Lexington, Alabama

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The 2000 Census showed that Lexington had a population of 840 people^<1>.

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

Lexington had 394 Housing Units^<2> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Lexington has an area^<3> of 3.21 square miles [8.32 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Lexington had a 2000 population density of 261.5 people per square mile [101 people/km²].

Lauderdale County

The town of Lexington is located in Lauderdale County.

The county had a population of 87,985 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 840 people, Lexington contained 0.95% of the Lauderdale County total.

In addition, where the community of Lexington has a population density of 261.5 people per square mile [101 people/km²], Lauderdale County averages 131.4 people per square mile [50.7 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Lexington and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Lexington. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<4>

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 Lexington.

A Census Quickfact is available for Lauderdale County (QF-01077).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Lauderdale County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Limestone	QF-01083	E	76,135	15.51% increase
	Lawrence	QF-01079	SE	34,166	1.98% decrease
	Colbert	QF-01033	SW	54,663	0.66% decrease
	Tishomingo (MS)	QF-28141	W	18,947	1.1% decrease
	Hardin (TN)	QF-47071	NW	26,227	2.55% increase
	Lawrence (TN)	QF-47099	NE	40,954	2.48% increase
	Wayne (TN)	QF-47181	NW	16,614	1.3% decrease
	Giles (TN)	QF-47055	NE	29,184	0.96% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

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

Lexington 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 Lexington.

The Commemorative Quarter for Alabama<5>

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) Lexington. 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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