91,042 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.6% since 2020)
619 square miles of land · 147 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.
10 active community water systems list Elmore County in the area they serve, reporting 110,629 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CENTRAL ELMORE WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY surface water · local government · AL0000547 | 39,798 served |
| ELMORE WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY buys surface water · local government · AL0000535 | 13,680 served |
| HOLTVILLE WATER SYSTEM buys surface water · local government · AL0000540 | 12,600 served |
| TRI COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM buys surface water · local government · AL0000549 | 11,832 served |
| WETUMPKA, THE WW & SB OF THE CITY OF buys surface water · local government · AL0000551 | 10,137 served |
| TALLASSEE WATER WORKS surface water · local government · AL0000548 | 7,512 served |
| MILLBROOK UTILITIES buys surface water · local government · AL0000539 | 5,451 served |
| ECLECTIC, WATER WORKS & SEWER BOARD buys surface water · local government · AL0000533 | 5,094 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 262 people were held in Elmore County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 454 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 233.
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 Elmore County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $153.1 million — $130.7 million to run schools, about $10,920 per student, plus $12.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $40.1 million local (mostly property tax), $91 million state, $21.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $81.4 million.
Spent $27.1 million — $20.5 million to run schools, about $13,365 per student, plus $5.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.4 million local (mostly property tax), $13.2 million state, $3.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $16.5 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: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Elmore County about $28.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
202 bridges in Elmore County: 42 in good condition, 152 fair, and 8 poor (4.0%). “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.
| AL.14 over AL.POWER CO.CANAL · built 1965 | 11,550 vehicles a day |
| AL 111 over LAKE JORDAN · built 1966 | 5,020 vehicles a day |
| AL.170 over FLAT BRANCH · built 1972 | 4,820 vehicles a day |
| Weldon Road over NO NAME BRANCH · built 1993 | 314 vehicles a day |
| Robinson Road over CHANNAHATCHEE CREEK · built 1963 | 196 vehicles a day |
| Double Bridge over CHANNAHATCHEE CREEK · built 1967 | 160 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $21.2 million of work in Elmore County in fiscal 2025, about $241 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 Elmore 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 Elmore County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Coosa County (24 mi) · Tallapoosa County (27 mi) · Montgomery County (27 mi) · Autauga County (30 mi) · Macon County (30 mi) · Chilton County (38 mi).