Demographics of Chambers County, Alabama

Chambers County, Alabama had 34,253 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −328 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Chambers County, in four figures

34,253
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −0.9%
Change since July 2020: −328 people.; 41.3 ±0.9
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $49,656 ±$3,919
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Chambers County, Alabama's population shrank 0.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Chambers County, Alabama's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

U.S. Census Bureau — Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change

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Chambers County, Alabama's population shrank 0.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Chambers County, Alabama's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	34,581	100.0	100.0
2021	34,420	99.5	100.2
2022	34,199	98.9	100.7
2023	34,363	99.4	101.6
2024	34,309	99.2	102.5
2025	34,253	99.1	103.1

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Population of Chambers County, Alabama on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	34,581	−115	−75	+2	−50
2021	34,420	−161	−187	+22	−21
2022	34,199	−221	−119	+155	−246
2023	34,363	+164	−73	+237	+6
2024	34,309	−54	−87	+294	−258
2025	34,253	−56	−98	+49	−9

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 41.3 ±0.9: for men 39.4 ±1.1 and for women 43.5 ±1.2. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Chambers County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Alabama	United States
Under 5	1,914 ±247	5.6% ±0.7	5.8% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	5,235 ±454	15.3% ±1.3	16.5% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,754 ±387	8.1% ±1.1	9.5% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	8,143 ±378	23.8% ±1.1	25.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	9,207 ±480	26.9% ±1.4	25.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	6,939 ±483	20.3% ±1.4	17.8% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $49,656 ±$3,919, and income per person $27,725 ±$1,341, in 2024 dollars. The median is $63,999 ±$399 in Alabama and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Chambers County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Alabama	United States
Under $25,000	3,377 ±509	25.1% ±3.7	19.7% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	3,382 ±431	25.2% ±3.1	20.3% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	2,462 ±359	18.3% ±2.6	16.7% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,368 ±261	10.2% ±1.9	12.7% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,759 ±340	13.1% ±2.5	15.5% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	701 ±230	5.2% ±1.7	7.4% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	385 ±133	2.9% ±1.0	7.8% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Chambers County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Alabama	United States
All ages	5,266 ±749	15.7% ±2.2	15.6% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,504 ±312	21.4% ±4.1	21.3% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,469 ±462	14.5% ±2.6	14.7% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,293 ±326	13.8% ±3.4	12.4% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Chambers County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Chambers County	Alabama	United States
Housing units	16,435 ±28	2,337,265 ±430	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	81.7% ±2.5	85.5% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	18.3% ±2.5	14.5% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	71.8% ±2.4	70.2% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	28.2% ±2.9	29.8% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$135,800 ±$16,978	$209,900 ±$1,076	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$871 ±$51	$1,007 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1979 ±2	1986 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Chambers County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Alabama	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,372 ±0	4.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	18,421 ±112	53.9% ±0.3	63.4% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	13,121 ±322	38.4% ±0.9	25.6% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	23 to 139	0.1% to 0.4%	1.4% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 59	0% to 0.2%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 7	0% to < 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	11 to 175	< 0.1% to 0.5%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,079 ±322	3.2% ±0.9	3.3% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Chambers County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Alabama	United States
Born in the state	24,487 ±915	71.6% ±2.7	67.5% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	8,876 ±870	26.0% ±2.5	27.6% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	44 to 204	0.1% to 0.6%	1.0% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	705 ±230	2.1% ±0.7	4.0% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	50 to 222	0.1% to 0.6%	1.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	569 ±236	1.7% ±0.7	2.4% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Chambers County among the counties of Alabama

34th of 67 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Alabama page.

Counties of Alabama near Chambers County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Chilton County	47,708	+5.9%
Tallapoosa County	40,953	−0.8%
Covington County	37,947	+1.2%
Escambia County	36,665	−0.1%
Dallas County	35,140	−8.0%
Chambers County	34,253	−0.9%
Lawrence County	33,843	+2.3%
Pike County	33,688	+2.4%
Franklin County	32,449	+1.1%
Marion County	29,097	−0.3%
Geneva County	27,554	+3.2%

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Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Data retrieved September 25, 2026