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Washington County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 55 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01129

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

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Population
14,822
-512 (-3.3%) since 2020
Land area
1,080
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
13.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Chatom
Seat of county government.
Established
1800
225 years ago
Largest city
Chatom town
Population 1,054.

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 Washington 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 Washington 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 687 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 Washington 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
Population14,82255th of 672,105th of 3,144
Land area1,080 sq mi6th of 67590th of 3,144
Population density13.7 per sq mi60th of 672,433rd of 3,144
Median household income$61,04219th of 671,988th of 3,143

Full data for Washington County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population14,822Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202015,334Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?15,391Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,080 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area8.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,089 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?13.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$61,042American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$159,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,963American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,797American 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
-51
169 births, 220 deaths
Net migration
-96
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 Washington 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
Clarke CountyAlabama70 mi22,014
Mobile CountyAlabama30 mi411,658
Greene CountyMississippi22 mi13,707
Choctaw CountyAlabama22 mi11,904
Wayne CountyMississippi18 mi19,807
Baldwin CountyAlabama4.2 mi267,761

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.