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  • FIPS 01133
  • Largest town: Haleyville

Winston County, Alabama

Winston County had 23,869 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 613.0 square miles of land. It ranks 42nd of 67 in Alabama by population and 47th by land area.

Population
23,869
#42 of 67 in Alabama · #1,654 in US
Area
613.0 sq mi
#47 of 67 in Alabama · #1,576 in US
Density
39 / sq mi
#39 of 67 in Alabama · #1,696 in US
Median household income
$52,280
#36 of 67 in Alabama · #2,533 in US

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

Winston County within Alabama. Pin: Montgomery.

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Winston County population, land area and income

Winston County had 23,869 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 613.0 square miles of land. It ranks 42nd of 67 in Alabama by population and 47th by land area. That works out to 38.9 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; Winston County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $52,280 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

23,869

3144th1st

1654th of 3,144 (US)

Land area

613 sq mi

3144th1st

1576th of 3,144 (US)

Density

38.9 / sq mi

3144th1st

1696th of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$52,280

3143rd1st

2533rd of 3,143 (US)

Rank within Alabama (67)

Population

23,869

67th1st

42nd of 67 (AL)

Land area

613 sq mi

67th1st

47th of 67 (AL)

Density

38.9 / sq mi

67th1st

39th of 67 (AL)

Median household income

$52,280

67th1st

36th of 67 (AL)

How Winston County's population changed since 2020

Winston County gained 381 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 1.6%. That ranks 28th 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, Winston County recorded 1,063 births and 1,688 deaths, a natural change of -625. Net international migration added +133 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +826. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 826 people.

23.5k202023.6k202123.7k202223.7k202323.9k2024
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
1,063
Deaths
1,688
Net international migration
+133
Net domestic migration
+826
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
+196

Where Winston County is

The Census internal point of Winston County is at 34.154600, -87.365300. 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 Winston 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: Winston County internal point. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Internal point

Decimal
34.154600, -87.365300
DMS
34°09'16.56"N 87°21'55.08"W
UTM
16N 466326.5E 3779358.2N
Geohash
dn1f7cwsb
Plus code
866J5J3M+RV

Towns in Winston County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Winston County, 5,378 people together, or 23% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Winston County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Haleyville with 4,257.

  1. 01Haleyville (part)4,257
  2. 02Double Springs1,121
Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates, county parts of incorporated places (SUMLEV 157).

Counties bordering Winston County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Winston County. The most populous is Cullman County, AL, with 92,604 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Montgomery and the nearest big city

Montgomery is 137.4 miles SSE of Winston County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL (population 196,357), 54.2 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Jasper, AL (population 14,561), 21.7 miles away.

Winston County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Winston County is 01133: state code 01 for Alabama plus county code 133. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $52,280.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Winston County, Alabama?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 23,869. That is up 381 people (1.6%) from the July 2020 estimate of 23,488.

What is the FIPS code of Winston County?

01133. The first two digits (01) are Alabama; the last three (133) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Winston County?

Haleyville, with 4,257 residents inside Winston County in 2024 (4,313 across all 2 counties it spans).

Which counties border Winston County?

5 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: Cullman County, AL; Walker County, AL; Lawrence County, AL; Franklin County, AL; Marion 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.