Selma, Alabama

Selma population, 2020 to 2024

Selma lost 1,512 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -8.5%. In the latest year it moved by -409. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 107th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Selma is 1.2 times that size.

Selma covers 13.81 square miles of land and 0.59 of water, for 1,181 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Selma is denser than the typical town.

What county Selma is in

All of Selma's residents live in Dallas County, which had 35,545 residents in 2024. Selma holds 45.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Selma

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Selma by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36701, 36703. 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 Selma is

The Census internal point of Selma is at 32.417000, -87.035700. Montgomery, the capital, is 43.0 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Prattville, AL (40,139 people), 34.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Montgomery, AL, 45.1 miles away.

Daylight in Selma

At 32.42° N, Selma 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 Selma

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Valley Grande, 4.8 miles away, with 3,914 people.