# Lamar County, Alabama: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Vernon and Sulligent Lamar County is not a build-out site today. It feels the boom through the grid it shares, the utilities that serve it and the work nearby. Lamar County is home to Vernon, Sulligent and Millport. Next door, Lowndes County, Mississippi, has 1 data center and 504 MW of planned generation. Employers here counted 3,345 jobs in 2025, down 3.7% from 2019. Electrical contractors employ 23, at an average $61,997 a year. Alabama Power Co is the largest utility serving Lamar County, one of 2 with territory here. Its residential customers paid an average 16.77¢/kWh in 2024, above the 13.24¢ median for Alabama utilities. -3.7% total jobs since 2019, now 3,345 16.77¢ per kWh for Alabama Power Co residential customers, 2024 13,587 residents, 2025 ## Cities and towns in Lamar County Lamar County is home to Vernon, Sulligent and Millport. Vernon1,823 residents Sulligent1,812 residents Millport963 residents Kennedy425 residents Detroit223 residents Beaverton181 residents Residents are 2025 Census estimates for the part of each city, town or township inside this county. Census publishes no annual estimate for unincorporated communities. ## What changed in Lamar County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in Alabama | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 13,946 | 13,587 | ▼ 2.6% | 57th of 67 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 3,472 | 3,345 | ▼ 3.7% | 59th of 67 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $41,177 | $52,592 | ▲ 27.7% | — | | Construction jobs (2019 → 2025) | 73 | 72 | ▼ 1.4% | — | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 3.5% | 3.6% | ▲ 0.1pts | — | Unemployment was 3.6% in August 2026, against 3.5% in 2019. 13,587 people live here, down 2.6% since 2020. ## Who powers Lamar County ### Utilities with service territory in Lamar County | Utility | Ownership | Service | Residential customers (systemwide) | Residential price, 2024 | Commercial share of sales | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Alabama Power Co | Investor Owned | Bundled | 1,332,911 | 16.77¢ | 26% | | Tombigbee Electric Coop, Inc | — | — | — | — | — | Customer counts, prices and sales shares cover each utility's whole system in the state, not only this county. Commercial sales include data centers. No operating power plant is located in Lamar County in the EIA-860M inventory. Its power comes over the grid from plants elsewhere. ## The Lamar County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 3,345 | $52,592 | 1.00 | | Construction | 72 | $49,649 | 0.41 | | Electrical contractors | 23 | $61,997 | 0.95 | Concentration is the BLS location quotient: 1.0 means the industry holds the same share of local jobs as it does nationally. Industry rows count private employers; cells BLS suppresses are left out. ## Data centers and local rules in Lamar County No data center, local measure or delayed project is on record in Lamar County. Alabama has 18 local measures on record statewide. ## Lamar County and its neighbors Of the 5 counties that border Lamar County, Lowndes County carries the most build-out activity: data centers, planned generation and operating plants combined. [[[[[ | County | Population | Jobs since 2019 | Operating MW | Planned MW | Data centers | Local measures | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Lamar County | 13,587 | ▼ 3.7% | — | — | — | — | | Fayette County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/alabama/fayette-county) | 15,872 | ▼ 1.4% | — | 10 MW | — | — | | Lowndes County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/mississippi/lowndes-county) MS | 57,346 | ▲ 2.7% | 1,380 MW | 504 MW | 1 | — | | Marion County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/alabama/marion-county) | 29,097 | ▼ 0.2% | — | 4 MW | — | — | | Monroe County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/mississippi/monroe-county) MS | 33,318 | ▼ 6.7% | — | 160 MW | — | — | | Pickens County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/alabama/pickens-county) | 18,221 | ▼ 1.7% | — | — | — | — | ## More of Alabama [All Alabama countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/alabama)[Marion County29,097 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/alabama/marion-county)[Pickens County18,221 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/alabama/pickens-county)[Fayette County15,872 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/alabama/fayette-county) ## Lamar County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Lamar County, Alabama? 2 utilities have service territory in Lamar County in the EIA-861 2024 report: Alabama Power Co, Tombigbee Electric Coop, Inc. The largest, Alabama Power Co, charged residential customers 16.77¢/kWh on average in 2024. ### Are there data centers in Lamar County? The SAVRN Data Center Map has no data center in Lamar County. The nearest activity on record is next door in Lowndes County. ### Is Lamar County adding jobs? Employers counted 3,345 jobs in 2025 against 3,472 in 2019 (-3.7%, BLS QCEW). Construction went from 73 to 72. ### Does Lamar County have a data center moratorium? No county-level measure is on record for Lamar County. Alabama has 18 local measures statewide, listed on the state page. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/alabama/lamar-county Updated: 2026-10-08. Refreshed weekly by SAVRN from EIA, BLS, BEA, Census and the SAVRN trackers. License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).