Tallapoosa County, Alabama
The Tallapoosa County is a county located in the state of Alabama in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Dadeville.
Geography
The County is located in east-central Alabama, is about 70 km to the east of Georgia and has an area of 1985 square kilometers, of which 125 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Randolph County, Chambers County, Lee County, Macon County, Elmore County, Coosa County and Clay County.
History
Tallapoosa County was formed on December 18, 1832 from the land of the Creek Indians. The name comes from the dialect of Choctaw Indians.
Demographics
1900-1990 2000 2010
Census of 2000, there were 41 475 people in Tallapoosa County. Of these, 859 people were living in collective centers, the other inhabitants lived in 16,656 households and 11,809 families. The population density was 22 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 73.48 percent White, 25.36 percent Black or African American, 0.26 percent Native American, 0.18 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.17 percent from other races groups; 0.54 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.58 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 16,656 households out of which 29.9 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. In 53.0 percent lived married couples living together, 14.3 percent were single mothers, 29.1 percent were non-families, 26.5 percent of all households were single-person households, and 11.6 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or above. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.94.
24.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.6 percent between 18 to 24, 26.7 percent between 25 and 44, 24.9 percent between 45 and 64 and 16.6 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 90.5 males to females age 18 and over, there 86.1 males.
The median income for a household was $ 30,745, and the median income for a family $ 38,148. Males have a median income of $ 28,557, women $ 19,885. The per capita income was $ 16,909. 13.5 percent of families and 16.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
- Alexander City
- Bevelle
- Bucksville
- Bulger
- Buttston
- Camp Hill
- Carrville
- Cherokee Bluffs
- Cowpens
- Dadeville
- Daviston
- Denver
- Dudleyville
- Easton
- Everglade
- Fosheeton
- Frog Eye
- Gold Ville
- Hackneyville
- Hampton
- Jacksons Gap
- Liberty City
- Mary
- New Site
- North Dadeville
- Our Town
- Perryville
- Pine Grove
- Pinnell
- Ponders
- Sessions
- Simmons Crossroads
- Simpson
- Slaughters
- Sturdivant
- Tallapoosa City
- Tallassee
- Thornton
- Tohopeka
- Truett
- Union
- Walnut Hill
- Zana