Alabama · Census place 0167800
Samson, Alabama
Samson is a town in Geneva County, Alabama with an estimated 1,882 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 199th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,882
- #199 of 257 in Alabama
- Change since 2020
- +0.1%
- +2 people
- Land area
- 4.1 sq mi
- Density
- 465 / sq mi
- State median 715
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Samson population, 2020 to 2024
Samson added 2 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +4.
Samson covers 4.05 square miles of land, for 465 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Samson is less dense than the typical town.
What county Samson is in
All of Samson's residents live in Geneva County, which had 27,259 residents in 2024. Samson holds 6.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Samson
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Samson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 36477. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Samson is
The Census internal point of Samson is at 31.112400, -86.046700. Montgomery, the capital, is 88.6 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Geneva, AL (4,242 people), 11.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Montgomery, AL, 86.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 31.112400, -86.046700
- DMS
- 31°06'44.64"N 86°02'48.12"W
- UTM
- 16N 590902.8E 3442449.6N
- Geohash
- djdbczydy
- Plus code
- 863M4X63+X8
Daylight in Samson
At 31.11° N, Samson gets about 14 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Samson
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Geneva, 11.2 miles away, with 4,242 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Samson, AL?
1,882 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2 (0.1%) from 1,880 in July 2020.
What county is Samson in?
Geneva County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Samson?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 36477.
How far is Samson from Montgomery?
88.6 miles (142.6 km) in a straight line, heading N from Samson.
What is the nearest larger city to Samson?
Geneva, AL, with 4,242 residents, 11.2 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.