Walker County
Also known as Walker County, Alabama, Walker County, AL
county in Alabama, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alabama
- Founded
- December 26, 1823
- Named after
- John Williams Walker
- Seat
- Jasper
- Largest city
- Jasper
- Total
- 805 sq mi (2,080 km )
- Land
- 791 sq mi (2,050 km )
- Water
- 14 sq mi (36 km ) 1.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 65,140
- Density
- 82.6/sq mi (31.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
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Walker County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,342. Its county seat is Jasper. Its name is in honor of John Williams Walker, the first U.S. senator elected from Alabama.
Walker County comprises the entirety of the Jasper, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area.