Lauderdale County, Alabama

Lauderdale County population, land area and income

Lauderdale County had 97,502 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 668.0 square miles of land. It ranks 15th of 67 in Alabama by population and 35th by land area. That works out to 146.0 people per square mile, 1.5 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Alabama has 33,813 residents, so Lauderdale County is 2.9 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $63,895 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Lauderdale County's population changed since 2020

Lauderdale County gained 3,471 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 3.7%. That ranks 16th 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, Lauderdale County recorded 3,977 births and 5,434 deaths, a natural change of -1,457. Net international migration added +399 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +5,021. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 5,021 people.

Where Lauderdale County is

The Census internal point of Lauderdale County is at 34.904200, -87.651100. 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 Lauderdale County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Lauderdale County

3 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Lauderdale County, 45,170 people together, or 46% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Lauderdale County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Florence with 42,716.

Counties bordering Lauderdale County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 8 neighbors for Lauderdale County, including 5 across a state line. The most populous is Limestone County, AL, with 118,942 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Limestone County

  118,942 people

  39 mi E

• Colbert County

  58,785 people

  16 mi SSW

• TN

  Lawrence County, TN

  46,467 people

  26 mi NNE

• Lawrence County

  33,567 people

  32 mi SE

• TN

  Giles County, TN

  30,971 people

  40 mi ENE

• TN

  Hardin County, TN

  27,617 people

  37 mi NW

• MS

  Tishomingo County, MS

  18,553 people

  35 mi WSW

• TN

  Wayne County, TN

  15,974 people

  25 mi NNW

Distance to Montgomery and the nearest big city

Montgomery is 191.1 miles SSE of Lauderdale County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Huntsville, AL (population 230,402), 57.1 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Florence, AL (population 42,716), 5.2 miles away.

Lauderdale County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Lauderdale County is 01077: state code 01 for Alabama plus county code 077. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $63,895.