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Jackson County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 27 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01071

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

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Population
54,281
+1,739 (+3.3%) since 2020
Land area
1,078
square miles. A further 4.3% of the total area is water
Population density
50.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Scottsboro
Seat of county government.
Established
1819
206 years ago
Largest city
Scottsboro city
Population 16,123.

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 Jackson 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 Jackson 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 676 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 Jackson 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
Population54,28127th of 67960th of 3,144
Land area1,078 sq mi7th of 67591st of 3,144
Population density50.4 per sq mi32nd of 671,470th of 3,144
Median household income$51,90841st of 672,664th of 3,143

Full data for Jackson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population54,281Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202052,542Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?52,569Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,078 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area48.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,127 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?50.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$51,908American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$159,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households21,795American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units24,914American 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
-214
577 births, 791 deaths
Net migration
+565
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 6 areas bordering Jackson 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
Madison CountyAlabama43 mi433,516
DeKalb CountyAlabama42 mi74,085
Marshall CountyAlabama31 mi103,537
Franklin CountyTennessee25 mi45,579
Marion CountyTennessee15 mi29,804
Dade CountyGeorgia8.7 mi16,154

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.