Walker County, Alabama

Walker County
Walker County
County
	Walker County Courthouse in Jasper
	Seal
	Location within the U.S. state of Alabama
	Alabama's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 33°48′13″N 87°17′52″W / 33.803611111111°N 87.297777777778°W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
Founded	December 26, 1823
Named for	John Williams Walker
Seat	Jasper
Largest city	Jasper
Area
• Total	805 sq mi (2,080 km2)
• Land	791 sq mi (2,050 km2)
• Water	14 sq mi (40 km2) 1.7%
Population (2020)
• Total	65,342
• Estimate (2023)	64,728
• Density	81/sq mi (31/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	4th
	County Number 64 on Alabama Licence Plates;

Walker County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama.^[1] As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,342.^[2] Its county seat is Jasper.^[3] Its name is in honor of John Williams Walker, the first U.S. senator elected from Alabama.^[1]

Walker County comprises the entirety of the Jasper, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area.

^ ^a ^b ^c "ACES Walker County Office" (links/history), Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES), 2007, webpage: ACES-Walker.
^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.