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Perry County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 66 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01105

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

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Population
7,425
-1,030 (-12.2%) since 2020
Land area
719.7
square miles. A further 0.6% of the total area is water
Population density
10.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Marion
Seat of county government.
Established
1819
206 years ago
Largest city
Marion city
Population 2,602.

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 Perry 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 Perry 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 624 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 Perry 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
Population7,42566th of 672,623rd of 3,144
Land area719.7 sq mi28th of 671,246th of 3,144
Population density10.3 per sq mi67th of 672,556th of 3,144
Median household income$37,65462nd of 673,094th of 3,143

Full data for Perry County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population7,425Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20208,455Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?8,512Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area719.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area723.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?10.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$37,654American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$86,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,440American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,962American 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
-78
73 births, 151 deaths
Net migration
-121
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 5 areas bordering Perry 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
Dallas CountyAlabama56 mi35,140
Hale CountyAlabama33 mi15,194
Bibb CountyAlabama26 mi22,262
Marengo CountyAlabama15 mi18,311
Chilton CountyAlabama7.4 mi47,708

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.