Alabama · Census place 0117368
Cordova, Alabama
Cordova is a town in Walker County, Alabama with an estimated 1,680 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 215th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,680
- #215 of 257 in Alabama
- Change since 2020
- -2.7%
- -47 people
- Land area
- 5.8 sq mi
- + 0.11 sq mi water
- Density
- 288 / sq mi
- State median 715
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Cordova population, 2020 to 2024
Cordova lost 47 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.7%. In the latest year it moved by +4.
Cordova covers 5.83 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 288 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Cordova is less dense than the typical town.
What county Cordova is in
All of Cordova's residents live in Walker County, which had 65,260 residents in 2024. Cordova holds 2.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Cordova
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cordova by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 35550. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Cordova is
The Census internal point of Cordova is at 33.761800, -87.199400. Montgomery, the capital, is 108.9 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dora, AL (2,242 people), 7.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL, 28.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.761800, -87.199400
- DMS
- 33°45'42.48"N 87°11'57.84"W
- UTM
- 16N 481534.6E 3735763.2N
- Geohash
- dn1bpdpkd
- Plus code
- 865JQR62+P6
Daylight in Cordova
At 33.76° N, Cordova gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Cordova
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Dora, 7.2 miles away, with 2,242 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Cordova, AL?
1,680 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 47 (2.7%) from 1,727 in July 2020.
What county is Cordova in?
Walker County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Cordova?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 35550.
How far is Cordova from Montgomery?
108.9 miles (175.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Cordova.
What is the nearest larger city to Cordova?
Dora, AL, with 2,242 residents, 7.1 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.