Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham population, 2020 to 2024

Birmingham lost 3,913 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by -461. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 82nd; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Birmingham is 13.9 times that size.

Birmingham covers 147.07 square miles of land and 2.53 of water, for 1,335 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Birmingham is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Birmingham spans

Birmingham crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 196,357 residents as follows; Jefferson County holds 99.0% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Birmingham

29 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Birmingham by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35061, 35068, 35094, 35203, 35204, 35205, 35206, 35207, 35208, 35209, 35210, 35211, 35212, 35213, 35214, 35215, 35217, 35218, 35221, 35222, 35224, 35228, 35233, 35234, 35235, 35242, 35243, 35249, 35254. 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 Birmingham is

The Census internal point of Birmingham is at 33.527200, -86.797000. Montgomery, the capital, is 84.5 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Huntsville, AL (230,402 people), 81.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tuscaloosa, AL, 46.8 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 185 m (607 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Birmingham

At 33.53° N, Birmingham gets about 14 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Birmingham daylight page.

Places near Birmingham

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Mountain Brook, 4.4 miles away, with 21,701 people.