Alabama · Census place 0168352

Satsuma, Alabama

Satsuma is a city in Mobile County, Alabama with an estimated 6,874 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 89th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,874
#89 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
+1.7%
+117 people
Land area
7.4 sq mi
+ 0.05 sq mi water
Density
935 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Satsuma. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Satsuma population, 2020 to 2024

Satsuma added 117 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +28. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 53rd; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Satsuma is 49% of it.

6,75720206,78820216,79720226,84620236,8742024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,750. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Satsuma covers 7.35 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 935 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Satsuma is denser than the typical town.

What county Satsuma is in

All of Satsuma's residents live in Mobile County, which had 412,339 residents in 2024. Satsuma holds 1.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Satsuma

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Satsuma by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36572. 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 Satsuma is

The Census internal point of Satsuma is at 30.857900, -88.063400. Montgomery, the capital, is 147.6 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Saraland, AL (16,458 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Mobile, AL, 13.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.857900, -88.063400
DMS
30°51'28.44"N 88°03'48.24"W
UTM
16N 398328.4E 3414337.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
862HVW5P+5J

Daylight in Satsuma

At 30.86° N, Satsuma gets about 14 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Satsuma

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Saraland, 2.8 miles away, with 16,458 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Satsuma, AL?

6,874 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 117 (1.7%) from 6,757 in July 2020.

What county is Satsuma in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Satsuma?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 36572.

How far is Satsuma from Montgomery?

147.6 miles (237.5 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Satsuma.

What is the nearest larger city to Satsuma?

Saraland, AL, with 16,458 residents, 2.7 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.