Demographics of Etowah County, Alabama

Etowah County, Alabama had 103,886 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +445 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.

Etowah County, in four figures

103,886
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +0.4%
Change since July 2020: +445 people.; 41.7 ±0.3
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $54,563 ±$2,653
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.

Etowah County, Alabama's population grew 0.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Etowah 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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Etowah County, Alabama's population grew 0.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Etowah 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	103,441	100.0	100.0
2021	102,924	99.5	100.2
2022	102,842	99.4	100.7
2023	103,227	99.8	101.6
2024	103,475	100.0	102.5
2025	103,886	100.4	103.1

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Population of Etowah 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	103,441	+18	−77	0	+62
2021	102,924	−517	−790	+19	+149
2022	102,842	−82	−624	+112	+477
2023	103,227	+385	−426	+123	+698
2024	103,475	+248	−297	+262	+293
2025	103,886	+411	−294	+72	+629

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 41.7 ±0.3: for men 40.5 ±0.3 and for women 43.4 ±0.5. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Etowah County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Alabama	United States
Under 5	5,907 ±32	5.7% ±<0.1	5.8% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	16,675 ±617	16.2% ±0.6	16.5% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	8,042 ±528	7.8% ±0.5	9.5% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	24,629 ±667	23.9% ±0.6	25.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	27,512 ±773	26.7% ±0.8	25.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	20,340 ±868	19.7% ±0.8	17.8% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $54,563 ±$2,653, and income per person $29,604 ±$1,436, 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 Etowah County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Alabama	United States
Under $25,000	9,459 ±709	24.0% ±1.7	19.7% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	8,823 ±657	22.4% ±1.6	20.3% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	7,322 ±638	18.6% ±1.6	16.7% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	4,494 ±559	11.4% ±1.4	12.7% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	5,981 ±603	15.2% ±1.5	15.5% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,873 ±307	4.8% ±0.8	7.4% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,459 ±309	3.7% ±0.8	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 Etowah County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Alabama	United States
All ages	17,227 ±1,735	16.9% ±1.7	15.6% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	5,158 ±667	23.0% ±2.8	21.3% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	8,552 ±962	16.1% ±1.8	14.7% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	3,517 ±444	13.4% ±1.6	12.4% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Etowah County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Etowah County	Alabama	United States
Housing units	47,603 ±49	2,337,265 ±430	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	82.8% ±1.5	85.5% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	17.2% ±1.5	14.5% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	73.9% ±1.1	70.2% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	26.1% ±1.4	29.8% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$167,100 ±$4,938	$209,900 ±$1,076	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$847 ±$44	$1,007 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1975 ±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 Etowah County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Alabama	United States
Hispanic or Latino	5,393 ±0	5.2% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	78,534 ±223	76.2% ±0.2	63.4% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	15,165 ±443	14.7% ±0.4	25.6% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	675 ±140	0.7% ±0.1	1.4% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	116 ±51	0.1% ±<0.1	0.3% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 40	0% to < 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	31 to 713	< 0.1% to 0.7%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	2,837 ±392	2.8% ±0.4	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 Etowah County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Alabama	United States
Born in the state	80,840 ±1,281	78.4% ±1.2	67.5% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	19,205 ±1,243	18.6% ±1.2	27.6% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	537 ±241	0.5% ±0.2	1.0% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	2,523 ±366	2.4% ±0.4	4.0% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	834 ±211	0.8% ±0.2	1.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	1,689 ±303	1.6% ±0.3	2.4% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Etowah County among the counties of Alabama

13th of 67 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Alabama page.

Counties of Alabama near Etowah County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Lee County	189,881	+8.6%
Morgan County	126,483	+2.6%
Limestone County	122,928	+18.0%
Calhoun County	115,834	−0.3%
Houston County	110,318	+2.8%
Etowah County	103,886	+0.4%
Marshall County	103,537	+6.0%
St. Clair County	98,206	+7.1%
Lauderdale County	97,135	+3.3%
Cullman County	94,009	+6.7%
Elmore County	91,577	+4.2%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 13 Counties by population in Alabama
No. 33 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