# Calhoun County, Alabama: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Anniston, Oxford and Jacksonville Calhoun County sits inside the data center build-out. The SAVRN Data Center Map lists 1 data center in Calhoun County, 3% of Alabama's total. Calhoun County is home to Anniston, most of Oxford (17,706 of its 22,199 residents), Jacksonville and Piedmont. Its power plants have 828 MW of capacity, 90% of it natural gas. Electrical contractors employ 203, up 5.2% since 2019 against up 28.7% statewide, at an average $63,794 a year. Employers here counted 43,473 jobs in 2025, down 2.4% from 2019. 1 data centers on the SAVRN Data Center Map, 3% of Alabama's 828 MW of operating power plants, mostly natural gas +5.2% electrical contractor jobs since 2019, now 203 ## Cities and towns in Calhoun County Calhoun County is home to Anniston, most of Oxford (17,706 of its 22,199 residents), Jacksonville and Piedmont. Anniston20,930 residents Oxford17,706 residents · 80% of the city Jacksonville14,400 residents Piedmont4,696 residents Weaver3,289 residents Ohatchee1,188 residents Hobson City742 residents Southside196 residents · 2% of the city - Oxford also extends into [Talladega County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/alabama/talladega-county). - Southside also extends into [Etowah County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/alabama/etowah-county). Unincorporated communities (governed by the county): Alexandria, Choccolocco, Nances Creek, Saks, West End-Cobb Town, White Plains. Residents are 2025 Census estimates for the part of each city, town or township inside this county. Census publishes no annual estimate for unincorporated communities. ## What changed in Calhoun County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in Alabama | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 116,238 | 115,834 | ▼ 0.3% | 11th of 67 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 44,563 | 43,473 | ▼ 2.4% | 54th of 67 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $41,371 | $52,428 | ▲ 26.7% | — | | Electrical contractor jobs (2019 → 2025) | 193 | 203 | ▲ 5.2% | — | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 3.5% | 4.0% | ▲ 0.5pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | Unemployment was 4.0% in August 2026, against 3.5% in 2019. Alabama Power Co is the largest utility serving Calhoun County, one of 4 with territory here. Its residential customers paid an average 16.77¢/kWh in 2024, above the 13.24¢ median for Alabama utilities. 115,834 people live here, down 0.3% since 2020. ## Who powers Calhoun County ### Utilities with service territory in Calhoun County | Utility | Ownership | Service | Residential customers (systemwide) | Residential price, 2024 | Commercial share of sales | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Alabama Power Co | Investor Owned | Bundled | 1,332,911 | 16.77¢ | 26% | | Cherokee Electric Coop - (AL) | Cooperative | Bundled | 18,830 | 15.06¢ | 30% | | Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | Bundled | 15,612 | 15.71¢ | 10% | | City of Piedmont - (AL) | — | — | — | — | — | Customer counts, prices and sales shares cover each utility's whole system in the state, not only this county. Commercial sales include data centers. ### Operating power plants | Technology | Capacity | Share | |---|---|---| | Natural gas | 748 MW | 90% | | Hydro | 73 MW | 9% | | Solar | 7 MW | 1% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | Calhoun Energy Center | Alabama Power Co | Natural gas | 748 MW | 2003 | | H Neely Henry Dam | Alabama Power Co | Hydro | 73 MW | 1966 | | ANAD Solar Array | Alabama Power Co | Solar | 7 MW | 2017 | ## The Calhoun County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 43,473 | $52,428 | 1.00 | | Electrical contractors | 203 | $63,794 | 0.65 | | Data processing and hosting | 22 | $70,141 | 0.16 | Concentration is the BLS location quotient: 1.0 means the industry holds the same share of local jobs as it does nationally. Industry rows count private employers; cells BLS suppresses are left out. ## Data centers and local rules in Calhoun County 1 data center in Calhoun County is on the SAVRN Data Center Map. ## Calhoun County and its neighbors Of the 5 counties that border Calhoun County, Talladega County carries the most build-out activity: data centers, planned generation and operating plants combined. [[[[[ | County | Population | Jobs since 2019 | Operating MW | Planned MW | Data centers | Local measures | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Calhoun County | 115,834 | ▼ 2.4% | 828 MW | — | 1 | — | | Cherokee County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/alabama/cherokee-county) | 26,413 | ▲ 4.4% | 88 MW | — | — | — | | Cleburne County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/alabama/cleburne-county) | 15,970 | ▲ 38.0% | — | — | — | — | | Etowah County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/alabama/etowah-county) | 103,886 | ▼ 7.1% | — | — | 1 | — | | St. Clair County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/alabama/st-clair-county) | 98,206 | ▲ 11.6% | — | — | — | — | | Talladega County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/alabama/talladega-county) | 81,603 | ▲ 5.1% | 253 MW | 400 MW | — | — | ## More of Alabama [All Alabama countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/alabama)[Etowah County103,886 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/alabama/etowah-county)[St. Clair County98,206 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/alabama/st-clair-county)[Talladega County81,603 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/alabama/talladega-county)[Cherokee County26,413 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/alabama/cherokee-county)[Cleburne County15,970 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/alabama/cleburne-county) ## Calhoun County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Calhoun County, Alabama? 4 utilities have service territory in Calhoun County in the EIA-861 2024 report: Alabama Power Co, Cherokee Electric Coop - (AL), Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc, City of Piedmont - (AL). The largest, Alabama Power Co, charged residential customers 16.77¢/kWh on average in 2024. ### What county is Anniston, AL in? Anniston is in Calhoun County, Alabama. About 20,930 people live there (2025 Census estimate). ### What county is Oxford, AL in? Most of Oxford is in Calhoun County: 17,706 of its 22,199 residents, or 80%. The rest of the city lies in Talladega County. ### What county is Jacksonville, AL in? Jacksonville is in Calhoun County, Alabama. About 14,400 people live there (2025 Census estimate). ### What power plants are in Calhoun County? 3 operating plants with 828 MW of capacity. The largest is Calhoun Energy Center (748 MW, natural gas). ### Are there data centers in Calhoun County? Yes. The SAVRN Data Center Map lists 1 data center in Calhoun County. ### Is Calhoun County adding jobs? Employers counted 43,473 jobs in 2025 against 44,563 in 2019 (-2.4%, BLS QCEW). ### Does Calhoun County have a data center moratorium? No county-level measure is on record for Calhoun County. Alabama has 18 local measures statewide, listed on the state page. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/alabama/calhoun-county Updated: 2026-10-08. Refreshed weekly by SAVRN from EIA, BLS, BEA, Census and the SAVRN trackers. License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).