Alabama · Census place 0104660

Bay Minette, Alabama

Bay Minette is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama with an estimated 8,505 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 79th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,505
#79 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
+4.7%
+385 people
Land area
17.3 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
493 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Bay Minette. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Bay Minette population, 2020 to 2024

Bay Minette added 385 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.7%. In the latest year it moved by +127. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 39th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Bay Minette is 60% of it.

8,12020208,21620218,27220228,37820238,5052024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,098. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bay Minette covers 17.26 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 493 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Bay Minette is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bay Minette is in

All of Bay Minette's residents live in Baldwin County, which had 261,608 residents in 2024. Bay Minette holds 3.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bay Minette

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bay Minette by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36507. 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 Bay Minette is

The Census internal point of Bay Minette is at 30.894400, -87.791300. Montgomery, the capital, is 134.9 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Spanish Fort, AL (11,118 people), 12.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Mobile, AL, 24.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.894400, -87.791300
DMS
30°53'39.84"N 87°47'28.68"W
UTM
16N 424373.4E 3418167.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
862JV6V5+QF

Daylight in Bay Minette

At 30.89° N, Bay Minette gets about 14 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bay Minette

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Spanish Fort, 12.6 miles away, with 11,118 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bay Minette, AL?

8,505 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 385 (4.7%) from 8,120 in July 2020.

What county is Bay Minette in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Bay Minette?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 36507.

How far is Bay Minette from Montgomery?

134.9 miles (217.0 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Bay Minette.

What is the nearest larger city to Bay Minette?

Spanish Fort, AL, with 11,118 residents, 12.6 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.