Dothan, Alabama

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The last Census shows that Dothan had a population^<1> of 57,737 people in 2000. This represents 1.3% of the total population of Alabama, making it the state's 7th most populous community.

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

Rank	Community	Population	Direction	Distance<2>
5	Tuscaloosa	77,906	NW	187 mi [300.9 km]
6	Hoover	62,742	NW	171 mi [275.2 km]
7	Dothan	57,737
8	Decatur	53,929	N	251 mi [403.9 km]
9	Auburn	42,987	N	95 mi [152.9 km]

Every year, the US Census produces an estimate for the number of people living in Dothan. The most recent estimate is for the year 2007 and at that time, Dothan had a population of 65,447 people. This is an increase of 13.35% 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 Dothan had 25,920 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Dothan has a total area of 86.8 square miles [224.9 km²]^<4>. Of this total, only a minor amount of the area is covered by water (0.2 square miles [0.52 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Dothan had a 2000 population density of 666 people per square mile [1,726 people/km²], making it the state's 77th most densely populated area.

Houston County

Dothan is located in Houston County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 88,925 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 57,737 people, Dothan accounted for 64.9% of the Houston County total.

In addition, where the community of Dothan has a population density of 666 people per square mile [1,726 people/km²], Houston County averages 153.2 people per square mile [396.8 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

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

Click here for the Dothan QuickFact (QF-0121184).

A Census Quickfact is available for Houston County (QF-01069).

Miscellaneous Information

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

Dothan 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 Dothan.

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) Dothan. 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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