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Coosa County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 62 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01037

Within Alabama
Coosa County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Rockford, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
10,161
-177 (-1.7%) since 2020
Land area
650.9
square miles. A further 2.3% of the total area is water
Population density
15.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Rockford
Seat of county government.
Established
1832
193 years ago
Largest city
Goodwater town
Population 1,256.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Coosa County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Coosa County, Alabama from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 658 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Coosa County ranks

Position among the 67 counties of Alabama, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn AlabamaNationally
Population10,16162nd of 672,399th of 3,144
Land area650.9 sq mi36th of 671,448th of 3,144
Population density15.6 per sq mi59th of 672,374th of 3,144
Median household income$57,35527th of 672,304th of 3,143

Full data for Coosa County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population10,161Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202010,338Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?10,392Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area650.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area15.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area666.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?15.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$57,355American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$115,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age50.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,418American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,058American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-98
69 births, 167 deaths
Net migration
-23
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Coosa County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Tallapoosa CountyAlabama26 mi40,953
Chilton CountyAlabama24 mi47,708
Elmore CountyAlabama23 mi91,577
Talladega CountyAlabama18 mi81,603
Clay CountyAlabama11 mi14,207
Shelby CountyAlabama6.8 mi238,552

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 67 counties of Alabama

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.