Alabama · Census place 0162496
Prichard, Alabama
Prichard is a city in Mobile County, Alabama with an estimated 18,778 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 34th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 18,778
- #34 of 257 in Alabama
- Change since 2020
- -2.6%
- -494 people
- Land area
- 25.4 sq mi
- + 0.20 sq mi water
- Density
- 739 / sq mi
- State median 715
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Prichard population, 2020 to 2024
Prichard lost 494 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by -75. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 89th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Prichard is 1.3 times that size.
Prichard covers 25.41 square miles of land and 0.20 of water, for 739 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Prichard is close to the typical town.
What county Prichard is in
All of Prichard's residents live in Mobile County, which had 412,339 residents in 2024. Prichard holds 4.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Prichard
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Prichard by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36610, 36612, 36613, 36663. 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 Prichard is
The Census internal point of Prichard is at 30.773300, -88.131400. Montgomery, the capital, is 154.6 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mobile, AL (201,367 people), 7.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 30.773300, -88.131400
- DMS
- 30°46'23.88"N 88°07'53.04"W
- UTM
- 16N 391731.6E 3405025.3N
- Geohash
- dj3r4d0em
- Plus code
- 862HQVF9+8C
Daylight in Prichard
At 30.77° N, Prichard gets about 14 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Prichard
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Chickasaw, 3.1 miles away, with 6,241 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Prichard, AL?
18,778 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 494 (2.6%) from 19,272 in July 2020.
What county is Prichard in?
Mobile County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Prichard?
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 36610, 36612, 36613, 36663.
How far is Prichard from Montgomery?
154.6 miles (248.8 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Prichard.
What is the nearest larger city to Prichard?
Mobile, AL, with 201,367 residents, 7.4 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.