Florence, Alabama

Florence population, 2020 to 2024

Florence added 2,130 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.2%. In the latest year it moved by +274. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 34th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Florence is 3.0 times that size.

Florence covers 27.08 square miles of land and 0.21 of water, for 1,577 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Florence is denser than the typical town.

What county Florence is in

All of Florence's residents live in Lauderdale County, which had 97,502 residents in 2024. Florence holds 43.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Florence

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Florence by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35630, 35632, 35633. 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 Florence is

The Census internal point of Florence is at 34.829800, -87.662200. Montgomery, the capital, is 186.7 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Decatur, AL (57,974 people), 42.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Huntsville, AL, 56.7 miles away.

Daylight in Florence

At 34.83° N, Florence gets about 14 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Florence

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Sheffield, 5.4 miles away, with 9,335 people.