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Highest poverty rate, Alabama counties

Alabama counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2024 ACS). This list covers the 67 counties in Alabama that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000

01Greene County, ALAL7,06740.1%+5.9 pts

02Bullock County, ALAL9,78033.3%−0.2 pts

03Perry County, ALAL7,42531.4%−4.0 pts

04Dallas County, ALAL35,14031.0%−0.0 pts

05Lowndes County, ALAL9,35929.9%−1.4 pts

06Wilcox County, ALAL9,66628.2%−11.7 pts

07Conecuh County, ALAL10,89927.8%+1.3 pts

08Sumter County, ALAL11,58826.5%−12.2 pts

09Hale County, ALAL15,19424.6%−2.3 pts

10Macon County, ALAL18,13224.3%−8.5 pts

11Pike County, ALAL33,68823.3%+0.2 pts

12Bibb County, ALAL22,26222.5%+1.8 pts

13Butler County, ALAL18,10022.4%−2.2 pts

14DeKalb County, ALAL74,08522.4%+7.0 pts

15Russell County, ALAL58,89822.2%+2.3 pts

16Marengo County, ALAL18,31121.9%−4.1 pts

17Fayette County, ALAL15,87221.8%+4.5 pts

18Barbour County, ALAL24,60721.4%−5.4 pts

19Monroe County, ALAL18,96520.1%−1.2 pts

20Clarke County, ALAL22,01420.1%−2.5 pts

21Escambia County, ALAL36,66520.0%−0.8 pts

22Pickens County, ALAL18,22120.0%−4.9 pts

23Montgomery County, ALAL225,89119.9%+2.6 pts

24Randolph County, ALAL23,16319.9%+2.9 pts

25Covington County, ALAL37,94719.2%+0.7 pts

26Geneva County, ALAL27,55419.2%−0.4 pts

27Franklin County, ALAL32,44919.1%+0.3 pts

28Lee County, ALAL189,88118.9%−2.9 pts

29Dale County, ALAL49,91218.7%+3.6 pts

30Winston County, ALAL23,82918.7%+1.5 pts

31Walker County, ALAL65,14018.5%+2.0 pts

32Henry County, ALAL18,39418.3%−0.7 pts

33Lamar County, ALAL13,58718.0%+1.9 pts

34Crenshaw County, ALAL13,17517.9%−4.2 pts

35Calhoun County, ALAL115,83417.9%+1.8 pts

36Talladega County, ALAL81,60317.8%+0.2 pts

37Clay County, ALAL14,20717.6%+0.4 pts

38Houston County, ALAL110,31817.5%+2.5 pts

39Colbert County, ALAL59,47417.4%+3.4 pts

40Jackson County, ALAL54,28117.3%+3.6 pts

41Washington County, ALAL14,82217.1%−1.4 pts

42Etowah County, ALAL103,88616.9%+1.2 pts

43Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,36816.8%−0.2 pts

44Coffee County, ALAL56,95316.7%+2.0 pts

45Marshall County, ALAL103,53716.6%+2.0 pts

46Choctaw County, ALAL11,90416.5%−8.0 pts

47Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,95316.3%−0.2 pts

48Mobile County, ALAL411,65816.2%−2.3 pts

49Marion County, ALAL29,09716.2%+0.6 pts

50Chambers County, ALAL34,25315.7%−1.3 pts

51Jefferson County, ALAL665,74215.7%+0.9 pts

52Cullman County, ALAL94,00915.3%+2.3 pts

53Cherokee County, ALAL26,41314.8%−0.8 pts

54Chilton County, ALAL47,70814.0%−1.7 pts

55Cleburne County, ALAL15,97013.7%−0.3 pts

56Morgan County, ALAL126,48313.5%+1.2 pts

57Lawrence County, ALAL33,84313.3%−1.9 pts

58Coosa County, ALAL10,16113.1%−1.8 pts

59Blount County, ALAL60,15612.9%+1.1 pts

60Lauderdale County, ALAL97,13512.2%−2.3 pts

61St. Clair County, ALAL98,20611.4%−0.7 pts

62Autauga County, ALAL61,92011.3%+0.4 pts

63Elmore County, ALAL91,57710.3%+0.1 pts

64Madison County, ALAL433,51610.1%−0.4 pts

65Baldwin County, ALAL267,76110.1%−0.1 pts

66Limestone County, ALAL122,92810.0%−2.4 pts

67Shelby County, ALAL238,5527.2%+0.9 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES