Alabama · Census place 0151000
Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery is a city in Montgomery County, Alabama with an estimated 195,818 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 4th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 195,818
- #4 of 257 in Alabama
- Change since 2020
- -2.1%
- -4,230 people
- Land area
- 159.9 sq mi
- + 2.42 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,225 / sq mi
- State median 715
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Montgomery population, 2020 to 2024
Montgomery lost 4,230 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by -289. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 83rd; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Montgomery is 13.9 times that size.
Montgomery covers 159.85 square miles of land and 2.42 of water, for 1,225 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Montgomery is denser than the typical town.
What county Montgomery is in
All of Montgomery's residents live in Montgomery County, which had 225,894 residents in 2024. Montgomery holds 86.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Montgomery
17 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Montgomery by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36057, 36101, 36104, 36105, 36106, 36107, 36108, 36109, 36110, 36111, 36112, 36113, 36114, 36115, 36116, 36117, 36130. 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 Montgomery is
The Census internal point of Montgomery is at 32.348500, -86.267300. Montgomery, the capital, is 2.7 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Columbus, GA (201,830 people), 82.0 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 82 m (269 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.348500, -86.267300
- DMS
- 32°20'54.60"N 86°16'2.28"W
- UTM
- 16N 568945.2E 3579301.2N
- Geohash
- djf8hby5d
- Plus code
- 864M8PXM+C3
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
Daylight in Montgomery
At 32.35° N, Montgomery gets about 14 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Montgomery daylight page.
Places near Montgomery
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Pike Road, 10.1 miles away, with 11,500 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Montgomery, AL?
195,818 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 4,230 (2.1%) from 200,048 in July 2020.
What county is Montgomery in?
Montgomery County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Montgomery?
17 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 36057, 36101, 36104, 36105, 36106, 36107, 36108, 36109, 36110, 36111, 36112, 36113, and more.
How far is Montgomery from Montgomery?
2.7 miles (4.4 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Montgomery.
What is the nearest larger city to Montgomery?
Columbus, GA, with 201,830 residents, 82.0 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)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.