Alabama, Heart of Dixie


Land area: 50,750 sq. mi. (28)
Population (2020): 5,024,279 (24), up 5.12% since 2010
Population density: 99.00 per sq. mi. (27)
U.S. Representatives (2023-32): 7
Entered Union: 14-Dec-1819 (22)
My main purpose in Alabama has been to watch baseball games in some of its largest cities. But when I visited the state capitol in Montgomery, I made sure to also stop by the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., preached in the 1950s. I have also made sure to visit Tuscaloosa, home of the Crimson Tide. Groucho Marx put it best: “One day, I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don’t know. Then we tried to remove the tusks, but they were so firmly embedded we couldn’t budge them. Of course, in Alabama, the Tuscaloosa ... but that is entirely irelephant to what we were talking about.”

No. of Counties I’ve Visited: 67 of 67

County Pop. (2020)     Latest Visit   County Seat Visited?
Autauga58,80521-Jun-2023Prattvilleyes
Baldwin231,76725-Jan-2024Bay Minetteyes
Barbour25,2232-Aug-2022Claytonyes
Bibb22,29327-Jul-2019Centrevilleyes
Blount59,13421-Jun-2023Oneontayes
Bullock10,3572-Aug-2022Union Springsyes
Butler19,05121-Jun-2023Greenvilleyes
Calhoun116,44118-Jun-2024Annistonyes
Chambers34,77224-Sep-2020Lafayetteyes
Cherokee24,97118-Jan-2021Centreyes
Chilton45,01421-Jun-2023Clantonyes
Choctaw12,66520-Jun-2024Butleryes
Clarke23,0876-Jun-2020Grove Hillyes
Clay14,23618-Jun-2024Ashlandyes
Cleburne15,05618-Jun-2024Heflinyes
Coffee53,46525-Jul-2021Elbayes
Colbert57,22724-Jul-2021Tuscumbiayes
Conecuh11,59720-Jun-2024Evergreenyes
Coosa10,38720-Jul-2020Rockford
Covington37,57020-Apr-2023Andalusiayes
Crenshaw13,19417-Jan-2022Luverneyes
Cullman87,86621-Jun-2023Cullmanyes
Dale49,32625-Jul-2021Ozarkyes
Dallas38,46212-May-2021Selmayes
DeKalb71,6087-Aug-2022Fort Payneyes
Elmore87,97721-Jun-2023Wetumpkayes
Escambia36,75720-Jun-2024Brewtonyes
Etowah103,43615-Jul-2022Gadsdenyes
Fayette16,32128-Jul-2015Fayetteyes
Franklin32,11319-Jun-2024Russellvilleyes
Geneva26,65920-Apr-2023Genevayes
Greene7,73020-Jan-2021Eutawyes
Hale14,78515-Oct-2020Greensboroyes
Henry17,1462-Aug-2022Abbevilleyes
Houston107,20220-Apr-2023Dothanyes
Jackson52,57920-Oct-2023Scottsboroyes
Jefferson674,72119-Jun-2024Birminghamyes
Lamar13,97220-Jan-2021Vernonyes
Lauderdale93,56424-Jul-2021Florenceyes
Lawrence33,07324-Jul-2021Moulton
Lee174,2418-Aug-2022Opelikayes
Limestone103,57021-Jun-2023Athensyes
Lowndes10,31121-Jun-2023Haynevilleyes
Macon19,5328-Aug-2022Tuskegeeyes
Madison388,1537-Aug-2022Huntsvilleyes
Marengo19,32320-Jun-2024Lindenyes
Marion29,34119-Jun-2024Hamiltonyes
Marshall97,6127-Aug-2022Guntersvilleyes
Mobile414,80925-Jan-2024Mobileyes
Monroe19,77220-Jun-2024Monroevilleyes
Montgomery228,95421-Jun-2023Montgomeryyes
Morgan123,42121-Jun-2023Decaturyes
Perry8,51115-Oct-2020Marionyes
Pickens19,12320-Jun-2024Carrolltonyes
Pike33,00917-Jan-2022Troyyes
Randolph21,96718-Jun-2024Wedoweeyes
Russell59,1838-Aug-2022Phenix Cityyes
St. Clair223,02418-Jun-2024Ashvilleyes
Pell Cityyes
Shelby91,10321-Jun-2023Columbiana
Sumter12,34520-Jun-2024Livingstonyes
Talladega82,14918-Jun-2024Talladegayes
Tallapoosa41,3118-Aug-2022Dadevilleyes
Tuscaloosa227,03614-Aug-2019Tuscaloosayes
Walker65,34219-Jun-2024Jasperyes
Washington15,38814-Jul-2022Chatom
Wilcox10,60020-Jun-2024Camdenyes
Winston23,54019-Jun-2024Double Springsyes

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