Alabama · Census place 0160648

Pinson, Alabama

Pinson is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama with an estimated 7,781 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 82nd largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,781
#82 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
-2.0%
-155 people
Land area
11.9 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
652 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Pinson. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Pinson population, 2020 to 2024

Pinson lost 155 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +12. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 81st; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Pinson is 55% of it.

7,93620207,85920217,79920227,76920237,7812024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,948. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pinson covers 11.94 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 652 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Pinson is close to the typical town.

What county Pinson is in

All of Pinson's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 664,744 residents in 2024. Pinson holds 1.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pinson

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Pinson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35126, 35215. 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 Pinson is

The Census internal point of Pinson is at 33.709300, -86.663600. Montgomery, the capital, is 94.4 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clay, AL (10,241 people), 3.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL, 14.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.709300, -86.663600
DMS
33°42'33.48"N 86°39'48.96"W
UTM
16N 531171.3E 3729975.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
865MP85P+PH

Daylight in Pinson

At 33.71° N, Pinson gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pinson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Clay, 3.3 miles away, with 10,241 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pinson, AL?

7,781 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 155 (2.0%) from 7,936 in July 2020.

What county is Pinson in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Pinson?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 35126, 35215.

How far is Pinson from Montgomery?

94.4 miles (152.0 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Pinson.

What is the nearest larger city to Pinson?

Clay, AL, with 10,241 residents, 3.3 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.