Alabama · Census place 0138608
Jemison, Alabama
Jemison is a city in Chilton County, Alabama with an estimated 2,999 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 143rd largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,999
- #143 of 257 in Alabama
- Change since 2020
- +13.7%
- +362 people
- Land area
- 11.4 sq mi
- + 0.07 sq mi water
- Density
- 264 / sq mi
- State median 715
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Jemison population, 2020 to 2024
Jemison added 362 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +13.7%. In the latest year it moved by +49.
Jemison covers 11.35 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 264 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Jemison is less dense than the typical town.
What county Jemison is in
All of Jemison's residents live in Chilton County, which had 47,262 residents in 2024. Jemison holds 6.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Jemison
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Jemison by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35085. 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 Jemison is
The Census internal point of Jemison is at 32.970700, -86.733100. Montgomery, the capital, is 48.1 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Calera, AL (18,530 people), 10.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL, 38.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.970700, -86.733100
- DMS
- 32°58'14.52"N 86°43'59.16"W
- UTM
- 16N 524941.0E 3648070.4N
- Geohash
- djf7d64uh
- Plus code
- 864MX7C8+7Q
Daylight in Jemison
At 32.97° N, Jemison gets about 14 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Jemison
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Thorsby, 3.8 miles away, with 2,190 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Jemison, AL?
2,999 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 362 (13.7%) from 2,637 in July 2020.
What county is Jemison in?
Chilton County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Jemison?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 35085.
How far is Jemison from Montgomery?
48.1 miles (77.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Jemison.
What is the nearest larger city to Jemison?
Calera, AL, with 18,530 residents, 10.5 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.