Alabama: cities and towns by population
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James Burfield , SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated
18 September 2026 · GeoNames
The largest of Alabama's 423 recorded places, ranked by population — 3,225,117 people across the state's towns and cities.
The essentials
Huntsville is the largest place we record in Alabama, with 215,006 residents. The three largest together hold 19% of the 3,225,117 people counted across the state's recorded towns and cities. That total sums listed places rather than measuring the state itself, so treat it as coverage, never as an official population.
All 423 places, ranked
Figures are the latest available in
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are
UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such.
Sources & method .
# Place Population 1 Huntsville 215,006 2 Birmingham 196,357 3 Montgomery 195,287 4 Mobile 183,289 5 Tuscaloosa 111,338 6 Hoover 84,848 7 Dothan 68,567 8 Auburn 62,059 9 Decatur 55,437 10 Madison 46,962 11 Florence 40,026 12 Phenix City 37,570 13 Gadsden 36,084 14 East Florence 35,733 15 Prattville 35,420 16 Vestavia Hills 34,174 17 Alabaster 32,707 18 Opelika 29,527 19 Enterprise 27,978 20 Bessemer 26,730 21 Homewood 25,708 22 Athens 24,966 23 Daphne 24,896 24 Northport 24,772 25 Dixiana 22,940 26 Pelham 22,885 27 Prichard 22,351 28 Anniston 22,347 29 Albertville 21,462 30 Oxford 21,249 31 Trussville 21,023 32 Mountain Brook 20,691 33 Selma 19,519 34 Troy 18,853 35 Fairhope 18,730 36 Helena 18,264 37 Tillmans Corner 17,398 38 Foley 17,218 39 Center Point 16,655 40 Hueytown 15,710 41 Talladega 15,709 42 Cullman 15,350 43 Millbrook 15,314 44 Scottsboro 14,722 45 Ozark 14,719 46 Alexander City 14,718 47 Hartselle 14,493 48 Fort Payne 14,150 49 Jasper 14,071 50 Saraland 13,906 51 Gardendale 13,711 52 Muscle Shoals 13,706 53 Pell City 13,646 54 Calera 13,213 55 Sylacauga 12,657 56 Eufaula 12,596 57 Moody 12,593 58 Irondale 12,423 59 Jacksonville 12,222 60 Chelsea 12,059 61 Leeds 11,936 62 Gulf Shores 11,131 63 Fairfield 10,907 64 Saks 10,744 65 Pleasant Grove 10,260 66 Forestdale 10,162 67 Atmore 10,049 68 Russellville 9,847 69 Boaz 9,688 70 Clay 9,655 71 Rainbow City 9,580 72 Valley 9,464 73 Bay Minette 9,118 74 Sheffield 9,108 75 Andalusia 9,063 76 Fultondale 9,048 77 Clanton 8,844 78 Tuskegee 8,817 79 Meadowbrook 8,769 80 Southside 8,572 81 Tuscumbia 8,474 82 Guntersville 8,385 83 Arab 8,295 84 Pike Road 8,274 85 Spanish Fort 8,065 86 Wetumpka 7,994 87 Lake Purdy 7,857 88 Greenville 7,845 89 Pinson 7,438 90 Demopolis 7,148 91 Hamilton 6,772 92 Brook Highland 6,746 93 Opp 6,658 94 Montevallo 6,648 95 Oneonta 6,615 96 Lincoln 6,524 97 Lanett 6,452 98 Danville 6,242 99 Tarrant 6,210 100 Satsuma 6,182 101 Theodore 6,130 102 Monroeville 6,110 103 Meridianville 6,021 104 Roanoke 6,005 105 Chickasaw 5,954 106 Attalla 5,899 107 Robertsdale 5,894 108 Orange Beach 5,850 109 Grayson Valley 5,736 110 Moores Mill 5,682 111 Brewton 5,434 112 Smiths Station 5,300 113 Cahaba Heights 5,287 114 Harvest 5,281 115 Midfield 5,222 116 Glencoe 5,153 117 Daleville 5,141 118 Childersburg 5,046 119 Rainsville 5,031 120 Jackson 4,967 121 Brent 4,898 122 Tallassee 4,778 123 Headland 4,736 124 Piedmont 4,714 125 Fort Novosel 4,636 126 Winfield 4,570 127 Margaret 4,554 128 Fayette 4,490 129 Geneva 4,460 130 Horton 4,450 131 Adamsville 4,400 132 Hokes Bluff 4,301 133 Springville 4,198 134 Pine Level 4,183 135 Columbiana 4,168 136 Holtville 4,096 137 Haleyville 4,088 138 Mount Olive 4,079 139 Argo 4,071 140 Thomasville 4,051 141 Highland Lakes 3,926 142 Union Springs 3,919 143 Alexandria 3,917 144 Elba 3,903 145 Chalkville 3,901 146 Citronelle 3,887 147 Semmes 3,886 148 Valley Grande 3,849 149 Evergreen 3,774 150 Odenville 3,695 151 Grand Bay 3,672 152 Holt 3,638 153 Hazel Green 3,630 154 Centre 3,570 155 Heflin 3,499 156 West End-Cobb Town 3,465 157 Marion 3,447 158 Livingston 3,414 159 Moulton 3,337 160 Hanceville 3,281 161 Underwood-Petersville 3,247 162 Warrior 3,199 163 Priceville 3,179 164 Dadeville 3,150 165 Ladonia 3,142 166 Red Bay 3,131 167 Weaver 3,091 168 Lafayette 3,003 169 Clayton 2,925 170 Kimberly 2,892 171 Brighton 2,862 172 Luverne 2,834 173 Choccolocco 2,804 174 New Hope 2,800 175 Eutaw 2,766 176 Centreville 2,704 177 Selmont-West Selmont 2,671 178 Hartford 2,647 179 Bayou La Batre 2,621 180 Abbeville 2,620 181 Jemison 2,619 182 Emerald Mountain 2,561 183 Huguley 2,540 184 Indian Springs Village 2,523 185 Moundville 2,460 186 East Brewton 2,419 187 Sumiton 2,418 188 Uniontown 2,415 189 Taylor 2,402 190 York 2,399 191 Greensboro 2,387 192 Midland City 2,386 193 Aliceville 2,381 194 Bridgeport 2,355 195 Henagar 2,346 196 Guin 2,322 197 Lineville 2,319 198 Riverside 2,300 199 Good Hope 2,281 200 Ashville 2,256
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