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Macon County, Alabama

Macon County had 18,159 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 608.7 square miles of land. It ranks 50th of 67 in Alabama by population and 49th by land area.

Population
18,159
#50 of 67 in Alabama · #1,924 in US
Area
608.7 sq mi
#49 of 67 in Alabama · #1,593 in US
Density
30 / sq mi
#45 of 67 in Alabama · #1,932 in US
Median household income
$40,710
#61 of 67 in Alabama · #3,076 in US

Census Vintage 2024 estimates · SAIPE 2023 income · 2024 Gazetteer land area

Macon County within Alabama. Pin: Montgomery.

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Macon County population, land area and income

Macon County had 18,159 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 608.7 square miles of land. It ranks 50th of 67 in Alabama by population and 49th by land area. That works out to 29.8 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; Macon County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $40,710 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

18,159

3144th1st

1924th of 3,144 (US)

Land area

609 sq mi

3144th1st

1593rd of 3,144 (US)

Density

29.8 / sq mi

3144th1st

1932nd of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$40,710

3143rd1st

3076th of 3,143 (US)

Rank within Alabama (67)

Population

18,159

67th1st

50th of 67 (AL)

Land area

609 sq mi

67th1st

49th of 67 (AL)

Density

29.8 / sq mi

67th1st

45th of 67 (AL)

Median household income

$40,710

67th1st

61st of 67 (AL)

How Macon County's population changed since 2020

Macon County lost 1,313 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 6.7%. That ranks 63rd 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, Macon County recorded 654 births and 1,154 deaths, a natural change of -500. Net international migration added +98 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -949. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 949 people.

19.5k202018.9k202118.6k202218.3k202318.2k2024
Census Vintage 2024 county estimates for July 1 of each year. The axis starts above zero so year-to-year changes are visible.

Components of change, April 2020 to July 2024

Births
654
Deaths
1,154
Net international migration
+98
Net domestic migration
-949
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
-188

Where Macon County is

The Census internal point of Macon County is at 32.387000, -85.692900. 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 Macon County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Clay County: +0.2%Baldwin County: +12.2%Coffee County: +5.2%Fayette County: -2.9%Chilton County: +4.9%Perry County: -8.7%Lamar County: -2.9%Morgan County: +2.2%Bibb County: +0.4%Butler County: -4.1%Barbour County: -2.5%Franklin County: -0.6%Chambers County: -2.2%Macon County: -6.7%Marshall County: +4.6%DeKalb County: +2.0%Russell County: -0.7%Geneva County: +2.1%Houston County: +1.9%Greene County: -7.5%Talladega County: -0.1%Monroe County: -3.3%Mobile County: -0.5%Covington County: +0.6%Cullman County: +5.1%Lauderdale County: +3.7%Shelby County: +5.4%Clarke County: -3.7%Lowndes County: -7.8%St. Clair County: +5.7%Choctaw County: -4.5%Blount County: +1.8%Dallas County: -6.9%Conecuh County: -3.8%Elmore County: +3.6%Autauga County: +4.3%Henry County: +5.6%Montgomery County: -1.1%Jefferson County: -1.5%Hale County: +2.3%Jackson County: +2.4%Madison County: +8.4%Washington County: -2.0%Bullock County: -3.2%Pike County: +0.7%Crenshaw County: -0.4%Dale County: +1.6%Lee County: +7.4%Cleburne County: +5.6%Tallapoosa County: -1.4%Lawrence County: +1.5%Pickens County: -2.4%Colbert County: +2.6%Winston County: +1.6%Marion County: +0.5%Calhoun County: +0.2%Etowah County: -0.2%Randolph County: +4.4%Wilcox County: -6.3%Tuscaloosa County: +3.7%Sumter County: -4.8%Walker County: +0.2%Cherokee County: +4.6%Escambia County: -0.2%Limestone County: +14.1%Coosa County: -0.5%Marengo County: -3.9%
Change 2020 to 2024
  1. < -3.2%
  2. < -0.5%
  3. < +1.6%
  4. < +4.3%
  5. ≥ +4.3%
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Orange pin: Macon County internal point. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Internal point

Decimal
32.387000, -85.692900
DMS
32°23'13.20"N 85°41'34.44"W
UTM
16N 622945.8E 3584084.3N
Geohash
djg04pb7f
Plus code
864P98P4+RR

Towns in Macon County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Macon County, 8,653 people together, or 48% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Macon County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Tuskegee with 8,653.

  1. 01Tuskegee8,653
Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates, county parts of incorporated places (SUMLEV 157).

Counties bordering Macon County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Macon County. The most populous is Montgomery County, AL, with 225,894 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Montgomery and the nearest big city

Montgomery is 35.4 miles W of Macon County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Montgomery, AL (population 195,818), 33.6 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Auburn, AL (population 83,757), 19.1 miles away.

Macon County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Macon County is 01087: state code 01 for Alabama plus county code 087. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $40,710.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Macon County, Alabama?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 18,159. That is down 1,313 people (6.7%) from the July 2020 estimate of 19,472.

What is the FIPS code of Macon County?

01087. The first two digits (01) are Alabama; the last three (087) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Macon County?

Tuskegee, with 8,653 residents inside Macon County in 2024.

Which counties border Macon County?

6 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: Montgomery County, AL; Lee County, AL; Elmore County, AL; Russell County, AL; Tallapoosa County, AL; Bullock County, AL.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 county population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, counties
  3. 03Census SAIPE 2023 state and county estimates
  4. 04Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  5. 05Census 2024 county adjacency file
  6. 06Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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