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Winston County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 42 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01133

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

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Population
23,829
+326 (+1.4%) since 2020
Land area
613
square miles. A further 3.0% of the total area is water
Population density
38.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Double Springs
Seat of county government.
Established
1850
175 years ago
Largest city
Haleyville city
Population 4,249 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

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 Winston 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 Winston 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 800 by 613 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 Winston 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
Population23,82942nd of 671,656th of 3,144
Land area613 sq mi47th of 671,576th of 3,144
Population density38.9 per sq mi39th of 671,693rd of 3,144
Median household income$57,25628th of 672,311th of 3,143

Full data for Winston County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population23,829Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202023,503Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?23,557Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area613 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area18.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area631.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?38.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$57,256American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$118,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households9,420American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units13,160American 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
-105
267 births, 372 deaths
Net migration
+64
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 5 areas bordering Winston 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
Walker CountyAlabama29 mi65,140
Lawrence CountyAlabama24 mi33,843
Cullman CountyAlabama23 mi94,009
Marion CountyAlabama21 mi29,097
Franklin CountyAlabama6.0 mi32,449

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.