Total Population in Shelby County, AL
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Shelby County Compares
National Distribution
Where Shelby County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for total population.
■ 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 |
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.