Introduction The Alabama Territorial Legislature created Bibb County on February 7, 1818. It was one of the first thirteen counties to be added to the seven already existing when Alabama was still a part of the Mississippi Territory. Originally, it was called Cahaba (spelled Cahawba for many years) to preserve the name given it by the Choctaw Indians, Oka Aba. On December 4, 1820, the State Legislature renamed it in honor of the late Governor William Wyatt Bibb. As it was then constituted, it contained much of what is now the southern part of Shelby County and the western part of Chilton County. Its present area is 625 square miles.
Sources: Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce. Foscue, Virginia O., Place Names in Alabama, The University of Alabama Press, 2000. Graves, John Temple, ed., The Book of Alabama and the South, Protective Life Insurance Co., Birmingham, 1933. U.S. Bureau of the Census, Estimates Division.
Population of County - 22,512
Cities and Towns
Cities and Towns
Population
2000
2013
2016 Projections
Brent
4,024
4,891
5,352
Centreville
2,466
2,718
3,237
West Blocton
1,372
1,264
1,598
Sources: US Census Bureau
2016 Projections
Population Trends
2000 Census
2008 Estimated
2013 Estimated
2016 Projections
Total Population
20,826
22,072
22,512
26,200
Population Density
33.3
35.3
37.7
Sources: US Census Bureau, Experian/Applied Geographic Solutions
Economic Structure
Labor Force Estimates, June 2014
Civilian Labor Force
8,899
Employment
8,269
Unemployment Rate, June 2014
United States
6.3%
Alabama
7.1%
Bibb County
7.1%
Source: Alabama Department of Industrial Relations Link
Households and Income
2011 Estimates
2016 Projections
Number of Households
7,953
Average Household Income
$52,421
$61,138
Median Household Income
$44,387
$49,417
Per Capita Income
$19,875
$21,809
Sources: Demographic Data Copyright by Experion/ Applied Geographic Solutions