Alabama · Census place 0171976

Spanish Fort, Alabama

Spanish Fort is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama with an estimated 11,118 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 61st largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
11,118
#61 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
+9.4%
+959 people
Land area
31.6 sq mi
+ 4.71 sq mi water
Density
352 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Spanish Fort. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Spanish Fort population, 2020 to 2024

Spanish Fort added 959 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.4%. In the latest year it moved by +165. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 19th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Spanish Fort is 79% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,084. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Spanish Fort covers 31.55 square miles of land and 4.71 of water, for 352 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Spanish Fort is less dense than the typical town.

What county Spanish Fort is in

All of Spanish Fort's residents live in Baldwin County, which had 261,608 residents in 2024. Spanish Fort holds 4.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Spanish Fort

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Spanish Fort by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36507, 36527. 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 Spanish Fort is

The Census internal point of Spanish Fort is at 30.723000, -87.865900. Montgomery, the capital, is 146.8 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Daphne, AL (30,751 people), 6.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Mobile, AL, 14.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.723000, -87.865900
DMS
30°43'22.80"N 87°51'57.24"W
UTM
16N 417096.4E 3399224.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
862JP4FM+6J

Daylight in Spanish Fort

At 30.72° N, Spanish Fort gets about 14 h 08 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 Spanish Fort

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Daphne, 6.6 miles away, with 30,751 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Spanish Fort, AL?

11,118 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 959 (9.4%) from 10,159 in July 2020.

What county is Spanish Fort in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Spanish Fort?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 36507, 36527.

How far is Spanish Fort from Montgomery?

146.8 miles (236.3 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Spanish Fort.

What is the nearest larger city to Spanish Fort?

Daphne, AL, with 30,751 residents, 6.6 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.