Alabama · Census place 0177304
Tuskegee, Alabama
Tuskegee is a city in Macon County, Alabama with an estimated 8,653 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 77th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 8,653
- #77 of 257 in Alabama
- Change since 2020
- -7.4%
- -690 people
- Land area
- 17.1 sq mi
- + 0.27 sq mi water
- Density
- 507 / sq mi
- State median 715
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Tuskegee population, 2020 to 2024
Tuskegee lost 690 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -7.4%. In the latest year it moved by -109. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 106th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Tuskegee is 61% of it.
Tuskegee covers 17.06 square miles of land and 0.27 of water, for 507 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Tuskegee is less dense than the typical town.
What county Tuskegee is in
All of Tuskegee's residents live in Macon County, which had 18,159 residents in 2024. Tuskegee holds 47.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Tuskegee
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Tuskegee by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36083, 36088. 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 Tuskegee is
The Census internal point of Tuskegee is at 32.418700, -85.682500. Montgomery, the capital, is 36.1 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Auburn, AL (83,757 people), 17.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Montgomery, AL, 34.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.418700, -85.682500
- DMS
- 32°25'7.32"N 85°40'57.00"W
- UTM
- 16N 623880.8E 3587610.6N
- Geohash
- djg06jxut
- Plus code
- 864PC899+F2
Daylight in Tuskegee
At 32.42° N, Tuskegee 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 Tuskegee
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Tallassee, 14.5 miles away, with 4,715 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Tuskegee, AL?
8,653 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 690 (7.4%) from 9,343 in July 2020.
What county is Tuskegee in?
Macon County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Tuskegee?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 36083, 36088.
How far is Tuskegee from Montgomery?
36.1 miles (58.2 km) in a straight line, heading W from Tuskegee.
What is the nearest larger city to Tuskegee?
Auburn, AL, with 83,757 residents, 17.0 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.