23,067 people (2024 Census estimate, +4.4% since 2020)
581 square miles of land · 40 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 Randolph County in the area they serve, reporting 28,815 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| RANDOLPH COUNTY WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY buys surface water · local government · AL0001537 | 11,067 served |
| WEDOWEE WATER SEWER & GAS BOARD surface water · local government · AL0001131 | 7,782 served |
| ROANOKE, THE UTIL. BD. OF THE CITY OF surface water · local government · AL0001127 | 7,575 served |
| WOODLAND WATER BOARD buys surface water · local government · AL0001132 | 1,527 served |
| WADLEY UTILITIES BOARD buys surface water · local government · AL0001130 | 864 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 73 people were held in Randolph County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 532 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 86.
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 Randolph County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $30 million — $25.8 million to run schools, about $12,353 per student, plus $3.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.3 million local (mostly property tax), $18.2 million state, $6.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.7 million.
Spent $19 million — $17.5 million to run schools, about $12,095 per student, plus $468,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4 million local (mostly property tax), $11.9 million state, $3.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.7 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 Randolph County about $7.9 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.
165 bridges in Randolph County: 62 in good condition, 95 fair, and 8 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.
| FRANKLIN ROAD over GRAVES CREEK · built 1965 | 600 vehicles a day |
| CO. RD. 26 over GASTON BRANCH · built 1952 | 200 vehicles a day |
| CO.RD.#92 over LITTLE TALL. RIVER · built 1964 | 200 vehicles a day |
| JOHNSON ST over SCL RAILROAD · built 1940 | 200 vehicles a day |
| CO RD #861 over HIGHPINE CREEK · built 1920 | 80 vehicles a day |
| CO RD 417 over COHOBADIAH CREEK · built 1932 | 50 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $7.7 million of work in Randolph County in fiscal 2025, about $352 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 Randolph 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 Randolph County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Heard County, GA (19 mi) · Clay County (23 mi) · Cleburne County (26 mi) · Chambers County (27 mi) · Carroll County, GA (30 mi) · Troup County, GA (31 mi).