Alabama · Census place 0148400

Midland City, Alabama

Midland City is a city in Dale County, Alabama with an estimated 2,305 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 163rd largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,305
#163 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
+2.2%
+49 people
Land area
6.1 sq mi
Density
380 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Midland City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Midland City population, 2020 to 2024

Midland City added 49 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.2%. In the latest year it moved by +1.

2,25620202,27820212,28820222,30420232,3052024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,254. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Midland City covers 6.06 square miles of land, for 380 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Midland City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Midland City is in

All of Midland City's residents live in Dale County, which had 50,067 residents in 2024. Midland City holds 4.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Midland City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Midland City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36350. 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 Midland City is

The Census internal point of Midland City is at 31.315700, -85.493700. Montgomery, the capital, is 87.3 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dothan, AL (71,650 people), 7.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Montgomery, AL, 84.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.315700, -85.493700
DMS
31°18'56.52"N 85°29'37.32"W
UTM
16N 643332.3E 3465569.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
863P8G84+7G

Daylight in Midland City

At 31.32° N, Midland City gets about 14 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Midland City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Newton, 5.9 miles away, with 1,652 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Midland City, AL?

2,305 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 49 (2.2%) from 2,256 in July 2020.

What county is Midland City in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Midland City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 36350.

How far is Midland City from Montgomery?

87.3 miles (140.5 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Midland City.

What is the nearest larger city to Midland City?

Dothan, AL, with 71,650 residents, 7.6 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.