Alabama · Census place 0162328

Prattville, Alabama

Prattville is a city in 2 counties of Alabama with an estimated 40,139 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 12th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
40,139
#12 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
+6.1%
+2,300 people
Land area
35.7 sq mi
+ 0.88 sq mi water
Density
1,123 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Prattville. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Prattville population, 2020 to 2024

Prattville added 2,300 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.1%. In the latest year it moved by +803. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 30th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Prattville is 2.8 times that size.

37.8k202038.3k202138.7k202239.3k202340.1k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 37,731. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Prattville covers 35.73 square miles of land and 0.88 of water, for 1,123 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Prattville is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Prattville spans

Prattville crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 40,139 residents as follows; Autauga County holds 94.9% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Autauga County38,105
  2. 02Elmore County2,034
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Prattville

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Prattville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36066, 36067. 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 Prattville is

The Census internal point of Prattville is at 32.449000, -86.449400. Montgomery, the capital, is 10.0 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Montgomery, AL (195,818 people), 12.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.449000, -86.449400
DMS
32°26'56.40"N 86°26'57.84"W
UTM
16N 551752.4E 3590339.1N
Geohash
djf88g1mn
Plus code
864MCHX2+J6

Daylight in Prattville

At 32.45° N, Prattville gets about 14 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Prattville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Millbrook, 5.7 miles away, with 17,392 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Prattville, AL?

40,139 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,300 (6.1%) from 37,839 in July 2020.

What county is Prattville in?

It spans 2 counties: Autauga County (38,105 residents), Elmore County (2,034 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Prattville?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 36066, 36067.

How far is Prattville from Montgomery?

10.0 miles (16.1 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Prattville.

What is the nearest larger city to Prattville?

Montgomery, AL, with 195,818 residents, 12.7 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.