Alabama · Census place 0111512

Camden, Alabama

Camden is a city in Wilcox County, Alabama with an estimated 1,695 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 214th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,695
#214 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
-8.3%
-153 people
Land area
4.2 sq mi
Density
406 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Camden. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

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Camden population, 2020 to 2024

Camden lost 153 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -8.3%. In the latest year it moved by -6.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,861. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Camden covers 4.18 square miles of land, for 406 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Camden is less dense than the typical town.

What county Camden is in

All of Camden's residents live in Wilcox County, which had 9,865 residents in 2024. Camden holds 17.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Camden

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Camden by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36726. 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 Camden is

The Census internal point of Camden is at 31.998500, -87.288900. Montgomery, the capital, is 63.5 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Thomasville, AL (3,540 people), 26.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Montgomery, AL, 64.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.998500, -87.288900
DMS
31°59'54.60"N 87°17'20.04"W
UTM
16N 472711.4E 3540305.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
863JXPX6+CC

Daylight in Camden

At 32.00° N, Camden gets about 14 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Camden

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Thomasville, 26.9 miles away, with 3,540 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Camden, AL?

1,695 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 153 (8.3%) from 1,848 in July 2020.

What county is Camden in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Camden?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 36726.

How far is Camden from Montgomery?

63.5 miles (102.1 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Camden.

What is the nearest larger city to Camden?

Thomasville, AL, with 3,540 residents, 26.9 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.