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Tallapoosa County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 30 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01123

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

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Population
40,953
-339 (-0.8%) since 2020
Land area
716.5
square miles. A further 6.5% of the total area is water
Population density
57.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Dadeville
Seat of county government.
Established
1832
193 years ago
Largest city
Alexander City city
Population 14,515.

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 Tallapoosa 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 Tallapoosa 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 497 by 800 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 Tallapoosa 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
Population40,95330th of 671,174th of 3,144
Land area716.5 sq mi29th of 671,262nd of 3,144
Population density57.2 per sq mi30th of 671,353rd of 3,144
Median household income$59,35623rd of 672,142nd of 3,143

Full data for Tallapoosa County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population40,953Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202041,292Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?41,315Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area716.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area49.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area766.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?57.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$59,356American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$158,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households17,076American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units23,161American 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
-188
405 births, 593 deaths
Net migration
+248
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 7 areas bordering Tallapoosa 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
Elmore CountyAlabama29 mi91,577
Chambers CountyAlabama26 mi34,253
Coosa CountyAlabama26 mi10,161
Clay CountyAlabama22 mi14,207
Macon CountyAlabama18 mi18,132
Lee CountyAlabama15 mi189,881
Randolph CountyAlabama3.5 mi23,163

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.