Elmore County (Alabama)
The Elmore County is a county located in the U.S. state of Alabama in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Wetumpka.
Geography
The County is located southeast of the geographic center of Alabama and has an area of 1702 square kilometers, of which 93 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Tallapoosa County, Macon County, Montgomery County, Autauga County, Chilton County and Coosa County.
History
Elmore County was formed on February 15, 1866 from parts of Autauga County, the Coosa County, Montgomery County and Tallapoosa County. It was named after General John Archer Elmore, a hero of the American Revolution and the early settlers in this area. Already built here in 1717, the French Fort Toulouse in the fight against the Indians, which was conquered in 1814 by General Andrew Jackson, and renamed Fort Jackson, followed by the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
Others
In Wetumpka is the William Bartram Arboretum, an arboretum, which is administered by the Alabama Historical Commission.
Demographics
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census of 2000, there were 65 874 people in Elmore County. Of these, 5,341 people lived in collective centers, the other inhabitants lived in 22,737 households and 17,552 families. The population density was 41 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 77.02 percent White, 20.64 percent Black or African American, 0.43 percent Native American, 0.36 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.48 percent from other races groups; 1.04 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.22 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 22,737 households out of which 37.4 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. In 61.4 percent lived married couples living together, 12.0 percent were single mothers, 22.8 percent were non-families, 20.0 percent of all households were single-person households and 7.7 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or above. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.07.
25.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.8 percent between 18 to 24, 32.1 percent between 25 and 44, 22.7 percent between 45 and 64 and 10.7 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 102.5 males and females age 18 and over, there 101.3 males.
The median income for a household was $ 41,243, and the median income for a family $ 47,155. Males had a median income of $ 32,643, women $ 24,062. The per capita income was $ 17,650. 7.4 percent of families and 10.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Elmore County
- Adkin Hill
- Blue Ridge
- Burlington
- Butts Mill
- Buyck
- Central
- Claud
- Cold Spring
- Coosa River
- Coosada
- Cotton
- Deatsville
- Dexter
- Eclectic
- Elmore
- Falkner
- Fays
- Five Points
- Floyd
- Friendship
- Good Hope
- Holtsville
- Jordan
- Kent
- Kowaliga
- Lightwood
- Millbrook
- Neman
- New Bingham
- North Elmore
- Old Bingham
- Prattville
- Prattville Junction
- Red Hill
- Riddle
- Robinson Springs
- Santuck
- Seman
- Tallassee
- Titus
- Wallsboro
- Weoka
- Weoka Mills
- Wetumpka
- Willow Springs