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Elmore County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 18 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01051

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

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Population
91,577
+3,711 (+4.2%) since 2020
Land area
618.5
square miles. A further 5.9% of the total area is water
Population density
148
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Wetumpka
Seat of county government.
Established
1866
159 years ago
Largest city
Millbrook city
Population 17,209 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

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 Elmore 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 Elmore 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 635 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 Elmore 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
Population91,57718th of 67666th of 3,144
Land area618.5 sq mi46th of 671,557th of 3,144
Population density148 per sq mi16th of 67702nd of 3,144
Median household income$78,2435th of 67657th of 3,143

Full data for Elmore County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population91,577Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202087,866Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?87,976Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area618.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area38.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area657 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?148 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$78,243American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$223,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households32,856American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units37,323American 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
-51
920 births, 971 deaths
Net migration
+579
More people moved in than moved out.

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

The 6 areas bordering Elmore 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
Montgomery CountyAlabama45 mi225,891
Tallapoosa CountyAlabama29 mi40,953
Coosa CountyAlabama23 mi10,161
Autauga CountyAlabama20 mi61,920
Macon CountyAlabama19 mi18,132
Chilton CountyAlabama5.7 mi47,708

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.