago
Largest city
Aliceville city
Population 2,024.

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 Pickens 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 Pickens 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 639 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 Pickens 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
Population18,22149th of 671,922nd of 3,144
Land area881.4 sq mi17th of 67906th of 3,144
Population density20.7 per sq mi54th of 672,220th of 3,144
Median household income$46,27453rd of 672,923rd of 3,143

Full data for Pickens County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population18,221Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202018,956Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?19,127Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area881.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area8.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area890.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?20.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$46,274American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$123,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,764American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,729American 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
-85
190 births, 275 deaths
Net migration
-162
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 7 areas bordering Pickens 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
Greene CountyAlabama44 mi7,067
Tuscaloosa CountyAlabama26 mi241,368
Noxubee CountyMississippi21 mi9,798
Lamar CountyAlabama19 mi13,587
Lowndes CountyMississippi17 mi57,346
Sumter CountyAlabama9.8 mi11,588
Fayette CountyAlabama6.1 mi15,872

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.