Abbeville, Alabama

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The last Census shows that Abbeville had a population^<1> of 2,987 people in 2000. This represents 0.07% of the total population of Alabama, making it the state's 144th most populous community.

The following is a list of similarily sized communities (based on the 2000 Census):

Rank	Community	Population	Direction	Distance<2>
142	Harvest	3,054	N	242 mi [389.5 km]
143	Heflin	3,002	N	144 mi [231.7 km]
144	Abbeville	2,987
145	Hanceville	2,951	NW	193 mi [310.6 km]
146	Chelsea	2,949	NW	146 mi [235 km]

Every year, the US Census produces an estimate for the number of people living in Abbeville. The most recent estimate is for the year 2007 and at that time, Abbeville had a population of 2,944 people. This is a decrease of 1.44% since the 2000 Census.

The following table contains the yearly population estimates since the last Census (the next Census will be in 2010).

The city of Abbeville had 1,353 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Abbeville has a total area of 15.61 square miles [40.42 km²]^<4>. Of this total, only a minor amount of the area is covered by water (0.05 square miles [0.12 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Abbeville had a 2000 population density of 192 people per square mile [497.2 people/km²].

Henry County

Abbeville is located in Henry County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 16,347 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 2,987 people, Abbeville accounted for 18.27% of the Henry County total.

In addition, where the community of Abbeville has a population density of 192 people per square mile [497.2 people/km²], Henry County averages 29.1 people per square mile [75.4 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Henry County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Abbeville and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Abbeville. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Abbeville.

A Census Quickfact is available for Henry County (QF-01067).

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Abbeville:

Abbeville is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Abbeville.

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Abbeville. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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