Editing Coosa County, Alabama

{{short description|County in Alabama, United States}}
{{use mdy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Coosa County
 | state                = Alabama
 | seal                 = 
 | logo                 = Logo of Coosa County, Alabama.png
 | founded year         = 1832
 | founded date         = December 18
 | seat wl              = Rockford
 | largest city wl      = Goodwater
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 666
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 651
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 15
 | area percentage      = 2.3
 | population_as_of     = 2020
 | population_total     = 10387
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2023
 | population_est       = 10268 {{decrease}}
 | population_density_sq_mi = auto
 | time zone            = Central
 | web                  = http://www.coosacountyal.com/
 | ex image             = Coosa County Alabama Courthouse.JPG
 | ex image cap         = Coosa County Courthouse in Rockford
 | district             = 6th
 | footnotes            = 
*County Number '''22''' on Alabama Licence Plates
}}

'''Coosa County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the east central portion of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Alabama]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] the population was 10,387.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/coosacountyalabama/PST045222|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 9, 2023}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Rockford, Alabama|Rockford]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|archive-date=May 31, 2011}}</ref> Its name derives from a town of the [[Muscogee|Creek]] tribe and the [[Coosa River]], which forms one of the county borders.

Coosa County is included in the [[Talladega, Alabama|Talladega]]-[[Sylacauga, Alabama|Sylacauga]], AL [[Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area|Micropolitan Statistical Area]], which is also included in the [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]]-[[Hoover, Alabama|Hoover]]-Talladega, AL [[Birmingham, Alabama, metropolitan area|Combined Statistical Area]].

==History==
The county was established on December 18, 1832, formed from parts of [[Montgomery County, Alabama|Montgomery]] and [[Shelby County, Alabama|Shelby]] counties. It gained a small snippet from Montgomery County in 1837 and lost a portion to the south upon the creation of [[Elmore County, Alabama|Elmore County]] in 1866.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|666|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|651|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|15|sqmi}} (2.3%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_01.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 22, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> The county is located in the [[Piedmont (United States)|Piedmont]] region of the state.

===Major highways===
*[[Image:US 231.svg|24px]] [[U.S. Highway 231]]
*[[Image:US 280.svg|23px]] [[U.S. Highway 280]]
*[[Image:Alabama 9.svg|20px]] [[Alabama State Route 9]]
*[[Image:Alabama 22.svg|20px]] [[Alabama State Route 22]]
*[[Image:Alabama 115.svg|20px]] [[Alabama State Route 115]]
*[[Image:Alabama 259.svg|20px]] [[Alabama State Route 259]]

===Adjacent Counties===
*[[Talladega County, Alabama|Talladega County]] (north)
*[[Clay County, Alabama|Clay County]] (northeast)
*[[Tallapoosa County, Alabama|Tallapoosa County]] (east)
*[[Elmore County, Alabama|Elmore County]] (south)
*[[Chilton County, Alabama|Chilton County]] (west)
*[[Shelby County, Alabama|Shelby County]] (northwest)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1840= 6995
|1850= 14543
|1860= 19273
|1870= 11945
|1880= 15113
|1890= 15906
|1900= 16144
|1910= 16634
|1920= 14839
|1930= 12460
|1940= 13460
|1950= 11766
|1960= 10726
|1970= 10662
|1980= 11377
|1990= 11063
|2000= 12202
|2010= 11539
|2020= 10387
|estyear=2022
|estimate=10268
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 27, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 22, 2015}}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=August 22, 2015|archive-date=August 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/al190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 24, 1995|access-date=August 22, 2015}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=August 22, 2015}}</ref> 2010–2020<ref name="QF"/>
}}

===2020 Census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Coosa County, Alabama – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Coosa County, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p004&g=050XX00US01037&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Coosa County, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US01037&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Coosa County, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US01037&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|7,742
|7,604
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6,807
|63.45%
|65.90%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |65.53%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|4,147
|3,556
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,000
|33.99%
|30.82%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |28.88%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|39
|40
|style='background: #ffffe6; |25
|0.32%
|0.35%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.24%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|5
|14
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8
|0.04%
|0.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.08%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|9
|7
|style='background: #ffffe6; |47
|0.07%
|0.06%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.45%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|102
|88
|style='background: #ffffe6; |299
|0.84%
|0.76%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.88%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|158
|230
|style='background: #ffffe6; |201
|1.29%
|1.99%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.94%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''12,202'''
|'''11,539'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''10,387'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 10,387 people, 4,032 households, and 2,657 families residing in the county.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="2010 census">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=July 19, 2015 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2010, there were 11,539 people, 4,794 households, and 3,293 families living in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|18|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}. There were 6,478 housing units at an average density of 9.7 per square mile (/km<sup>3.8</sup>). The racial makeup of the county was 66.3% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 31.0% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.1% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.2% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.9% from two or more races. 2.0% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 4,794 households, out of which 23.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.3% were non-families. 27.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.89.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 20.5% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 23.2% from 25 to 44, 31.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.7 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,560, and the median income for a family was $47,451. Males had a median income of $40,315 versus $26,826 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $19,209. About 11.4% of families and 16.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 20.6% of those under age 18 and 14.2% of those age 65 or over.

From 2000 to 2003, Coosa County's growth rate of -5.8% made it the biggest percentage population loser among the state's 67 counties.<ref name='epodunk'>{{cite web
|url=http://www.epodunk.com/top10/countyPop/coPop1.html
|access-date=May 15, 2007
|title=Population growth - Alabama counties
|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]], [[ePodunk]]
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113065021/http://www.epodunk.com/top10/countyPop/coPop1.html
|archive-date=January 13, 2013
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
Annette Jones Watters of the [[University of Alabama]]'s Alabama State Data Center cited Coosa as one of eight counties to lose greater than 6% of its population from 2000 to early 2007.<ref name='state_data_ctr'>{{cite web
|url=http://uanews.ua.edu/anews2007/mar07/growth032107.htm
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517031034/http://uanews.ua.edu/anews2007/mar07/growth032107.htm
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=May 17, 2008
|access-date=May 15, 2007
|date=March 21, 2007
|publisher=[[University of Alabama]]
|title=Shelby County Continues to Set the Pace for County Growth; Black Belt Counties Lose Population, According to UA's State Data Center
}}</ref>

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR8">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=May 14, 2011 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 12,202 people, 4,682 households, and 3,408 families living in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|19|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}. There were 6,142 housing units at an average density of {{convert|9|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 63.94% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 34.19% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.32% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.04% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.62% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.88% from two or more races. 1.29% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 4,682 households, out of which 30.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.80% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.20% were non-families. 24.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.70% under the age of 18, 8.60% from 18 to 24, 29.00% from 25 to 44, 24.30% from 45 to 64, and 14.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $29,873, and the median income for a family was $36,082. Males had a median income of $25,390 versus $18,171 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $14,875. About 11.80% of families and 14.90% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 19.50% of those under age 18 and 13.40% of those age 65 or over.

==Government==
Coosa County is reliably Republican at the presidential level. The last Democrat to win the county in a presidential election is [[Bill Clinton]], who won it by a slim majority in [[1996 United States presidential election in Alabama|1996]].
{{PresHead|place=Coosa County, Alabama|source=<ref name="DL">{{cite web|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|access-date=November 16, 2016}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|3,758|1,478|32|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|3,631|1,796|52|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|3,381|1,782|89|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|3,049|2,191|42|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|3,248|2,273|42|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|2,905|2,055|41|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|2,382|2,104|81|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,721|2,121|289|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,973|2,330|495|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|2,405|1,860|18|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,585|1,781|19|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|1,714|2,383|112|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,196|2,533|37|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,672|773|16|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|330|623|2,858|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|1,978|0|740|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|1,073|1,493|9|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|1,070|1,411|38|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|788|1,501|2|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1948|Dixiecrat|275|0|849|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|394|1,079|8|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|317|1,347|13|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|239|1,346|32|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|250|1,265|15|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|1,078|699|1|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|508|790|16|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|741|1,007|16|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|485|867|37|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|109|763|334|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|447|717|80|Alabama}}
{{PresFoot|1904|Democratic|472|933|118|Alabama}}

==Communities==

===Towns===
*[[Goodwater, Alabama|Goodwater]]
*[[Kellyton, Alabama|Kellyton]]
*[[Rockford, Alabama|Rockford]] (county seat)

===Census-designated places===
* [[Equality, Alabama|Equality]]
* [[Hanover, Alabama|Hanover]]
* [[Hissop, Alabama|Hissop]]
* [[Mount Olive, Coosa County, Alabama|Mount Olive]]
* [[Nixburg, Alabama|Nixburg]]
* [[Ray, Alabama|Ray]]
* [[Stewartville, Coosa County, Alabama|Stewartville]]
* [[Weogufka, Alabama|Weogufka]]

===Unincorporated communities===
* [[Dollar, Alabama|Dollar]]
* [[Fishpond, Alabama|Fishpond]]
* [[Hatchet, Alabama|Hatchet]]
* [[Marble Valley, Alabama|Marble Valley]]

==See also==
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Alabama#Coosa County|National Register of Historic Places listings in Coosa County, Alabama]]
*[[Properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage by county (Clarke–Dallas)#Coosa County|Properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in Coosa County, Alabama]]

==References==
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{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Coosa County, Alabama
|North     = [[Talladega County, Alabama|Talladega County]]
|Northeast = [[Clay County, Alabama|Clay County]]
|East      = [[Tallapoosa County, Alabama|Tallapoosa County]]
|Southeast = 
|South     = [[Elmore County, Alabama|Elmore County]]
|Southwest = 
|West      = [[Chilton County, Alabama|Chilton County]]
|Northwest = [[Shelby County, Alabama|Shelby County]]
}} 
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