Counties in Alabama by housing units, 2024

Jefferson County had the highest housing units of 67 counties in 2024, at 310,789. Perry County had the lowest, at 3,962. The median was 16,435 and the figure for Alabama was 2.34 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest310,789Jefferson County

Lowest3,962Perry County

Median16,43567 counties

Alabama2,337,265History

Top 40 counties, 2024

count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2024 count	Change on 2023
1	Jefferson County	310,789	+0.4%
2	Mobile County	186,082	+0.4%
3	Madison County	178,607	+2.2%
4	Baldwin County	132,258	+2.9%
5	Montgomery County	106,121	+0.3%
6	Tuscaloosa County	104,290	+1.3%
7	Shelby County	91,995	+1.3%
8	Lee County	79,619	+2.7%
9	Morgan County	53,905	+0.6%
10	Calhoun County	53,361	+0.2%
11	Houston County	50,158	+0.8%
12	Etowah County	47,603	+0.2%
13	Lauderdale County	44,936	+0.3%
14	Limestone County	44,354	+2%
15	Marshall County	41,762	+0.6%
16	Cullman County	39,871	+0.8%
17	St. Clair County	39,247	+1.5%
18	Talladega County	38,547	+0.7%
19	Elmore County	37,323	+0.6%
20	DeKalb County	30,963	+0.4%
21	Walker County	30,366	+0.4%
22	Colbert County	28,040	+0.5%
23	Russell County	27,711	+0.7%
24	Autauga County	25,039	+1.2%
25	Blount County	24,918	+0.5%
26	Jackson County	24,914	+0.5%
27	Coffee County	24,656	+1.1%
28	Tallapoosa County	23,161	+0.8%
29	Dale County	22,968	+0.3%
30	Chilton County	19,839	+0.7%
31	Dallas County	18,936	-0.1%
32	Covington County	18,714	+0.2%
33	Escambia County	16,816	+0.3%
34	Chambers County	16,435	0%
35	Pike County	16,238	+0.7%
36	Lawrence County	15,403	+0.6%
37	Cherokee County	14,702	+0.3%
38	Marion County	14,220	+0.5%
39	Franklin County	14,002	+0.3%
40	Winston County	13,160	+0.4%
41	Geneva County	12,584	+0.2%
42	Randolph County	12,505	+0.4%
43	Barbour County	11,762	+0.5%
44	Clarke County	11,749	+0.2%
45	Monroe County	10,208	+0.1%
46	Butler County	9,885	+0.4%
47	Marengo County	9,867	+0.3%
48	Macon County	9,653	-0.1%
49	Henry County	9,215	+0.7%
50	Bibb County	9,133	+0.5%
51	Pickens County	8,729	0%
52	Fayette County	7,810	+0.2%
53	Washington County	7,797	+0.3%
54	Hale County	7,594	+1.1%
55	Choctaw County	7,200	+0.5%
56	Lamar County	7,123	+0.2%
57	Clay County	7,106	+0.5%
58	Cleburne County	6,874	+0.3%
59	Crenshaw County	6,583	+0.3%
60	Conecuh County	6,444	0%
61	Sumter County	6,356	+0.4%
62	Coosa County	6,058	+0.3%
63	Wilcox County	5,334	+0.4%
64	Lowndes County	4,847	+0.4%
65	Bullock County	4,579	+0.5%
66	Greene County	4,279	+0.5%
67	Perry County	3,962	0%

Other periods

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2023
2022
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About this ranking

All housing units, occupied and vacant: houses, apartments, mobile homes and rooms intended as separate living quarters. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

A survey estimate averaged over five years, not a count on one date.

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 B25001: total housing units. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units (Counties in Alabama by housing units, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, Counties in Alabama by housing units, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/alabama-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units. Counties in Alabama by housing units, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/alabama-counties.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, Counties in Alabama by housing units, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/alabama-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units: Counties in Alabama by housing units, 2024}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/alabama-counties. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which county has the highest housing units?

Jefferson County, with 310,789 in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest housing units?

Perry County, with 3,962 in 2024.

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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 B25001: total housing units. Retrieved 2026-10-12.