81,375 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.1% since 2020)
737 square miles of land · 110 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.
12 active community water systems list Talladega County in the area they serve, reporting 89,498 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| SYLACAUGA UTILITIES BOARD surface water · local government · AL0001258 | 24,087 served |
| TALLADEGA WATER & SEWER DEPT, CITY OF surface water · local government · AL0001260 | 20,250 served |
| LINCOLN, CITY OF groundwater · local government · AL0001245 | 13,923 served |
| CHILDERSBURG WATER & SEWER BOARD groundwater · local government · AL0001228 | 9,777 served |
| FAYETTEVILLE WATER AUTHORITY groundwater · local government · AL0001236 | 5,865 served |
| TALLADEGA COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT buys surface water · local government · AL0001685 | 4,749 served |
| MUNFORD WATER AUTHORITY, INC. groundwater · local government · AL0001247 | 4,467 served |
| CENTRAL TALLADEGA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT groundwater · local government · AL0001739 | 3,600 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 329 people were held in Talladega County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 638 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 245.
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.
3 school districts have their office in Talladega County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $98.1 million — $87.5 million to run schools, about $12,145 per student, plus $6.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $30.2 million local (mostly property tax), $55.9 million state, $16.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $60 million.
Spent $27.4 million — $26.5 million to run schools, about $12,483 per student, plus $452,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.4 million local (mostly property tax), $16.6 million state, $5.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.2 million.
Spent $25.8 million — $24.3 million to run schools, about $15,560 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.8 million local (mostly property tax), $15.3 million state, $6.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.9 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 Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Talladega County about $37 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
243 bridges in Talladega County: 109 in good condition, 126 fair, and 8 poor (3.3%). “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.
| COUNTY ROAD 102 over FOURMILE CREEK · built 1987 | 1,275 vehicles a day |
| CO 211 over TALLADEGA CREEK · built 1952 | 670 vehicles a day |
| CO 082 over KELLEY CREEK · built 1930 | 515 vehicles a day |
| NORTH STREET WEST over ISBELL BRANCH · built 1940 | 350 vehicles a day |
| CITY STREET over DARBY CREEK · built 1955 | 300 vehicles a day |
| CO. ROAD 132 over CROOKED CREEK · built 1925 | 150 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $47.6 million of work in Talladega County in fiscal 2025, about $579 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 Talladega 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 Talladega County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Clay County (19 mi) · St. Clair County (25 mi) · Shelby County (29 mi) · Coosa County (30 mi) · Calhoun County (34 mi) · Tallapoosa County (41 mi).