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Macon County
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county in Alabama, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alabama
- Founded
- December 18, 1832
- Named after
- Nathaniel Macon
- Seat
- Tuskegee
- Largest city
- Tuskegee
- Total
- 613 sq mi (1,590 km )
- Land
- 609 sq mi (1,580 km )
- Water
- 4.3 sq mi (11 km ) 0.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 18,132
- Density
- 32.1/sq mi (12.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .maconalabama .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 19532
- Area
- 1588
- Official website
- www.maconcountyal.com
- Image
- TuskegeeAlabama1.jpg
- Households
- 7592
- Licence plate code
- 46
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- native label
- Macon County
- Commons category
- Macon County, Alabama
- inception
- 1832-12-18
- water as percent of area
- 0.7
- per capita income
- 22170
- mean age
- 38.7
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Macon County is a county located in the east central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,532. Its county seat is Tuskegee. Its name is in honor of Nathaniel Macon, a member of the United States Senate from North Carolina.
Developed for cotton plantation agriculture in the nineteenth century, the county is considered within the Black Belt of the South. It has had a majority-black population since before the American Civil War.
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