Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Tuscaloosa population, 2020 to 2024

Tuscaloosa added 8,710 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.2%. In the latest year it moved by +1,272. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 23rd; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Tuscaloosa is 8.1 times that size.

Tuscaloosa covers 62.54 square miles of land and 10.07 of water, for 1,827 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Tuscaloosa is denser than the typical town.

What county Tuscaloosa is in

All of Tuscaloosa's residents live in Tuscaloosa County, which had 241,212 residents in 2024. Tuscaloosa holds 47.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tuscaloosa

6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Tuscaloosa by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35401, 35404, 35405, 35406, 35476, 35487. 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 Tuscaloosa is

The Census internal point of Tuscaloosa is at 33.234400, -87.528300. Montgomery, the capital, is 92.7 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Birmingham, AL (196,357 people), 46.8 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 89 m (292 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Tuscaloosa

At 33.23° N, Tuscaloosa gets about 14 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Tuscaloosa daylight page.

Places near Tuscaloosa

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Northport, 4.2 miles away, with 31,492 people.