Counties in Alabama by households, 2024

Jefferson County had the highest households of 67 counties in 2024, at 269,883. Greene County had the lowest, at 3,225. The median was 13,434 and the figure for Alabama was 2 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest269,883Jefferson County

Lowest3,225Greene County

Median13,43467 counties

Alabama1,997,247History

Top 40 counties, 2024

count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2024 count	Change on 2023
1	Jefferson County	269,883	+0.4%
2	Madison County	165,031	+1.6%
3	Mobile County	161,665	+0.7%
4	Baldwin County	98,574	+4.2%
5	Montgomery County	91,381	+0.7%
6	Tuscaloosa County	90,052	+3.2%
7	Shelby County	86,866	+1.7%
8	Lee County	69,436	+2.2%
9	Morgan County	49,040	+0.6%
10	Calhoun County	45,015	-0.2%
11	Houston County	43,302	+1.7%
12	Limestone County	40,953	+2.3%
13	Etowah County	39,411	+0.6%
14	Lauderdale County	39,258	+1.2%
15	Marshall County	36,459	+1.4%
16	Cullman County	35,347	+2.3%
17	St. Clair County	35,107	+1.8%
18	Talladega County	33,644	+2.3%
19	Elmore County	32,856	+1%
20	DeKalb County	26,181	+0.9%
21	Walker County	25,388	+2.2%
22	Colbert County	24,301	+0.3%
23	Russell County	23,938	+0.6%
24	Autauga County	22,917	+1.7%
25	Blount County	22,180	+0.9%
26	Jackson County	21,795	+2.9%
27	Coffee County	20,984	+0.6%
28	Dale County	19,727	-0.2%
29	Chilton County	17,875	+1.8%
30	Tallapoosa County	17,076	+3.2%
31	Dallas County	15,947	+3.4%
32	Covington County	14,642	+1%
33	Lawrence County	13,627	+3.7%
34	Chambers County	13,434	+0.1%
35	Escambia County	12,808	+0.2%
36	Pike County	12,484	-1%
37	Franklin County	11,954	+3.1%
38	Geneva County	10,647	+0.9%
39	Marion County	10,614	-2.4%
40	Cherokee County	10,192	-2.7%
41	Winston County	9,420	+1%
42	Randolph County	9,271	+1.6%
43	Barbour County	9,128	+0.5%
44	Clarke County	8,423	-0.3%
45	Marengo County	7,898	+3.7%
46	Bibb County	7,704	+1.8%
47	Butler County	7,597	+4.6%
48	Monroe County	7,363	-0.4%
49	Macon County	7,237	+1.2%
50	Henry County	7,062	+5.7%
51	Pickens County	6,764	-2.6%
52	Fayette County	6,255	+3.4%
53	Cleburne County	5,980	+2.2%
54	Washington County	5,963	+5%
55	Clay County	5,820	+1%
56	Hale County	5,642	+1.8%
57	Choctaw County	5,255	+1.6%
58	Crenshaw County	5,233	+3.1%
59	Lamar County	5,086	+2%
60	Sumter County	4,823	+1.2%
61	Coosa County	4,418	+5.2%
62	Conecuh County	4,417	-2.5%
63	Lowndes County	4,284	+3%
64	Wilcox County	3,860	+4.5%
65	Bullock County	3,688	+6.8%
66	Perry County	3,440	+7.7%
67	Greene County	3,225	+6.2%

Other periods

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2023
2022
2021

About this ranking

Number of households, which equals the number of occupied housing units. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

People living in group quarters, such as college dormitories, nursing homes and prisons, are not in households.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households) (Counties in Alabama by households, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat

MLA 9

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), Counties in Alabama by households, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/alabama-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households). Counties in Alabama by households, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/alabama-counties.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), Counties in Alabama by households, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/alabama-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households): Counties in Alabama by households, 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/alabama-counties. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which county has the highest households?

Jefferson County, with 269,883 in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest households?

Greene County, with 3,225 in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households). Retrieved 2026-10-12.