33,813 people (2024 Census estimate, −2.2% since 2020)
597 square miles of land · 57 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
5 active community water systems list Chambers County in the area they serve, reporting 35,558 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| EAST ALABAMA, WATER & FIRE PRO DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · AL0000174 | 17,532 served |
| LANETT WATER WORKS buys surface water · local government · AL0000179 | 7,152 served |
| HUGULEY WATER AUTHORITY buys surface water · local government · AL0000177 | 6,795 served |
| LAFAYETTE (CITY OF) surface water · local government · AL0000178 | 4,047 served |
| CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY WATER SUPPLY DIST surface water · local government · AL0000184 | 32 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 2 people were held in Chambers County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 9 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 140.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
2 school districts have their office in Chambers County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $45.6 million — $41.4 million to run schools, about $13,108 per student, plus $3.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $11.8 million local (mostly property tax), $26.6 million state, $11.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $6.8 million.
Spent $14.7 million — $11.7 million to run schools, about $12,154 per student, plus $2.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3 million local (mostly property tax), $8.9 million state, $4.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $116,000.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Chambers County about $10.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
185 bridges in Chambers County: 98 in good condition, 73 fair, and 14 poor (7.6%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| SR 77 over ALLEN CREEK(HOOTALOCCO) · built 1941 | 1,225 vehicles a day |
| 19TH AVE over MOORES CREEK · built 1910 | 350 vehicles a day |
| CO.11 over NORFOLK RAILROAD · built 1946 | 305 vehicles a day |
| CO. 92 over ALLEN CREEK · built 1950 | 115 vehicles a day |
| CO. 55 over CHATAHOSPEE CREEK · built 1920 | 95 vehicles a day |
| CO. 224 over UNNAMED BRANCH · built 1969 | 55 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $19.7 million of work in Chambers County in fiscal 2025, about $566 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Alabama are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Chambers County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Chambers County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Lee County (22 mi) · Troup County, GA (23 mi) · Tallapoosa County (24 mi) · Randolph County (27 mi) · Heard County, GA (30 mi) · Harris County, GA (31 mi).