Total Population in Shelby County, AL

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Total Population
230,211
Rank #308 of 3,222
90th percentile

How Shelby County Compares

Shelby County
230,211
Alabama Average
230,211
Rank #6 of 67 in state
National
330M
99.9% below

National Distribution

Where Shelby County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for total population.

33 9,808,667

■ Shelby County: 230,211

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#305 Lake County, OH 232,216
#306 Barnstable County, MA 231,668
#307 Whatcom County, WA 230,503
#308 Shelby County, AL 230,211
#309 Linn County, IA 230,004
#310 Caddo Parish, LA 230,004
#311 Jefferson County, MO 229,458
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Total Population in Shelby County, Alabama

Shelby County, Alabama has a total population of 230,211, which ranks #308 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 99.9% below the national value of 330M.

Within Alabama, Shelby County ranks #6 of 67 out of 67 counties. This places it in the 90th percentile nationally.

Total population count from the American Community Survey. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.