10,291 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.5% since 2020)
651 square miles of land · 16 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.
6 active community water systems list Coosa County in the area they serve, reporting 15,105 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| STEWARTVILLE WATER AUTHORITY groundwater · local government · AL0000354 | 5,067 served |
| ROCKFORD UTILITIES BOARD, INC buys surface water · local government · AL0000353 | 3,759 served |
| GOODWATER WTR WORKS & SEWER BD, CITY OF buys surface water · local government · AL0000351 | 2,550 served |
| KELLYTON WATER SYSTEM buys surface water · local government · AL0000352 | 2,010 served |
| RAY WATER AUTHORITY buys surface water · local government · AL0001285 | 1,290 served |
| LAKE MITCHELL WATER INCORPORATED buys surface water · private · AL0001799 | 429 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 Coosa County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 32 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 35.
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.
1 school district has its office in Coosa County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $14 million — $12.3 million to run schools, about $15,257 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.8 million local (mostly property tax), $8.5 million state, $3 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.5 million.
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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Coosa County about $4.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
126 bridges in Coosa County: 26 in good condition, 94 fair, and 6 poor (4.8%). “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 38 / US280 over SOCAPATOY CREEK · built 1972 | 11,250 vehicles a day |
| CR-107 over Mill Creek · built 1959 | 47 vehicles a day |
| CR-28 over Baker Creek · built 1930 | 46 vehicles a day |
| CR-127 over Socapatoy Creek · built 1915 | 25 vehicles a day |
| CR-112 over Weogufka Creek · built 1960 | 23 vehicles a day |
| Needmore Road over Paint Creek · built 1945 | 8 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $13.3 million of work in Coosa County in fiscal 2025, about $1,279 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 Coosa 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 Coosa County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Elmore County (24 mi) · Tallapoosa County (26 mi) · Chilton County (28 mi) · Talladega County (30 mi) · Clay County (32 mi) · Shelby County (33 mi).