Washington County, Alabama

Washington County population, land area and income

Washington County had 15,018 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,080.3 square miles of land. It ranks 55th of 67 in Alabama by population and 6th by land area. That works out to 13.9 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 Washington County has 44% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $57,311 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Washington County's population changed since 2020

Washington County lost 313 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 2.0%. That ranks 48th 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, Washington County recorded 815 births and 952 deaths, a natural change of -137. Net international migration added +4 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -236. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 236 people.

Where Washington County is

The Census internal point of Washington County is at 31.408500, -88.212400. 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 Washington County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Washington County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Washington County, 1,056 people together, or 7% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Washington County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Chatom with 1,056.

Counties bordering Washington County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Washington County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Mobile County, AL, with 412,339 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Mobile County

  412,339 people

  50 mi S

• Baldwin County

  261,608 people

  59 mi SSE

• Clarke County

  22,142 people

  30 mi NE

• MS

  Wayne County, MS

  19,749 people

  32 mi WNW

• MS

  Greene County, MS

  13,675 people

  28 mi WSW

• Choctaw County

  12,052 people

  40 mi N

Distance to Montgomery and the nearest big city

Montgomery is 130.6 miles ENE of Washington County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Mobile, AL (population 201,367), 51.5 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Saraland, AL (population 16,458), 38.8 miles away.

Washington County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Washington County is 01129: state code 01 for Alabama plus county code 129. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $57,311.