Alabama · Census place 0151600

Moulton, Alabama

Moulton is a city in Lawrence County, Alabama with an estimated 3,408 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 134th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,408
#134 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
+0.3%
+11 people
Land area
6.0 sq mi
Density
569 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Moulton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

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Moulton population, 2020 to 2024

Moulton added 11 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.3%. In the latest year it moved by -11.

3,39720203,37320213,38620223,41920233,4082024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,398. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Moulton covers 5.99 square miles of land, for 569 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Moulton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Moulton is in

All of Moulton's residents live in Lawrence County, which had 33,567 residents in 2024. Moulton holds 10.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Moulton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Moulton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35650. 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 Moulton is

The Census internal point of Moulton is at 34.488300, -87.282700. Montgomery, the capital, is 156.5 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Decatur, AL (57,974 people), 17.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Huntsville, AL, 37.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.488300, -87.282700
DMS
34°29'17.88"N 87°16'57.72"W
UTM
16N 474043.6E 3816336.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
866JFPQ8+8W

Daylight in Moulton

At 34.49° N, Moulton gets about 14 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Moulton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Trinity, 13.7 miles away, with 2,602 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Moulton, AL?

3,408 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 11 (0.3%) from 3,397 in July 2020.

What county is Moulton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Moulton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 35650.

How far is Moulton from Montgomery?

156.5 miles (251.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Moulton.

What is the nearest larger city to Moulton?

Decatur, AL, with 57,974 residents, 17.6 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.