Autauga County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 22 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01001

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

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Population
61,920
+3,006 (+5.1%) since 2020
Land area
594.5
square miles. A further 1.6% of the total area is water
Population density
104
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Prattville
Seat of county government.
Established
1818
207 years ago
Largest city
Prattville city
Population 38,518 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 Autauga 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 Autauga 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 751 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 Autauga 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
Population61,92022nd of 67878th of 3,144
Land area594.5 sq mi55th of 671,645th of 3,144
Population density104 per sq mi20th of 67877th of 3,144
Median household income$72,4817th of 671,013th of 3,143

Full data for Autauga County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population61,920Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202058,914Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?58,805Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area594.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area9.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area604.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?104 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$72,481American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$207,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households22,917American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units25,039American 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
+131
730 births, 599 deaths
Net migration
+311
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 Autauga 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
Lowndes CountyAlabama37 mi9,359
Chilton CountyAlabama32 mi47,708
Dallas CountyAlabama32 mi35,140
Elmore CountyAlabama20 mi91,577
Montgomery CountyAlabama9.0 mi225,891

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.