Covington County Demographics

Population Trend

Period	Population	Change	% Change
1830	1,522	—	—
1840	2,435	+913	+60.0%
1850	3,645	+1,210	+49.7%
1860	6,469	+2,824	+77.5%
1870	4,868	-1,601	-24.7%
1880	5,639	+771	+15.8%
1890	7,536	+1,897	+33.6%
1900	15,346	+7,810	+103.6%
1910	32,124	+16,778	+109.3%
1920	38,103	+5,979	+18.6%
1930	41,356	+3,253	+8.5%
1940	42,417	+1,061	+2.6%
1950	40,373	-2,044	-4.8%
1960	35,631	-4,742	-11.7%
1970	34,079	-1,552	-4.4%
1980	36,850	+2,771	+8.1%
1990	36,478	-372	-1.0%
2000	37,631	+1,153	+3.2%
2010	37,765	+134	+0.4%
2020	37,570	-195	-0.5%
2024	37,748	+178	+0.5%

#	Name	Population	Growth
1	Andalusia	8,728	—
2	Opp	6,706	—
3	Florala	1,930	-28.5%
4	Babbie	639	+15.6%
5	River Falls	488	-27.1%
6	Lockhart	443	-19.0%
7	Red Level	429	-14.9%
8	Carolina	293	+44.3%
9	Sanford	264	+5.6%
10	Heath	242	-31.6%
11	Horn Hill	208	+11.8%
12	Gantt	197	-37.3%
13	Onycha	175	+19.1%
14	Libertyville	110	-22.0%

Year	Covington County	Alabama	Share
1830	1,522	309,527	0.49%
1840	2,435	576,496	0.42%
1850	3,645	752,918	0.48%
1860	6,469	964,201	0.67%
1870	4,868	981,905	0.50%
1880	5,639	1,262,505	0.45%
1890	7,536	1,513,017	0.50%
1900	15,346	1,828,697	0.84%
1910	32,124	2,138,093	1.50%
1920	38,103	2,348,174	1.62%
1930	41,356	2,646,248	1.56%
1940	42,417	2,832,961	1.50%
1950	40,373	3,061,743	1.32%
1960	35,631	3,266,740	1.09%
1970	34,079	3,444,165	0.99%
1980	36,850	3,893,888	0.95%
1990	36,478	4,040,587	0.90%
2000	37,631	4,447,100	0.85%
2010	37,765	4,779,736	0.79%
2020	37,570	5,024,279	0.75%
2024	37,748	5,157,699	0.73%

Year	Population	Source
1830	1,522	Decennial Census
1840	2,435	Decennial Census
1850	3,645	Decennial Census
1860	6,469	Decennial Census
1870	4,868	Decennial Census
1880	5,639	Decennial Census
1890	7,536	Decennial Census
1900	15,346	Decennial Census
1910	32,124	Decennial Census
1920	38,103	Decennial Census
1930	41,356	Decennial Census
1940	42,417	Decennial Census
1950	40,373	Decennial Census
1960	35,631	Decennial Census
1970	34,079	Decennial Census
1980	36,850	Decennial Census
1990	36,478	Decennial Census
2000	37,631	Decennial Census
2001	36,901	Population Estimates Program
2002	36,860	Population Estimates Program
2003	36,806	Population Estimates Program
2004	37,204	Population Estimates Program
2005	37,441	Population Estimates Program
2006	37,631	Population Estimates Program
2007	37,545	Population Estimates Program
2008	37,648	Population Estimates Program
2009	37,765	Population Estimates Program
2010	37,765	Decennial Census
2011	38,023	Population Estimates Program
2012	37,809	Population Estimates Program
2013	37,820	Population Estimates Program
2014	37,766	Population Estimates Program
2015	37,566	Population Estimates Program
2016	37,400	Population Estimates Program
2017	37,077	Population Estimates Program
2018	36,993	Population Estimates Program
2019	37,082	Population Estimates Program
2020	37,570	Decennial Census
2021	37,512	Population Estimates Program
2022	37,508	Population Estimates Program
2023	37,861	Population Estimates Program
2024	37,748	Population Estimates Program

Population Estimates Program US Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (annual estimates)
Decennial Census US Census Bureau Decennial Census (actual count every 10 years)