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Medical and dental practices in Choctaw County, AL
How Choctaw County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for medical and dental practices: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,509 of 2,394 scored counties
#36 of 64 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 21
- 5 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.8M
- On medical and dental services · $907 a household
- Spending per listing
- $227K
- 49% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 40.0
- 53% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,904
- −5.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 21 medical and dental practices in Choctaw County. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 24%, against 11% across the U.S. That is 40.0 per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Choctaw County comes to about $4.8M a year: $907 per household, 30% below the U.S. average. That is about $227K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 49% above the U.S. figure of $152K.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Choctaw County in 2023. That is one for every 876 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Choctaw County declined 5.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For medical and dental practices, Choctaw County has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #1,509 of 2,394 scored counties and #36 of 64 scored counties in Alabama.
How Choctaw County compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all medical and dental services by the medical and dental practices counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Choctaw County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 40.0 | 64.4 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $227K | $163K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 876 | 343 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.1% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.7% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $907 | $1,050 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $47,813 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 38
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 215 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Choctaw County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Choctaw County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,904−5.7% since 2020
- Households
- 5,255
- Median age
- 45.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 914 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 14
- Median household income
- $47,813+33.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $66,991
- Median home value
- $123,400
- Jobs located here
- 3,148
- Daytime population
- 11,427Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Henry County, AL | 76 | 15 | 21.2 | $466K | +7.1% | #166 of 2,394 |
| 2Lawrence County, AL | 75 | 27 | 19.8 | $519K | +2.3% | #193 of 2,394 |
| 3Hale County, AL | 71 | 10 | 17.7 | $496K | +2.9% | #302 of 2,394 |
| 4Elmore County, AL | 71 | 103 | 31.3 | $352K | +4.2% | #313 of 2,394 |
| 5Geneva County, AL | 70 | 17 | 16.0 | $585K | +3.2% | #330 of 2,394 |
| 6Cleburne County, AL | 70 | 11 | 18.4 | $519K | +6.0% | #332 of 2,394 |
| 7Limestone County, AL | 68 | 154 | 37.6 | $312K | +18.0% | #405 of 2,394 |
| 8St. Clair County, AL | 68 | 138 | 39.3 | $276K | +7.1% | #414 of 2,394 |
| 9Washington County, AL | 65 | 13 | 21.8 | $483K | −3.3% | #516 of 2,394 |
| 10Clay County, AL | 64 | 14 | 24.1 | $396K | −0.1% | #563 of 2,394 |
| 36Choctaw County, AL | 43 | 21 | 40.0 | $227K | −5.7% | #1,509 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Choctaw County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in Choctaw County, AL?
Choctaw County has 21 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Choctaw County, AL spend on medical and dental services?
About $4.8M a year, or $907 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $227K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,255 households in Choctaw County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Choctaw County, AL compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Choctaw County has 40.0 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $227K, 49% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Choctaw County would have about 31, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 876 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is Choctaw County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Choctaw County at 11,904 people in 2025, down 5.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,255 households. Median household income in Choctaw County is $47,813, 41% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.2%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Choctaw County scores 43 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #1,509 of 2,394 scored counties.
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