Alabama · Census place 0157648

Ozark, Alabama

Ozark is a city in Dale County, Alabama with an estimated 14,368 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 53rd largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
14,368
#53 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
+0.2%
+35 people
Land area
34.1 sq mi
+ 0.24 sq mi water
Density
421 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Ozark. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Ozark population, 2020 to 2024

Ozark added 35 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +34. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 68th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Ozark is 1.0 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 14,363. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ozark covers 34.11 square miles of land and 0.24 of water, for 421 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Ozark is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ozark is in

All of Ozark's residents live in Dale County, which had 50,067 residents in 2024. Ozark holds 28.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ozark

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ozark by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36360. 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 Ozark is

The Census internal point of Ozark is at 31.451600, -85.645000. Montgomery, the capital, is 74.6 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Enterprise, AL (30,731 people), 14.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Montgomery, AL, 71.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.451600, -85.645000
DMS
31°27'5.76"N 85°38'42.00"W
UTM
16N 628748.4E 3480446.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
863PF924+J2

Daylight in Ozark

At 31.45° N, Ozark gets about 14 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ozark

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Newton, 8.3 miles away, with 1,652 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ozark, AL?

14,368 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 35 (0.2%) from 14,333 in July 2020.

What county is Ozark in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Ozark?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 36360.

How far is Ozark from Montgomery?

74.6 miles (120.0 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Ozark.

What is the nearest larger city to Ozark?

Enterprise, AL, with 30,731 residents, 14.7 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.