Alabama · Census place 0127520

Fort Deposit, Alabama

Fort Deposit is a town in Lowndes County, Alabama with an estimated 1,122 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 245th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,122
#245 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
-8.6%
-105 people
Land area
5.7 sq mi
Density
198 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Fort Deposit. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

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Fort Deposit population, 2020 to 2024

Fort Deposit lost 105 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -8.6%. In the latest year it moved by -26.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,233. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Fort Deposit covers 5.66 square miles of land, for 198 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Fort Deposit is less dense than the typical town.

What county Fort Deposit is in

All of Fort Deposit's residents live in Lowndes County, which had 9,485 residents in 2024. Fort Deposit holds 11.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Fort Deposit

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fort Deposit by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 36032. 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 Fort Deposit is

The Census internal point of Fort Deposit is at 31.986300, -86.566400. Montgomery, the capital, is 31.2 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Greenville, AL (6,983 people), 10.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Montgomery, AL, 30.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.986300, -86.566400
DMS
31°59'10.68"N 86°33'59.04"W
UTM
16N 540962.1E 3538999.3N
Geohash
djdmynum8
Plus code
863MXCPM+GC

Daylight in Fort Deposit

At 31.99° N, Fort Deposit gets about 14 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Fort Deposit

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Greenville, 10.7 miles away, with 6,983 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Fort Deposit, AL?

1,122 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 105 (8.6%) from 1,227 in July 2020.

What county is Fort Deposit in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Fort Deposit?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 36032.

How far is Fort Deposit from Montgomery?

31.2 miles (50.2 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Fort Deposit.

What is the nearest larger city to Fort Deposit?

Greenville, AL, with 6,983 residents, 10.7 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.