Russellville, Alabama

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The last Census shows that Russellville had a population^<1> of 8,971 people in 2000. This represents 0.2% of the total population of Alabama, making it the state's 60th most populous community.

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

Rank	Community	Population	Direction	Distance<2>
58	Pell City	9,565	SE	104 mi [167.4 km]
59	Valley	9,198	SE	187 mi [300.9 km]
60	Russellville	8,971
61	Andalusia	8,794	S	232 mi [373.4 km]
62	Rainbow City	8,428	E	103 mi [165.8 km]

Every year, the US Census produces an estimate for the number of people living in Russellville. The most recent estimate is for the year 2007 and at that time, Russellville had a population of 8,780 people. This is a decrease of 2.13% 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 Russellville had 3,882 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Russellville has a total area of 13.35 square miles [34.58 km²]^<4>. Of this total, only a minor amount of the area is covered by water (0.12 square miles [0.31 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Russellville had a 2000 population density of 677 people per square mile [1,755 people/km²], making it the state's 74th most densely populated area.

Franklin County

Russellville is located in Franklin County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 31,207 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 8,971 people, Russellville accounted for 28.75% of the Franklin County total.

In addition, where the community of Russellville has a population density of 677 people per square mile [1,755 people/km²], Franklin County averages 49.1 people per square mile [127.2 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Russellville and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Russellville. 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. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Russellville.

A Census Quickfact is available for Franklin County (QF-01059).

Miscellaneous Information

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

Russellville 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 Russellville.

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) Russellville. 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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