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Russell County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 25 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01113

Within Alabama
Russell County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data.

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Population
58,898
-353 (-0.6%) since 2020
Land area
641.2
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
91.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Phenix City
Seat of county government.
Established
1832
193 years ago
Largest city
Phenix City city
Population 31,594 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

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 Russell 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 Russell 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 780 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 Russell 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
Population58,89825th of 67906th of 3,144
Land area641.2 sq mi40th of 671,482nd of 3,144
Population density91.9 per sq mi24th of 67974th of 3,144
Median household income$51,19743rd of 672,709th of 3,143

Full data for Russell County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population58,898Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202059,251Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?59,170Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area641.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area647.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?91.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$51,197American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$165,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households23,938American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units27,711American 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
-228
518 births, 746 deaths
Net migration
+166
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 7 areas bordering Russell 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
Lee CountyAlabama32 mi189,881
Barbour CountyAlabama31 mi24,607
Stewart CountyGeorgia19 mi4,631
Chattahoochee CountyGeorgia18 mi8,465
Muscogee CountyGeorgia13 mi202,171
Macon CountyAlabama12 mi18,132
Bullock CountyAlabama7.1 mi9,780

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.