Alabama · Census place 0118976

Cullman, Alabama

Cullman is a city in Cullman County, Alabama with an estimated 20,239 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 33rd largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
20,239
#33 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
+9.6%
+1,778 people
Land area
22.8 sq mi
+ 1.34 sq mi water
Density
887 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Cullman. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Cullman population, 2020 to 2024

Cullman added 1,778 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.6%. In the latest year it moved by +370. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 18th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Cullman is 1.4 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 18,335. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cullman covers 22.83 square miles of land and 1.34 of water, for 887 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Cullman is denser than the typical town.

What county Cullman is in

All of Cullman's residents live in Cullman County, which had 92,604 residents in 2024. Cullman holds 21.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Cullman

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Cullman by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35055, 35057, 35058. 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 Cullman is

The Census internal point of Cullman is at 34.176900, -86.840700. Montgomery, the capital, is 128.2 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Decatur, AL (57,974 people), 28.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Huntsville, AL, 37.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.176900, -86.840700
DMS
34°10'36.84"N 86°50'26.52"W
UTM
16N 514680.5E 3781782.0N
Geohash
dn44rvswc
Plus code
866M55G5+QP

Daylight in Cullman

At 34.18° N, Cullman gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cullman

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Good Hope, 4.8 miles away, with 2,646 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cullman, AL?

20,239 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,778 (9.6%) from 18,461 in July 2020.

What county is Cullman in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Cullman?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 35055, 35057, 35058.

How far is Cullman from Montgomery?

128.2 miles (206.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Cullman.

What is the nearest larger city to Cullman?

Decatur, AL, with 57,974 residents, 28.6 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.