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Covington County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 31 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01039

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

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Population
37,947
+439 (+1.2%) since 2020
Land area
1,031
square miles. A further 1.3% of the total area is water
Population density
36.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Andalusia
Seat of county government.
Established
1821
204 years ago
Largest city
Andalusia city
Population 8,763.

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 Covington 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 Covington 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 674 by 800 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 Covington 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
Population37,94731st of 671,243rd of 3,144
Land area1,031 sq mi8th of 67641st of 3,144
Population density36.8 per sq mi41st of 671,754th of 3,144
Median household income$52,45639th of 672,634th of 3,143

Full data for Covington County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population37,947Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202037,508Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?37,564Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,031 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area13.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,044 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?36.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$52,456American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$152,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households14,642American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units18,714American 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
-155
445 births, 600 deaths
Net migration
+134
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 8 areas bordering Covington 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
Crenshaw CountyAlabama37 mi13,175
Conecuh CountyAlabama29 mi10,899
Okaloosa CountyFlorida18 mi221,810
Coffee CountyAlabama17 mi56,953
Escambia CountyAlabama14 mi36,665
Geneva CountyAlabama14 mi27,554
Butler CountyAlabama12 mi18,100
Walton CountyFlorida12 mi93,288

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.