Tallapoosa County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 27,764 67.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,183 2.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 9,483 23.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 260 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,986 4.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 102 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 160 0.4%

• Under 18 8,217 20.1%
• 18–24 2,869 7.0%
• 25–44 9,107 22.2%
• 45–64 11,211 27.4%
• 65 and over 9,534 23.3%

Median household income

$60,578

90% interval $55,918–$65,238

−$6,126 vs AL · 24th of 67

Below poverty line

17.0%

90% interval 13.9%–20.1%

+1.8 pp vs AL · 42nd of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

+0.49 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.9B

0.59% of state

Avg. annual pay

$48,731

Establishments

1,080

• Education & health services 3,214 24.9%
• Manufacturing 2,414 18.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,029 15.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,477 11.4%
• Professional & business services 1,350 10.4%
• Public administration 984 7.6%
• Financial activities 322 2.5%
• Other services 248 1.9%

The sectors listed cover 93.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

76.1%

+5.9 pp vs AL · 28th of 67

Median gross rent

$765

−$242 vs AL · 38th of 67

Owner-occupied

12,989

Renter-occupied

4,087

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $69,470/yr) pays 2.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $27,486/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 14,884 74.5%
• Democratic 4,975 24.9%
• Other / third-party 121 0.6%

• Spanish 948 2.4%
• Korean 189 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 163 0.4%
• Chinese 55 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 28 0.1%
• Tagalog 21 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 15 0.0%
• Arabic 8 0.0%

Households

17,076

Family households

11,139

65.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,051

18.4% of families

Single-mother families

1,438

12.9% of families

Veterans

2,659

8.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 22,002 53.3%
• Mainline Protestant 3,850 9.3%
• Black Protestant 2,686 6.5%
• Catholic 849 2.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 815 2.0%

Health insured

91.6%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

8.4%

±1.3 pp

41st of 67

With a disability

21.2%

±1.6 pp

20th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

20.3%

±1.9 pp

−8.1 pp vs AL · 24th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.0%

90% interval 9.9%–12.1% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

5th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

3 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); District Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. Vintage 2026 alacourt.gov; counts for the 34th, 36th, and 41st circuits are approximate (single-county rural circuits typically carry 1 judge per Ala. Code § 12-17-23).)

Court seats

Dadeville, LaFayette, Tuskegee, Wedowee

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

7

21.39 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6

Contract, ejectment and seizure was the largest civil litigation category, at 21.9% of 251 filings. Motor-vehicle negligence ranked #4 at 12.0%.

• Contract, ejectment and seizure 55 21.9%
• Account collection 53 21.1%
• Other civil 34 13.5%
• Motor-vehicle negligence 30 12.0%
• Equity, non-damage 14 5.6%
• Real property 11 4.4%

A further 161 filings in this division were protective orders, forfeitures or other non-litigation matters, and are excluded from these shares.