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Sales tax in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated

There is no single sales tax rate in Tuscaloosa County. It runs from 8.5% to 10% depending on the exact address, because cities and special districts inside the county levy their own on top of the 4% state rate. The 4% state rate applies everywhere in the county; everything above that depends on where you are standing. These rates were read from Alabama's own published schedule and checked on October 20, 2026. The rate in each of the 9 cities is in the table below.

What is the sales tax rate in Tuscaloosa County?

Sales tax rate components in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Alabama state rate4%
Lowest combined rate in the county8.5%
Highest combined rate in the county10%

The combined figures are the lowest and highest totals anywhere in Tuscaloosa County, so the rows above do not add up to them.

What is the sales tax rate in each city in Tuscaloosa County?

Alabama publishes the rate for every city it taxes. These are the combined rates, state and local together, as listed in Alabama's own rate file. Where a city shows a range, a special district covers only part of it, so the rate depends on the exact address.

Sales tax rate by city in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
CityOctober 2026
BrookwoodIn Brookwood's police jurisdiction, outside the city limits, the rate is 10%.10%
CoalingIn Coaling's police jurisdiction, outside the city limits, the rate is 10%.10%
CokerCoker charges no sales tax outside its city limits. In its police jurisdiction the rate is 8.5% (state and Tuscaloosa County only).10%
Lake ViewIn Lake View's police jurisdiction, outside the city limits, the rate is 9.5%.9%
MoundvilleIn Moundville's police jurisdiction, outside the city limits, the rate is 10%.10%
NorthportIn Northport's police jurisdiction, outside the city limits, the rate is 10%.10%
TuscaloosaIn Tuscaloosa's police jurisdiction, outside the city limits, the rate is 10%.10%
VanceIn Vance's police jurisdiction, outside the city limits, the rate is 10%.10%
WoodstockIn Woodstock's police jurisdiction, outside the city limits, the rate is 9.5%.9%
Unincorporated Tuscaloosa CountyOutside city limits the rate is 10%, except in the police jurisdiction of Coker (8.5%), the police jurisdiction of Lake View (9.5%), and the police jurisdiction of Woodstock (9.5%).8.5% to 10%

Source: Alabama rate file for October 2026, from Alabama's official rate page.

How much sales tax is that on a purchase in Tuscaloosa County?

At 8.5%, a $100 purchase carries $8.50 in sales tax and a $1,000 purchase $85.00, at the lowest rate in the county. At the highest, 10%, the same purchases carry $10.00 and $100.00. That is general merchandise; Alabama taxes some categories, often groceries, differently, as the note below explains.

Among Alabama's 67 counties, Tuscaloosa County's lowest rate ranks 2nd highest, level with 2 other counties. See every Alabama county.

Sales tax in counties next to Tuscaloosa County

Tuscaloosa County borders 7 counties. The lowest rate next door is 6% in Fayette County, AL, which is $25.00 less on a $1,000 purchase than the lowest rate in Tuscaloosa County.

Tuscaloosa County and its neighbors, highest rate first
CountyCombined sales tax
Tuscaloosa County, AL (this county)8.5% to 10%
Bibb County, AL8% to 11%
Pickens County, AL8% to 10%
Greene County, AL7% to 10%
Hale County, AL7% to 10%
Fayette County, AL6% to 11%
Jefferson County, AL6% to 11%
Walker County, AL6% to 10%

Why the rate here is not the whole story

Alabama charges 4 percent statewide on general merchandise and then stacks a county rate and a city rate, and both can change at the city limit and again inside a city police jurisdiction, so a single rate for the whole county does not exist. The county does not levy one rate: it charges 3 percent to 6 percent depending on whether the address is inside a city, in a city police jurisdiction or in the unincorporated county. The floor of 8.5 percent is the police jurisdiction of Coker, where the county levies 4.5 percent and the town does not tax its police jurisdiction. The ceiling of 10 percent is at Tuscaloosa, Northport, Coaling, Moundville, Vance, Coker and Brookwood, and unincorporated Tuscaloosa County, which all reach 10 percent. Groceries are taxed by the state at 2 percent since 1 September 2025, down from 3 percent and from 4 percent before September 2023, with local rates still applying on top, so every figure here is general merchandise only. Tuscaloosa County administers and collects its own sales tax rather than filing through the department, so it reports its rate to the department instead of the department setting it. For one address, use the department's rate lookup linked from the page above.

How do I find the exact rate for an address in Tuscaloosa County?

Use Alabama's own address lookup. In Tuscaloosa County the rate depends on the address, anywhere from 8.5% to 10%.

Who has to collect sales tax in Tuscaloosa County?

Any seller with a physical presence in Alabama collects at the rate for the address of the sale; a remote seller does once it passes Alabama's economic nexus threshold. Alabama sales tax covers the statewide rules and what is exempt.

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