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Walker County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 21 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01127

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

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Population
65,140
-7 (0%) since 2020
Land area
791.1
square miles. A further 1.8% of the total area is water
Population density
82.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Jasper
Seat of county government.
Established
1823
202 years ago
Largest city
Jasper city
Population 14,585.

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 Walker 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 Walker 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 706 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 Walker 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
Population65,14021st of 67842nd of 3,144
Land area791.1 sq mi20th of 671,088th of 3,144
Population density82.3 per sq mi27th of 671,051st of 3,144
Median household income$56,50929th of 672,372nd of 3,143

Full data for Walker County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population65,140Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202065,147Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?65,351Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area791.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area14.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area805.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?82.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$56,509American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$135,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households25,388American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units30,366American 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
-308
805 births, 1,113 deaths
Net migration
+332
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 Walker 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
Jefferson CountyAlabama42 mi665,742
Fayette CountyAlabama33 mi15,872
Winston CountyAlabama29 mi23,829
Cullman CountyAlabama20 mi94,009
Tuscaloosa CountyAlabama15 mi241,368
Marion CountyAlabama6.0 mi29,097
Blount CountyAlabama3.5 mi60,156

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.