183,040 people (2024 Census estimate, +6.7% since 2020)
423 square miles of land · 432 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.
30 active community water systems list Alamance County in the area they serve, reporting 125,750 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| BURLINGTON, CITY OF surface water · local government · NC0201010 | 61,365 served |
| MEBANE, CITY OF buys surface water · local government · NC0201018 | 20,212 served |
| GRAHAM, CITY OF surface water · local government · NC0201015 | 18,354 served |
| ELON, TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · NC0201025 | 11,350 served |
| HAW RIVER, TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · NC0201020 | 2,650 served |
| SWEPSONVILLE, TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · NC3001005 | 2,497 served |
| GREEN LEVEL, TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · NC0201030 | 2,450 served |
| OSSIPEE TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · NC0201123 | 2,390 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 345 people were held in Alamance County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 298 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 502.
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 Alamance County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $331.3 million — $268.2 million to run schools, about $11,926 per student, plus $56.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $57.3 million local (mostly property tax), $171.7 million state, $44 million federal. Long-term debt: $134.9 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 Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Alamance County about $41.4 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
245 bridges in Alamance County: 134 in good condition, 99 fair, and 12 poor (4.9%). “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.
| SR1928 over SOUTHERN R.R. · built 1972 | 16,000 vehicles a day |
| NC49 over ROCK CREEK · built 1976 | 5,200 vehicles a day |
| NC87 over CANE CREEK · built 1929 | 3,600 vehicles a day |
| SR2133 over PRONG HAW CREEK · built 1950 | 2,700 vehicles a day |
| SR1005 over WELLS CREEK · built 1950 | 1,300 vehicles a day |
| SR1003 over CANE CREEK · built 1950 | 775 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $10.7 million of work in Alamance County in fiscal 2025, about $63 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.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-09. Early voting: 2026-10-15 to 2026-10-31. Mail ballot request deadline: 2026-10-20. Election Day: 2026-11-03.
Source: NC State Board of Elections: upcoming election · NC State Board of Elections: vote in person · NC State Board of Elections: voter ID
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Nearby counties: Orange County (16 mi) · Guilford County (22 mi) · Caswell County (24 mi) · Chatham County (25 mi) · Durham County (29 mi) · Rockingham County (32 mi).