Alabama · Census place 0102320

Argo, Alabama

Argo is a city in 2 counties of Alabama with an estimated 4,369 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 119th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,369
#119 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
-0.6%
-26 people
Land area
10.7 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
408 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Argo. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Argo population, 2020 to 2024

Argo lost 26 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -3.

4,39520204,40020214,37320224,37220234,3692024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,393. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Argo covers 10.70 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 408 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Argo is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Argo spans

Argo crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 4,369 residents as follows; St. Clair County holds 98.7% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01St. Clair County4,312
  2. 02Jefferson County57
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Argo

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Argo by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35120, 35173. 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 Argo is

The Census internal point of Argo is at 33.691000, -86.505300. Montgomery, the capital, is 91.6 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Margaret, AL (6,654 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL, 20.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.691000, -86.505300
DMS
33°41'27.60"N 86°30'19.08"W
UTM
16N 545849.4E 3728005.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
865MMFRV+CV

Daylight in Argo

At 33.69° N, Argo 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 Argo

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Margaret, 2.7 miles away, with 6,654 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Argo, AL?

4,369 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 26 (0.6%) from 4,395 in July 2020.

What county is Argo in?

It spans 2 counties: St. Clair County (4,312 residents), Jefferson County (57 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Argo?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 35120, 35173.

How far is Argo from Montgomery?

91.6 miles (147.4 km) in a straight line, heading S from Argo.

What is the nearest larger city to Argo?

Margaret, AL, with 6,654 residents, 2.7 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.