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Talladega County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 19 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01121

Within Alabama
Talladega County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Talladega, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
81,603
+213 (+0.3%) since 2020
Land area
736.8
square miles. A further 3.1% of the total area is water
Population density
111
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Talladega
Seat of county government.
Established
1832
193 years ago
Largest city
Talladega city
Population 14,840.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Talladega County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Talladega County, Alabama from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 794 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Talladega County ranks

Position among the 67 counties of Alabama, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn AlabamaNationally
Population81,60319th of 67720th of 3,144
Land area736.8 sq mi26th of 671,201st of 3,144
Population density111 per sq mi19th of 67845th of 3,144
Median household income$57,77626th of 672,278th of 3,143

Full data for Talladega County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population81,603Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202081,390Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?82,137Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area736.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area23.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area760.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?111 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$57,776American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$149,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households33,644American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units38,547American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-255
832 births, 1,087 deaths
Net migration
+376
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Talladega County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Clay CountyAlabama46 mi14,207
St. Clair CountyAlabama41 mi98,206
Shelby CountyAlabama33 mi238,552
Calhoun CountyAlabama27 mi115,834
Coosa CountyAlabama18 mi10,161
Cleburne CountyAlabama5.4 mi15,970

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 67 counties of Alabama

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.