Resident Population, Rank, Land Area, and Density of Alabama Counties, 1980 and 1990 Percent Pop. Land Area Persons Population Change Rank in Sq. Per Sq. 1980 1990 1980-90 1990 Mi. 1990 Mi. 1990 Alabama 3,893,888 4,040,587 3.8 50,750 79.6 Autauga 32,259 34,222 6.1 33 596 57.4 Baldwin 78,556 98,280 25.1 10 1,597 61.5 Barbour 24,756 25,417 2.7 40 885 28.7 Bibb 15,723 16,576 5.4 52 622 26.6 Blount 36,459 39,248 7.6 28 646 60.8 Bullock 10,596 11,042 4.2 66 625 17.7 Butler 21,680 21,892 1.0 46 777 28.2 Calhoun 119,761 116,034 -3.1 6 609 190.5 Chambers 39,191 36,876 -5.9 30 597 61.8 Cherokee 18,760 19,543 4.2 49 553 35.3 Chilton 30,612 32,458 6.0 34 694 46.8 Choctaw 16,839 16,018 -4.9 54 914 17.5 Clarke 27,702 27,240 -1.7 39 1,239 22.0 Clay 13,703 13,252 -3.3 61 605 21.9 Cleburne 12,595 12,730 1.1 63 560 22.7 Coffee 38,533 40,240 4.4 27 679 59.3 Colbert 54,519 51,666 -5.2 20 595 86.8 Conecuh 15,884 14,054 -11.5 58 851 16.5 Coosa 11,377 11,063 -2.8 65 653 16.9 Covington 36,850 36,478 -1.0 31 1,035 35.2 Crenshaw 14,110 13,635 -3.4 59 610 22.4 Cullman 61,642 67,613 9.7 17 739 91.5 Dale 47,821 49,633 3.8 22 561 88.5 Dallas 53,981 48,130 -10.8 24 981 49.1 DeKalb 53,658 54,651 1.9 18 778 70.2 Elmore 43,390 49,210 13.4 23 622 79.1 Escambia 38,440 35,518 -7.6 32 948 37.5 Etowah 103,057 99,840 -3.1 8 535 186.6 Fayette 18,809 17,962 -4.5 50 628 28.6 Franklin 28,350 27,814 -1.9 37 636 43.7 Geneva 24,253 23,647 -2.5 43 576 41.1 Greene 11,021 10,153 -7.9 67 646 15.7 Hale 15,604 15,498 -0.7 56 644 24.1 Henry 15,302 15,374 0.5 57 562 27.4 Houston 74,632 81,331 9.0 12 580 140.2 Jackson 51,407 47,796 -7.0 25 1,079 44.3 Jefferson 671,324 651,525 -2.9 1 1,113 585.4 Lamar 16,453 15,715 -4.5 55 605 26.0 Lauderdale 80,546 79,661 -1.1 13 670 118.9 Lawrence 30,170 31,513 4.5 35 693 45.5 Lee 76,283 87,146 14.2 11 609 143.1 Limestone 46,005 54,135 17.7 19 568 95.3 Lowndes 13,253 12,658 -4.5 64 718 17.6 Macon 26,829 24,928 -7.1 41 611 40.8 Madison 196,966 238,912 21.3 3 805 296.8 Marengo 25,047 23,084 -7.8 44 977 23.6 Marion 30,041 29,830 -0.7 36 742 40.2 Marshall 65,622 70,832 7.9 15 567 124.9 Mobile 364,980 378,643 3.7 2 1,233 307.1 Monroe 22,651 23,968 5.8 42 1,026 23.4 Montgomery 197,038 209,085 6.1 4 790 264.7 Morgan 90,231 100,043 10.9 7 582 171.9 Perry 15,012 12,759 -15.0 62 720 17.7 Pickens 21,481 20,699 -3.6 47 882 23.5 Pike 28,050 27,595 -1.6 38 671 41.1 Randolph 20,075 19,881 -1.0 48 581 34.2 Russell 47,356 46,860 -1.0 26 641 73.1 St. Clair 41,205 50,009 21.4 21 634 78.9 Shelby 66,298 99,358 49.9 9 795 125.0 Sumter 16,908 16,174 -4.3 53 905 17.9 Talladega 73,826 74,107 0.4 14 740 100.1 Tallapoosa 38,676 38,826 0.4 29 718 54.1 Tuscaloosa 137,541 150,522 9.4 5 1,325 113.6 Walker 68,660 67,670 -1.4 16 795 85.1 Washington 16,821 16,694 -0.8 51 1,081 15.4 Wilcox 14,755 13,568 -8.0 60 889 15.3 Winston 21,953 22,053 0.5 45 615 35.9 Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.