Alabama · Census place 0155200
Northport, Alabama
Northport is a city in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama with an estimated 31,492 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 19th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 31,492
- #19 of 257 in Alabama
- Change since 2020
- +0.9%
- +284 people
- Land area
- 18.0 sq mi
- + 0.40 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,749 / sq mi
- State median 715
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Northport population, 2020 to 2024
Northport added 284 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +280. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 60th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Northport is 2.2 times that size.
Northport covers 18.01 square miles of land and 0.40 of water, for 1,749 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Northport is denser than the typical town.
What county Northport is in
All of Northport's residents live in Tuscaloosa County, which had 241,212 residents in 2024. Northport holds 13.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Northport
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Northport by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35452, 35473, 35475, 35476. 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 Northport is
The Census internal point of Northport is at 33.257600, -87.596400. Montgomery, the capital, is 96.8 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tuscaloosa, AL (114,288 people), 4.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.257600, -87.596400
- DMS
- 33°15'27.36"N 87°35'47.04"W
- UTM
- 16N 444448.9E 3680003.7N
- Geohash
- djctnwq5x
- Plus code
- 865J7C53+2C
Daylight in Northport
At 33.26° N, Northport gets about 14 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Northport
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Tuscaloosa, 4.2 miles away, with 114,288 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Northport, AL?
31,492 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 284 (0.9%) from 31,208 in July 2020.
What county is Northport in?
Tuscaloosa County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Northport?
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 35452, 35473, 35475, 35476.
How far is Northport from Montgomery?
96.8 miles (155.8 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Northport.
What is the nearest larger city to Northport?
Tuscaloosa, AL, with 114,288 residents, 4.2 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.