Pike County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 36 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01109

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

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Population
33,688
+782 (+2.4%) since 2020
Land area
672.1
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
50.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Troy
Seat of county government.
Established
1821
204 years ago
Largest city
Troy city
Population 18,022.

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 Pike 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 Pike 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 777 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 Pike 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
Population33,68836th of 671,352nd of 3,144
Land area672.1 sq mi34th of 671,403rd of 3,144
Population density50.1 per sq mi33rd of 671,476th of 3,144
Median household income$48,67749th of 672,845th of 3,143

Full data for Pike County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population33,688Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202032,906Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?33,003Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area672.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.90 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area673 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?50.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$48,677American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$157,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age31.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households12,484American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units16,238American 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
+14
373 births, 359 deaths
Net migration
+477
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 Pike 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 CountyAlabama36 mi13,175
Bullock CountyAlabama34 mi9,780
Barbour CountyAlabama31 mi24,607
Coffee CountyAlabama21 mi56,953
Montgomery CountyAlabama17 mi225,891
Dale CountyAlabama2.4 mi49,912

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.