Demographics of Dale County, Alabama

Dale County, Alabama had 49,912 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +646 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.

Dale County, in four figures

49,912
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +1.3%
Change since July 2020: +646 people.; 37.7 ±0.3
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $54,963 ±$3,147
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.

Dale County, Alabama's population grew 1.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Dale 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).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Dale County, Alabama's population grew 1.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Dale 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	49,266	100.0	100.0
2021	49,348	100.2	100.2
2022	49,473	100.4	100.7
2023	49,826	101.1	101.6
2024	50,024	101.5	102.5
2025	49,912	101.3	103.1

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Population of Dale 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	49,266	−61	+14	0	−79
2021	49,348	+82	−29	+12	+48
2022	49,473	+125	−35	+51	+135
2023	49,826	+353	+62	+59	+233
2024	50,024	+198	+36	+117	+44
2025	49,912	−112	+32	+13	−156

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 37.7 ±0.3: for men 35.8 ±0.3 and for women 40.2 ±0.8. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Dale County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Alabama	United States
Under 5	3,365 ±128	6.8% ±0.3	5.8% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	8,206 ±370	16.5% ±0.7	16.5% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	4,387 ±367	8.8% ±0.7	9.5% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	12,838 ±451	25.9% ±0.9	25.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	11,834 ±486	23.9% ±1.0	25.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	8,969 ±516	18.1% ±1.0	17.8% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $54,963 ±$3,147, and income per person $30,913 ±$1,637, 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 Dale County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Alabama	United States
Under $25,000	4,763 ±491	24.1% ±2.4	19.7% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	4,390 ±459	22.3% ±2.3	20.3% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	3,281 ±348	16.6% ±1.7	16.7% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	2,870 ±359	14.5% ±1.8	12.7% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	2,503 ±317	12.7% ±1.6	15.5% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,024 ±243	5.2% ±1.2	7.4% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	896 ±191	4.5% ±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 Dale County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Alabama	United States
All ages	9,117 ±797	18.7% ±1.6	15.6% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	3,112 ±431	27.2% ±3.4	21.3% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	4,392 ±465	17.4% ±1.8	14.7% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,613 ±233	13.4% ±1.9	12.4% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Dale County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Dale County	Alabama	United States
Housing units	22,968 ±61	2,337,265 ±430	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	85.9% ±1.8	85.5% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	14.1% ±1.8	14.5% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	61.9% ±1.7	70.2% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	38.1% ±2.3	29.8% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$143,500 ±$11,393	$209,900 ±$1,076	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$889 ±$35	$1,007 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1983 ±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 Dale County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Alabama	United States
Hispanic or Latino	3,533 ±0	7.1% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	32,778 ±173	66.1% ±0.3	63.4% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	10,063 ±318	20.3% ±0.6	25.6% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	587 ±112	1.2% ±0.2	1.4% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	103 ±45	0.2% ±0.1	0.3% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 20	0% to < 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	43 to 213	0.1% to 0.4%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	2,397 ±390	4.8% ±0.8	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 Dale County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Alabama	United States
Born in the state	26,392 ±929	53.2% ±1.9	67.5% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	20,041 ±875	40.4% ±1.8	27.6% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	1,417 ±295	2.9% ±0.6	1.0% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,749 ±314	3.5% ±0.6	4.0% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	1,028 ±181	2.1% ±0.4	1.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	721 ±262	1.5% ±0.5	2.4% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Dale County among the counties of Alabama

28th of 67 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Alabama page.

Counties of Alabama near Dale County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Blount County	60,156	+1.8%
Colbert County	59,474	+3.8%
Russell County	58,898	−0.6%
Coffee County	56,953	+6.3%
Jackson County	54,281	+3.3%
Dale County	49,912	+1.3%
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%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 28 Counties by population in Alabama
No. 30 Counties by population growth in Alabama

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

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026