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Hale County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 54 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01065

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

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Population
15,194
+426 (+2.9%) since 2020
Land area
644
square miles. A further 1.9% of the total area is water
Population density
23.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Greensboro
Seat of county government.
Established
1867
158 years ago
Largest city
Greensboro city
Population 2,195.

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 Hale 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 Hale 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 600 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 Hale 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
Population15,19454th of 672,082nd of 3,144
Land area644 sq mi39th of 671,477th of 3,144
Population density23.6 per sq mi49th of 672,105th of 3,144
Median household income$39,25061st of 673,082nd of 3,143

Full data for Hale County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population15,194Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202014,768Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?14,785Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area644 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area12.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area656.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?23.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$39,250American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$127,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,642American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,594American 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
+2
199 births, 197 deaths
Net migration
+46
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 Hale 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
Greene CountyAlabama78 mi7,067
Perry CountyAlabama33 mi7,425
Marengo CountyAlabama20 mi18,311
Tuscaloosa CountyAlabama17 mi241,368
Bibb CountyAlabama8.9 mi22,262

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.