Alabama · Census place 0130736

Gordo, Alabama

Gordo is a town in Pickens County, Alabama with an estimated 1,559 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 221st largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,559
#221 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
-4.2%
-69 people
Land area
3.3 sq mi
Density
480 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Gordo. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Gordo population, 2020 to 2024

Gordo lost 69 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.2%. In the latest year it moved by -25.

1,62820201,60620211,59020221,58420231,5592024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,632. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Gordo covers 3.25 square miles of land, for 480 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Gordo is less dense than the typical town.

What county Gordo is in

All of Gordo's residents live in Pickens County, which had 18,508 residents in 2024. Gordo holds 8.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Gordo

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Gordo by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 35466. 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 Gordo is

The Census internal point of Gordo is at 33.322300, -87.903700. Montgomery, the capital, is 113.7 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Northport, AL (31,492 people), 18.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tuscaloosa, AL, 22.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.322300, -87.903700
DMS
33°19'20.28"N 87°54'13.32"W
UTM
16N 415887.0E 3687382.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
865J83CW+WG

Daylight in Gordo

At 33.32° N, Gordo gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Gordo

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Reform, 7.6 miles away, with 1,437 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Gordo, AL?

1,559 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 69 (4.2%) from 1,628 in July 2020.

What county is Gordo in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Gordo?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 35466.

How far is Gordo from Montgomery?

113.7 miles (183.0 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Gordo.

What is the nearest larger city to Gordo?

Northport, AL, with 31,492 residents, 18.3 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.