Alabama · Census place 0120296
Demopolis, Alabama
Demopolis is a city in Marengo County, Alabama with an estimated 6,724 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 90th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 6,724
- #90 of 257 in Alabama
- Change since 2020
- -5.9%
- -418 people
- Land area
- 17.7 sq mi
- + 0.32 sq mi water
- Density
- 379 / sq mi
- State median 715
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Demopolis population, 2020 to 2024
Demopolis lost 418 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.9%. In the latest year it moved by -97. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 105th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Demopolis is 48% of it.
Demopolis covers 17.74 square miles of land and 0.32 of water, for 379 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Demopolis is less dense than the typical town.
What county Demopolis is in
All of Demopolis's residents live in Marengo County, which had 18,512 residents in 2024. Demopolis holds 36.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Demopolis
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Demopolis by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36732, 36742. 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 Demopolis is
The Census internal point of Demopolis is at 32.499700, -87.826700. Montgomery, the capital, is 89.4 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Selma, AL (16,312 people), 46.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tuscaloosa, AL, 53.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.499700, -87.826700
- DMS
- 32°29'58.92"N 87°49'36.12"W
- UTM
- 16N 422339.1E 3596126.9N
- Geohash
- djc8ckqs3
- Plus code
- 864JF5XF+V8
Daylight in Demopolis
At 32.50° N, Demopolis gets about 14 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Demopolis
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Linden, 13.8 miles away, with 1,815 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Demopolis, AL?
6,724 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 418 (5.9%) from 7,142 in July 2020.
What county is Demopolis in?
Marengo County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Demopolis?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 36732, 36742.
How far is Demopolis from Montgomery?
89.4 miles (143.9 km) in a straight line, heading E from Demopolis.
What is the nearest larger city to Demopolis?
Selma, AL, with 16,312 residents, 46.5 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.