Alabama · Census place 0131720
Greensboro, Alabama
Greensboro is a city in Hale County, Alabama with an estimated 2,187 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 175th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,187
- #175 of 257 in Alabama
- Change since 2020
- -1.2%
- -26 people
- Land area
- 2.4 sq mi
- Density
- 919 / sq mi
- State median 715
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Greensboro population, 2020 to 2024
Greensboro lost 26 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +22.
Greensboro covers 2.38 square miles of land, for 919 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Greensboro is denser than the typical town.
What county Greensboro is in
All of Greensboro's residents live in Hale County, which had 15,116 residents in 2024. Greensboro holds 14.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Greensboro
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Greensboro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36744. 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 Greensboro is
The Census internal point of Greensboro is at 32.701000, -87.593700. Montgomery, the capital, is 78.6 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Marion, AL (2,702 people), 16.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tuscaloosa, AL, 37.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.701000, -87.593700
- DMS
- 32°42'3.60"N 87°35'37.32"W
- UTM
- 16N 444352.3E 3618296.3N
- Geohash
- djcdnc01n
- Plus code
- 864JPC24+CG
Daylight in Greensboro
At 32.70° N, Greensboro gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Greensboro
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Marion, 16.8 miles away, with 2,702 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Greensboro, AL?
2,187 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 26 (1.2%) from 2,213 in July 2020.
What county is Greensboro in?
Hale County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Greensboro?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 36744.
How far is Greensboro from Montgomery?
78.6 miles (126.5 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Greensboro.
What is the nearest larger city to Greensboro?
Marion, AL, with 2,702 residents, 16.8 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.