Alabama · Census place 0115064

Citronelle, Alabama

Citronelle is a city in Mobile County, Alabama with an estimated 3,928 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 125th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,928
#125 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
-0.1%
-2 people
Land area
25.9 sq mi
+ 0.27 sq mi water
Density
152 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Citronelle. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Citronelle population, 2020 to 2024

Citronelle lost 2 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +22.

3,93020203,91620213,89520223,90620233,9282024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,935. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Citronelle covers 25.89 square miles of land and 0.27 of water, for 152 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Citronelle is less dense than the typical town.

What county Citronelle is in

All of Citronelle's residents live in Mobile County, which had 412,339 residents in 2024. Citronelle holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Citronelle

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Citronelle by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36522. 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 Citronelle is

The Census internal point of Citronelle is at 31.097300, -88.249800. Montgomery, the capital, is 144.7 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Saraland, AL (16,458 people), 18.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Mobile, AL, 30.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.097300, -88.249800
DMS
31°05'50.28"N 88°14'59.28"W
UTM
16N 380803.4E 3441056.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
863H3QW2+W3

Daylight in Citronelle

At 31.10° N, Citronelle gets about 14 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Citronelle

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Mount Vernon, 14.0 miles away, with 1,366 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Citronelle, AL?

3,928 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 2 (0.1%) from 3,930 in July 2020.

What county is Citronelle in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Citronelle?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 36522.

How far is Citronelle from Montgomery?

144.7 miles (232.9 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Citronelle.

What is the nearest larger city to Citronelle?

Saraland, AL, with 16,458 residents, 18.7 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.