Anniston, Alabama

Anniston population, 2020 to 2024

Anniston lost 393 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by -55. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 80th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Anniston is 1.5 times that size.

Anniston covers 45.85 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 461 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Anniston is less dense than the typical town.

What county Anniston is in

All of Anniston's residents live in Calhoun County, which had 116,427 residents in 2024. Anniston holds 18.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Anniston

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Anniston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36201, 36205, 36206, 36207. 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 Anniston is

The Census internal point of Anniston is at 33.673500, -85.810900. Montgomery, the capital, is 94.0 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oxford, AL (22,088 people), 6.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL, 57.7 miles away.

Daylight in Anniston

At 33.67° N, Anniston gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Anniston

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Weaver, 5.9 miles away, with 3,317 people.