Alabama · Census place 0101708

Andalusia, Alabama

Andalusia is a city in Covington County, Alabama with an estimated 8,728 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 76th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,728
#76 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
-1.3%
-114 people
Land area
19.8 sq mi
+ 0.16 sq mi water
Density
441 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Andalusia. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Andalusia population, 2020 to 2024

Andalusia lost 114 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by -57. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 77th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Andalusia is 62% of it.

8,84220208,79520218,74220228,78520238,7282024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,839. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Andalusia covers 19.81 square miles of land and 0.16 of water, for 441 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Andalusia is less dense than the typical town.

What county Andalusia is in

All of Andalusia's residents live in Covington County, which had 37,748 residents in 2024. Andalusia holds 23.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Andalusia

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Andalusia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36420, 36421. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Andalusia is

The Census internal point of Andalusia is at 31.309400, -86.478000. Montgomery, the capital, is 74.5 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Enterprise, AL (30,731 people), 37.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Montgomery, AL, 72.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.309400, -86.478000
DMS
31°18'33.84"N 86°28'40.80"W
UTM
16N 549672.0E 3464009.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
863M8G5C+QQ

Daylight in Andalusia

At 31.31° N, Andalusia gets about 14 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Andalusia

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Opp, 13.1 miles away, with 6,706 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Andalusia, AL?

8,728 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 114 (1.3%) from 8,842 in July 2020.

What county is Andalusia in?

Covington County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Andalusia?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 36420, 36421.

How far is Andalusia from Montgomery?

74.5 miles (119.9 km) in a straight line, heading N from Andalusia.

What is the nearest larger city to Andalusia?

Enterprise, AL, with 30,731 residents, 37.3 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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