Alabama · 257 places

Cities and towns in Alabama

Short answer

Alabama has 257 incorporated places of 1,000 or more people, home to 3,116,257 residents in 2024. Huntsville is the largest with 230,402.
Places 1,000+
257
5,000+
107
Share of state
60%

Where the places are

Each dot is a place of 1,000+, sized by population. The median place of 5,000+ is Pell City with 14,094 people, and the smallest in that group is Brewton with 5,129. 70 of the 107 places of 5,000+ grew between July 2020 and July 2024. 34 places cross a county line.

Largest places in Alabama

  1. 01Huntsville230,402
  2. 02Mobile201,367
  3. 03Birmingham196,357
  4. 04Montgomery195,818
  5. 05Tuscaloosa114,288
  6. 06Hoover93,013
  7. 07Auburn83,757
  8. 08Dothan71,650
  9. 09Madison64,029
  10. 10Decatur57,974
  11. 11Florence42,716
  12. 12Prattville40,139
  13. 13Phenix City38,509
  14. 14Vestavia Hills38,151
  15. 15Opelika35,005
  16. 16Alabaster34,460
  17. 17Gadsden33,086
  18. 18Athens32,587
  19. 19Northport31,492
  20. 20Daphne30,751
July 1, 2024 estimates, Census Vintage 2024.

Fastest growth among places of 5,000+: Loxley (+42.4%), Foley (+34.3%), Margaret (+28.2%). Largest decline: Selma (-8.5%).

All 257 places, A to Z

Places under 5,000 people have short profile pages that search engines do not index. Figures are July 1, 2024 estimates.

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Questions people ask

How many cities and towns are in Alabama?

The Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates list 257 incorporated places of 1,000 or more people in Alabama, and 107 of 5,000 or more. Smaller towns and census-designated places are not counted here.

What is the largest city in Alabama?

Huntsville, with 230,402 residents on July 1, 2024.

Which Alabama town grew fastest since 2020?

Among places of 5,000+, Loxley grew fastest from July 2020 to July 2024, +42.4%, to 5,176.

What share of Alabama lives in incorporated places?

60%: 3,116,257 of the state's 5,157,699 residents live in the 257 places listed. The rest live in smaller towns, census-designated places or unincorporated land.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.