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The last Census shows that Montgomery had a population^<1> of 201,568 people in 2000. This represents 4.53% of the total population of Alabama, making it the state's 2nd most populous community.

The following is a list of similarily sized communities (based on the 2000 Census):

Rank	Community	Population	Direction	Distance^<2>
1	Birmingham	242,820	N	84 mi [135.2 km]
2	Montgomery	201,568
3	Mobile	198,915	SW	154 mi [247.8 km]
4	Huntsville	158,216	N	164 mi [263.9 km]
5	Tuscaloosa	77,906	NW	93 mi [149.7 km]

Every year, the US Census produces an estimate for the number of people living in Montgomery. The most recent estimate is for the year 2007 and at that time, Montgomery had a population of 204,086 people. This is an increase of 1.25% since the 2000 Census.

The following table contains the yearly population estimates since the last Census (the next Census will be in 2010).

Year	Population	Change
2007	204,086	0.16% since 2006, 1.25% since 2000
2006	203,762	1.54% since 2005, 1.09% since 2000
2005	200,680	-0.44% since 2000
2004	200,539	-0.12% since 2003, -0.51% since 2000
2003	200,779	-0.15% since 2002, -0.39% since 2000
2002	201,078	-0.24% since 2000
2001	201,137	-0.21% since 2000, -0.21% since 2000
2000	201,568	The Last Census

The city of Montgomery had 86,787 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Montgomery has a total area of 156.2 square miles [404.5 km²]^<4>. Of this total, only a minor amount of the area is covered by water (0.81 square miles [2.09 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Montgomery had a 2000 population density of 1,297 people per square mile [3,359 people/km²], making it the state's 25th most densely populated area.

Montgomery County

Montgomery is located in Montgomery County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 223,417 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 201,568 people, Montgomery accounted for 90.2% of the Montgomery County total.

In addition, where the community of Montgomery has a population density of 1,297 people per square mile [3,359 people/km²], Montgomery County averages 282.9 people per square mile [732 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Montgomery County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Montgomery and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Montgomery. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

Radius	No of Communities	Est 2007 Population	Census 2000 Population	% Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	1	204,086	201,568	1.25%
10 mi [16 km]	3	222,166	213,336	4.14%
15 mi [24 km]	7	262,608	243,874	7.68%
20 mi [32 km]	10	264,228	245,531	7.61%
25 mi [40 km]	15	268,608	249,858	7.5%
30 mi [48 km]	19	274,217	255,306	7.41%

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Montgomery. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Montgomery, it also contains a comparison between Montgomery and the state of Alabama.

Click here for the Montgomery QuickFact (QF-0151000).

A Census Quickfact is available for Montgomery County (QF-01101).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Montgomery County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	Population (2007 est)	Population (2000 Census)	Change in Population
Autauga	QF-01001	NW	49,960	43,877	13.86%
Bullock	QF-01011	SE	10,781	11,605	-7.1%
Crenshaw	QF-01041	S	13,805	13,698	0.78%
Elmore	QF-01051	N	77,525	66,232	17.05%
Lowndes	QF-01085	SW	12,686	13,490	-5.96%
Macon	QF-01087	E	22,336	24,076	-7.23%
Pike	QF-01109	SE	29,925	29,736	0.64%

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Montgomery:

	State Code:	01 (Alabama)
	County Code:	101 (Montgomery County)
	Place Code:	51000 (Montgomery)

	State & County Code:	01101 (Alabama/Montgomery County)

	State & Place Code:	0151000 (Alabama/Montgomery)

Montgomery is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Montgomery.

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For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Montgomery.
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line distance between Montgomery and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway).
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Montgomery. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people.
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count.

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