Decatur, Alabama

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The last Census shows that Decatur had a population^<1> of 53,929 people in 2000. This represents 1.21% of the total population of Alabama, making it the state's 8th most populous community.

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

Rank	Community	Population	Direction	Distance<2>
6	Hoover	62,742	S	83 mi [133.6 km]
7	Dothan	57,737	SE	251 mi [403.9 km]
8	Decatur	53,929
9	Auburn	42,987	SE	162 mi [260.7 km]
10	Gadsden	38,978	SE	69 mi [111 km]

Every year, the US Census produces an estimate for the number of people living in Decatur. The most recent estimate is for the year 2007 and at that time, Decatur had a population of 55,741 people. This is an increase of 3.36% 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 Decatur had 23,950 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Decatur has a total area of 59.9 square miles [155.1 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 53.4 square miles [138.3 km²] of the area is land, with the balance (10.83%) being water (6.49 square miles [16.8 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Decatur had a 2000 population density of 1,009 people per square mile [2,615 people/km²], making it the state's 44th most densely populated area.

Morgan County

Decatur is located in Morgan County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 111,197 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 53,929 people, Decatur accounted for 48.5% of the Morgan County total.

In addition, where the community of Decatur has a population density of 1,009 people per square mile [2,615 people/km²], Morgan County averages 191 people per square mile [494.7 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Decatur and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Decatur. 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 Decatur. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Decatur, it also contains a comparison between Decatur and the state of Alabama.

Click here for the Decatur QuickFact (QF-0120104).

A Census Quickfact is available for Morgan County (QF-01103).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Morgan County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	Population (2007 est)	Population (2000 Census)	Change in Population
Cullman	QF-01043	S	80,554	77,581	3.83%
Lawrence	QF-01079	W	34,229	34,851	-1.78%
Limestone	QF-01083	N	73,898	65,913	12.11%
Madison	QF-01089	NE	312,734	277,864	12.55%
Marshall	QF-01095	E	87,644	82,332	6.45%
Winston	QF-01133	SW	24,240	24,882	-2.58%

Miscellaneous Information

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

Decatur 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 Decatur.

Search for Local Businesses

People have found 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) Decatur. 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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