Cleburne County, Alabama

Cleburne County population, land area and income

Cleburne County had 15,905 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 560.1 square miles of land. It ranks 52nd of 67 in Alabama by population and 65th by land area. That works out to 28.4 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and below the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Alabama has 33,813 residents, so Cleburne County has 47% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $59,526 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Cleburne County's population changed since 2020

Cleburne County gained 842 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 5.6%. That ranks 7th 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, Cleburne County recorded 755 births and 978 deaths, a natural change of -223. Net international migration added +14 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +1,039. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 1,039 people.

Where Cleburne County is

The Census internal point of Cleburne County is at 33.672000, -85.516100. 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 Cleburne County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Cleburne County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Cleburne County, 3,557 people together, or 22% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Cleburne County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Heflin with 3,557.

Counties bordering Cleburne County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 8 neighbors for Cleburne County, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is Carroll County, GA, with 129,911 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• GA

  Carroll County, GA

  129,911 people

  26 mi ESE

• Calhoun County

  116,427 people

  19 mi WNW

• Talladega County

  81,375 people

  43 mi WSW

• GA

  Polk County, GA

  44,610 people

  29 mi NE

• GA

  Haralson County, GA

  32,404 people

  19 mi ENE

• Cherokee County

  26,138 people

  29 mi NNW

• Randolph County

  23,067 people

  26 mi S

• Clay County

  14,239 people

  34 mi SW

Distance to Montgomery and the nearest big city

Montgomery is 100.3 miles SSW of Cleburne County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is South Fulton, GA (population 112,003), 53.7 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Jacksonville, AL (population 14,651), 16.7 miles away.

Cleburne County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Cleburne County is 01029: state code 01 for Alabama plus county code 029. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $59,526.