Demographics of Escambia County, Alabama

Escambia County, Alabama had 36,665 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −20 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.

Escambia County, in four figures

36,665
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −0.1%
Change since July 2020: −20 people.; 40.6 ±0.8
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $48,225 ±$3,891
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.

Escambia County, Alabama's population shrank 0.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Escambia 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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Escambia County, Alabama's population shrank 0.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Escambia 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	36,685	100.0	100.0
2021	36,629	99.8	100.2
2022	36,632	99.9	100.7
2023	36,635	99.9	101.6
2024	36,673	100.0	102.5
2025	36,665	99.9	103.1

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Population of Escambia 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	36,685	−82	−39	0	−48
2021	36,629	−56	−214	0	+129
2022	36,632	+3	−196	+4	+204
2023	36,635	+3	−91	+14	+84
2024	36,673	+38	−123	+12	+152
2025	36,665	−8	−139	−9	+142

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 40.6 ±0.8: for men 40.5 ±1.1 and for women 40.7 ±2.0. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Escambia County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Alabama	United States
Under 5	2,111 ±195	5.8% ±0.5	5.8% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	6,197 ±512	16.9% ±1.4	16.5% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,684 ±352	7.3% ±1.0	9.5% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	9,606 ±524	26.2% ±1.4	25.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	9,076 ±453	24.8% ±1.2	25.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	6,955 ±502	19.0% ±1.4	17.8% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $48,225 ±$3,891, and income per person $23,983 ±$1,470, 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 Escambia County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Alabama	United States
Under $25,000	3,686 ±498	28.8% ±3.7	19.7% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,899 ±419	22.6% ±3.2	20.3% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	2,327 ±346	18.2% ±2.6	16.7% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,743 ±337	13.6% ±2.6	12.7% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,252 ±223	9.8% ±1.7	15.5% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	506 ±139	4.0% ±1.1	7.4% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	395 ±135	3.1% ±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 Escambia County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Alabama	United States
All ages	6,813 ±961	20.0% ±2.8	15.6% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,940 ±402	23.6% ±4.4	21.3% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	3,041 ±525	18.1% ±3.0	14.7% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,832 ±336	20.4% ±3.5	12.4% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Escambia County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Escambia County	Alabama	United States
Housing units	16,816 ±40	2,337,265 ±430	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	76.2% ±2.8	85.5% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	23.8% ±2.8	14.5% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	70.9% ±2.7	70.2% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	29.1% ±2.9	29.8% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$136,500 ±$10,527	$209,900 ±$1,076	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$766 ±$23	$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 Escambia County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Alabama	United States
Hispanic or Latino	862 ±0	2.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	21,968 ±110	60.0% ±0.3	63.4% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	10,770 ±580	29.4% ±1.6	25.6% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	165 ±35	0.5% ±0.1	1.4% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	1,011 ±108	2.8% ±0.3	0.3% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 28	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	16 to 172	< 0.1% to 0.5%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,759 ±609	4.8% ±1.7	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 Escambia County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Alabama	United States
Born in the state	25,403 ±826	69.4% ±2.3	67.5% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	10,628 ±869	29.0% ±2.4	27.6% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	93 to 517	0.3% to 1.4%	1.0% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	293 ±141	0.8% ±0.4	4.0% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	100 to 328	0.3% to 0.9%	1.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	2 to 156	< 0.1% to 0.4%	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%.

Escambia County among the counties of Alabama

32nd of 67 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Alabama page.

Counties of Alabama near Escambia County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
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%
Chambers County	34,253	−0.9%
Lawrence County	33,843	+2.3%
Pike County	33,688	+2.4%
Franklin County	32,449	+1.1%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 32 Counties by population in Alabama
No. 38 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