County Populations to 1900, Alabama http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/statewide/census/alpop1900.txt ============================================= USGENWEB PROJECT NOTICE: In keeping with the USGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Project Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file is copyrighted and contributed by: William Fischer, Jr. ============================================= January 2002 TABLE 4. -- POPULATION OF STATES AND TERRITORIES BY COUNTIES, AT EACH CENSUS: 1790 TO 1900. ALABAMA. [Organized as a territory March 3, 1817. Admitted as a state December 14, 1819.] =========================================================================================== COUNTIES 1900 1890 1880 1870 1860 1850 1840 1830 1820 1810 1800 The State 1,828,697 1,513,017 1,262,505 996,992 964,201 771,623 590,756 309,527 127,901 9,046(1) 1,250(1) Autauga 17,915 13,330 13,108 11,623 16,739 15,023 14,342 11,874 3,853 ----- ----- Baldwin 13,194 8,941 8,603 6,004 7,530 4,414 2,951 2,324 1,713 1,427(1) ----- Barbour 35,152 34,898 33,979 29,309 30,812 23,632 12,024 ---- ---- ----- ----- Bibb 18,498 13,824 9,487 7,469 11,894 9,969 8,284 6,306 3,676 ----- ----- Blount(2) 23,119 21,927 15,369 9,945 10,865 7,367 5,570 4,233 2,415 ----- ----- Bullock 31,944 27,063 29,066 24,474 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Butler 25,761 21,641 19,649 14,981 18,122 10,836 8,685 5,650 1,405 ----- ----- Calhoun(3) 34,874 33,835 19,591 13,980 21,539 17,163 14,260 ----- ----- ----- ----- Chambers 32,554 26,319 23,440 17,562 23,214 23,960 17,333 ----- ----- ----- ----- Cherokee 21,096 20,459 19,108 11,132 18,360 13,884 8,773 ----- ----- ----- ----- Chilton(4) 16,522 14,549 10,793 6,194 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Choctaw 18,136 17,526 15,731 12,676 13,877 8,389 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Clarke 27,790 22,624 17,806 14,663 15,049 9,786 8,640 7,595 5,839 ----- ----- Clay(5) 17,099 15,765 12,938 9,560 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Cleburne 13,206 13,218 10,976 8,017 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Coffee 20,972 12,170 8,119 6,171 9,623 5,940 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Colbert(6) 22,341 20,189 16,153 12,537 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Conecuh 17,514 14,594 12,605 9,574 11,311 9,322 8,197 7,444 5,713 ----- ----- Coosa 16,144 15,906 15,113 11,945 19,273 14,543 6,995 ----- ----- ----- ----- Covington 15,346 7,536 5,639 4,868 6,469 3,645 2,435 1,522 ----- ----- ----- Crenshaw 19,668 15,425 11,726 11,156 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Cullman(2) 17,849 13,439 6,355 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Dale 21,189 17,225 12,677 11,325 12,197 6,382 7,397 2,031 ----- ----- ----- Dallas 54,657 49,350 48,433 40,705 33,625 29,727 25,199 14,017 6,003 ----- ----- Dekalb 23,558 21,106 12,675 7,126 10,705 8,245 5,929 ----- ----- ----- ----- Elmore 26,099 21,732 17,502 14,477 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Escambia 11,320 8,666 5,719 4,041 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Etowah 27,361 21,926 15,398 10,109 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Fayette 14,132 12,823 10,135 7,136 12,850 9,681 6,942 3,547 ----- ----- ----- Franklin(7) 16,511 10,681 9,155 8,006 18,627 19,610 14,270 11,078 4,988 ----- ----- Geneva 19,096 10,690 4,342 2,959 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Greene 24,182 22,007 21,931 18,399 30,859 31,441 24,024 15,026 4,554 ----- ----- Hale 31,011 27,501 26,553 21,792 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Henry 36,147 24,847 18,761 14,191 14,918 9,019 5,787 4,020 2,638 ----- ----- Jackson 30,508 28,026 25,114 19,410 18,283 14,088 15,715 12,700 8,751 ----- ----- Jefferson(8) 140,420 88,501 23,272 12,345 11,746 8,989 7,131 6,855 ----- ----- ----- Lamar(9) 16,084 14,187 12,142 8,893 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Lauderdale 26,559 23,739 21,035 15,091 17,420 17,172 14,485 11,781 4,963 ----- ----- Lawrence(10) 20,124 20,725 21,392 16,658 13,975 15,258 13,313 14,984 ----- ----- ----- Lee 31,826 28,694 27,262 21,750 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Limestone 22,387 21,201 21,600 15,017 15,306 16,483 14,374 14,807 9,871 ----- ----- Lowndes 35,651 31,550 31,176 25,719 27,716 21,915 19,539 9,410 ----- ----- ----- Macon 23,126 18,439 17,371 17,727 26,802 26,898 11,247 ----- ----- ----- ----- Madison 43,702 38,119 37,625 31,267 26,451 26,427 25,706 27,990 17,481 4,699(1) ----- Marengo 38,315 33,095 30,890 26,151 31,171 27,831 17,264 7,700 2,933 ----- ----- Marion 14,494 11,347 9,364 6,059 11,182 7,833 5,847 4,058 ----- ----- ----- Marshall 23,289 18,935 14,585 9,871 11,472 8,846 7,553 ----- ----- ----- ----- Mobile 62,740 51,587 48,653 49,311 41,131 27,600 18,741 6,267 2,672 ----- ----- Monroe 23,666 18,990 17,091 14,214 15,667 12,013 10,680 8,782 8,838 ----- ----- Montgomery 72,047 56,172 52,356 43,704 35,904 29,711 24,574 12,695 6,604 ----- ----- Morgan(11) 28,820 24,089 16,428 12,187 11,335 10,125 9,841 9,062 5,263 ----- ----- Perry 31,783 29,332 30,741 24,975 27,724 22,285 19,086 11,490 ----- ----- ----- Pickens 24,402 22,470 21,479 17,690 22,316 21,512 17,118 6,622 ----- ----- ----- Pike 29,172 24,423 20,640 17,423 24,435 15,920 10,108 7,108 ----- ----- ----- Randolph 21,647 17,219 16,575 12,006 20,059 11,581 4,973 ----- ----- ----- ----- Russell 27,083 24,093 24,837 21,636 26,592 19,548 13,513 ----- ----- ----- ----- St. Clair 19,425 17,353 14,462 9,360 11,013 6,829 5,638 5,975 4,166 ----- ----- Shelby(12) 23,684 20,886 17,236 12,218 12,618 9,536 6,112 5,704 2,416 ----- ----- Sumter 32,710 29,574 28,728 24,109 24,035 22,250 29,937 ----- ----- ----- ----- Talladega(5) 35,773 29,346 23,360 18,064 23,520 18,624 12,587 ----- ----- ----- ----- Tallapoosa 29,675 25,460 23,401 16,963 23,827 15,584 6,444 ----- ----- ----- ----- Tuscaloosa 26,147 30,352 24,957 20,081 23,200 18,056 16,583 13,646 8,229 ----- ----- Walker(13) 25,162 16,078 9,479 6,543 7,980 5,124 4,032 2,202 ----- ----- ----- Washington 11,134 7,935 4,538 3,912 4,669 2,713 5,300 3,474 ----- 2,920(1) 1,250(1) Wilcox 35,631 30,816 31,828 28,377 24,618 17,352 15,278 9,548 2,917 ----- ----- Winston(14) 9,554 6,552 4,253 4,155 3,576 1,542 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- (1) Then in the territory of Mississippi (2) Part of Blount annexed to Cullman between 1880 and 1890 (3) Name changed from Benton in 1858 (4) Name changed from Baker between 1870 and 1880 (5) Part of Talladega annexed to Clay in 1895 (6) Part annexed to Franklin and part of Lawrence annexed since 1890 (7) Part of Colbert annexed since 1890 (8) Part of Shelby annexed between 1880 and 1890 and part annexed to Walker since 1890 (9) Name changed from Sanford between 1870 and 1880 (10) Part annexed to Colbert since 1890 (11) Name changed from Cataco in 1821 (12) Part annexed to Jefferson between 1880 and 1890 (13) Part of Jefferson annexed since 1890 (14) Name changed from Hancock in 1850 [From Population of the United States By States and Territories, Counties, and Minor Civil Divisions, As Returned at The Twelfth Census: 1900 (Washington DC: U.S. Census Printing Office, 1901)] ------- The listing for 1790 is not included because it is all dashed lines; Alabama was not a part of any organized U.S. territory.