Population
City of Wetumpka |
Population
Elmore County |
1900 562
1910 1,103
1920 1,520
1930 2,357
1940 3,089
1950 3,813
1960 3,672
1970 3,912
1980 4,371
1990 4,670
2000 5,726 |
1900 26,099
1910 28,245
1920 28,085
1930 34,280
1940 34,546
1950 31,649
1960 30,524
1970 33,535
1980 43,330
1990 49,210
2000 65,874 |
| Description |
City Limits |
10 mile radius |
15 mile radius |
| POPULATION |
|
|
|
| 2000 |
5726 (P.J. 12,794 ) |
38,202 |
180,027 |
| 2005 |
6,102 (P.J. 12,964) |
42,741 |
190,238 |
| 2008 projection |
7,313 |
56,490 |
225,684 |
| POPULATION BY RACE |
|
|
|
| White |
64.88% |
66.90% |
67.00% |
| Black |
32.83% |
31.00% |
30.70% |
| Other |
2.28% |
3.40% |
4.40% |
| HOUSEHOLDS |
|
|
|
| 2000 |
1,822 |
17,151 |
78,692 |
| 2006 projection |
2,566 |
18,988 |
83,289 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME |
|
|
|
| $150,000 + |
1.90% |
2.10% |
3.70% |
| $100,000 - $149,99 |
4.80% |
5.90% |
7.60% |
| $99,999 - $75,000 |
10.70% |
10.10% |
11.10% |
| $74,999 - $50,0001 |
18.00% |
20.50% |
20.50% |
| $49,000 - $35,000 |
25.10% |
16.30% |
15.80% |
| $34,999 - $25,000 |
15.00% |
13.20% |
12.50% |
| $24,999 - $15,000 |
11.00% |
13.70% |
12.50% |
| $14,999 - |
19.20% |
18.10% |
16.30% |
The east side of Wetumpka was incorporated on January 17, 1834, and the west side on February 18, 1834. By 1836, the town’s population was 1,200 - an eastern newspaper asserted that Wetumpka, Alabama, and Chicago, Illinois, were the two most promising cities of what was then called “the west.”
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