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Montgomery County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 7 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01101

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

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Population
225,891
-2,454 (-1.1%) since 2020
Land area
785.4
square miles. A further 1.8% of the total area is water
Population density
288
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Montgomery
Seat of county government.
Established
1816
209 years ago
Largest city
Montgomery city
Population 195,300.

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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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 738 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 Montgomery 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
Population225,8917th of 67318th of 3,144
Land area785.4 sq mi22nd of 671,102nd of 3,144
Population density288 per sq mi6th of 67452nd of 3,144
Median household income$59,38622nd of 672,137th of 3,143

Full data for Montgomery County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population225,891Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020228,345Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?228,953Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area785.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area14.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area799.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?288 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$59,386American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$171,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households91,381American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units106,121American 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
+426
2,800 births, 2,374 deaths
Net migration
-427
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Montgomery 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
Elmore CountyAlabama45 mi91,577
Lowndes CountyAlabama35 mi9,359
Bullock CountyAlabama20 mi9,780
Macon CountyAlabama20 mi18,132
Crenshaw CountyAlabama19 mi13,175
Pike CountyAlabama17 mi33,688
Autauga CountyAlabama9.0 mi61,920

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.