Alabama · Census place 0128552

Fultondale, Alabama

Fultondale is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama with an estimated 9,325 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 71st largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,325
#71 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
-2.1%
-203 people
Land area
12.1 sq mi
Density
768 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Fultondale. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Fultondale population, 2020 to 2024

Fultondale lost 203 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +15. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 84th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Fultondale is 66% of it.

9,52820209,43920219,35620229,31020239,3252024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 9,526. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Fultondale covers 12.14 square miles of land, for 768 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Fultondale is close to the typical town.

What county Fultondale is in

All of Fultondale's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 664,744 residents in 2024. Fultondale holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Fultondale

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Fultondale by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35068, 35119, 35217. 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 Fultondale is

The Census internal point of Fultondale is at 33.617400, -86.801400. Montgomery, the capital, is 90.5 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gardendale, AL (16,444 people), 3.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL, 6.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.617400, -86.801400
DMS
33°37'2.64"N 86°48'5.04"W
UTM
16N 518422.1E 3719753.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
865MJ58X+XC

Daylight in Fultondale

At 33.62° N, Fultondale gets about 14 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Fultondale

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Tarrant, 2.6 miles away, with 5,806 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Fultondale, AL?

9,325 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 203 (2.1%) from 9,528 in July 2020.

What county is Fultondale in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Fultondale?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 35068, 35119, 35217.

How far is Fultondale from Montgomery?

90.5 miles (145.6 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Fultondale.

What is the nearest larger city to Fultondale?

Gardendale, AL, with 16,444 residents, 3.9 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.