Choctaw County, Alabama

Choctaw County population, land area and income

Choctaw County had 12,052 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 913.5 square miles of land. It ranks 59th of 67 in Alabama by population and 13th by land area. That works out to 13.2 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Alabama has 33,813 residents, so Choctaw County has 36% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $47,432 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Choctaw County's population changed since 2020

Choctaw County lost 570 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 4.5%. That ranks 60th of 67 in Alabama for growth. The median Alabama county changed by +0.2%, and the state as a whole by +2.5%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Choctaw County recorded 494 births and 874 deaths, a natural change of -380. Net international migration added +29 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -259. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 380 people.

Where Choctaw County is

The Census internal point of Choctaw County is at 31.991000, -88.248900. It sits in UTM zone 16N. The map shades Alabama's 67 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Choctaw County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Choctaw County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Choctaw County, 1,726 people together, or 14% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Choctaw County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Butler with 1,726.

Counties bordering Choctaw County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Choctaw County, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is Lauderdale County, MS, with 70,588 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• MS

  Lauderdale County, MS

  70,588 people

  37 mi NW

• Clarke County

  22,142 people

  33 mi SE

• MS

  Wayne County, MS

  19,749 people

  35 mi SW

• Marengo County

  18,512 people

  32 mi ENE

• MS

  Clarke County, MS

  15,155 people

  26 mi W

• Washington County

  15,018 people

  40 mi S

• Sumter County

  11,607 people

  42 mi N

Distance to Montgomery and the nearest big city

Montgomery is 117.0 miles ENE of Choctaw County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Mobile, AL (population 201,367), 91.8 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Meridian, MS (population 33,549), 37.4 miles away.

Choctaw County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Choctaw County is 01023: state code 01 for Alabama plus county code 023. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $47,432.