Auburn, Alabama

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

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

Rank	Community	Population	Direction	Distance<2>
7	Dothan	57,737	S	95 mi [152.9 km]
8	Decatur	53,929	NW	162 mi [260.7 km]
9	Auburn	42,987
10	Gadsden	38,978	N	101 mi [162.5 km]
11	Florence	36,264	NW	196 mi [315.4 km]

Every year, the US Census produces an estimate for the number of people living in Auburn. The most recent estimate is for the year 2007 and at that time, Auburn had a population of 54,348 people. This is an increase of 26.43% 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 Auburn had 20,043 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Auburn has a total area of 39.57 square miles [102.5 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 39.13 square miles [101.3 km²] of the area is land, with the balance (1.12%) being water (0.44 square miles [1.15 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Auburn had a 2000 population density of 1,098 people per square mile [2,845 people/km²], making it the state's 37th most densely populated area.

Lee County

Auburn is located in Lee County.

The county had a population of 115,540 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 42,987 people, Auburn accounted for 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 [2,845 people/km²], Lee County averages 189.8 people per square mile [491.6 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).

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.

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned 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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