Alabama · Census place 0116768
Columbiana, Alabama
Columbiana is a city in Shelby County, Alabama with an estimated 4,904 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 111th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,904
- #111 of 257 in Alabama
- Change since 2020
- +8.2%
- +372 people
- Land area
- 18.0 sq mi
- + 0.10 sq mi water
- Density
- 272 / sq mi
- State median 715
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Columbiana population, 2020 to 2024
Columbiana added 372 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.2%. In the latest year it moved by +89.
Columbiana covers 18.04 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 272 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Columbiana is less dense than the typical town.
What county Columbiana is in
All of Columbiana's residents live in Shelby County, which had 235,969 residents in 2024. Columbiana holds 2.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Columbiana
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Columbiana by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35051. 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 Columbiana is
The Census internal point of Columbiana is at 33.191500, -86.615600. Montgomery, the capital, is 59.2 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chelsea, AL (17,293 people), 8.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL, 25.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.191500, -86.615600
- DMS
- 33°11'29.40"N 86°36'56.16"W
- UTM
- 16N 535831.4E 3672582.8N
- Geohash
- djfkv426w
- Plus code
- 865M59RM+HQ
Daylight in Columbiana
At 33.19° N, Columbiana gets about 14 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Columbiana
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Wilsonville, 8.0 miles away, with 1,948 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Columbiana, AL?
4,904 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 372 (8.2%) from 4,532 in July 2020.
What county is Columbiana in?
Shelby County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Columbiana?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 35051.
How far is Columbiana from Montgomery?
59.2 miles (95.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Columbiana.
What is the nearest larger city to Columbiana?
Chelsea, AL, with 17,293 residents, 8.2 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.