Auburn, Alabama

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The 2000 Census showed that Auburn had a population of 42,987 people^<1>. This represents 0.97% of the total population of Alabama, making it the state's 9th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
6	Hoover	NW	92 mi [148.1 km]	71,020	13.19% increase
7	Dothan	S	95 mi [152.9 km]	66,505	15.19% increase
8	Decatur	NW	160 mi [257.5 km]	56,068	3.97% increase
-9-	Auburn			56,088	30.48% increase
10	Gadsden	N	101 mi [162.5 km]	36,816	5.55% decrease
11	Florence	NW	197 mi [317 km]	37,877	4.45% increase
12	Bessemer	NW	100 mi [160.9 km]	28,542	3.81% decrease

Auburn had 20,043 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Auburn has an area^<4> of 39.13 square miles [101.3 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Auburn had a 2000 population density of 1,098 people per square mile [424.2 people/km²], making it the state's 35th most densely populated area.

Lee County

The city of Auburn is located in Lee County.

The county had a population of 115,530 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 42,987 people, Auburn contained 37.21% of the Lee County total.

In addition, where the community of Auburn has a population density of 1,098 people per square mile [424.2 people/km²], Lee County averages 189.8 people per square mile [73.3 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Auburn and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Auburn. 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. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Auburn. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Auburn, it also contains a comparison between Auburn and the state of Alabama.

Click here for the Auburn QuickFact (QF-0103076).

A Census Quickfact is available for Lee County (QF-01081).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Lee County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Chambers	QF-01017	N	34,424	5.85% decrease
	Russell	QF-01113	SE	50,504	1.7% increase
	Macon	QF-01087	SW	22,290	7.42% decrease
	Tallapoosa	QF-01123	NW	40,773	2.27% decrease
	Harris (GA)	QF-13145	E	29,447	23.75% increase
	Muscogee (GA)	QF-13215	E	186,984	0.27% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

Auburn 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 Auburn.

The Commemorative Quarter for Alabama<6>

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) Auburn. 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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