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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%+17%

02Bullock County, ALAL9,78033.3%−1%

03Perry County, ALAL7,42531.4%−11%

04Dallas County, ALAL35,14031.0%−0%

05Lowndes County, ALAL9,35929.9%−5%

06Wilcox County, ALAL9,66628.2%−29%

07Conecuh County, ALAL10,89927.8%+5%

08Sumter County, ALAL11,58826.5%−32%

09Hale County, ALAL15,19424.6%−9%

10Macon County, ALAL18,13224.3%−26%

11Pike County, ALAL33,68823.3%+1%

12Bibb County, ALAL22,26222.5%+9%

13Butler County, ALAL18,10022.4%−9%

14DeKalb County, ALAL74,08522.4%+45%

15Russell County, ALAL58,89822.2%+11%

16Marengo County, ALAL18,31121.9%−16%

17Fayette County, ALAL15,87221.8%+26%

18Barbour County, ALAL24,60721.4%−20%

19Monroe County, ALAL18,96520.1%−6%

20Clarke County, ALAL22,01420.1%−11%

21Escambia County, ALAL36,66520.0%−4%

22Pickens County, ALAL18,22120.0%−20%

23Montgomery County, ALAL225,89119.9%+15%

24Randolph County, ALAL23,16319.9%+17%

25Covington County, ALAL37,94719.2%+4%

26Geneva County, ALAL27,55419.2%−2%

27Franklin County, ALAL32,44919.1%+1%

28Lee County, ALAL189,88118.9%−13%

29Dale County, ALAL49,91218.7%+24%

30Winston County, ALAL23,82918.7%+9%

31Walker County, ALAL65,14018.5%+12%

32Henry County, ALAL18,39418.3%−4%

33Lamar County, ALAL13,58718.0%+12%

34Crenshaw County, ALAL13,17517.9%−19%

35Calhoun County, ALAL115,83417.9%+11%

36Talladega County, ALAL81,60317.8%+1%

37Clay County, ALAL14,20717.6%+3%

38Houston County, ALAL110,31817.5%+17%

39Colbert County, ALAL59,47417.4%+24%

40Jackson County, ALAL54,28117.3%+26%

41Washington County, ALAL14,82217.1%−7%

42Etowah County, ALAL103,88616.9%+8%

43Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,36816.8%−1%

44Coffee County, ALAL56,95316.7%+14%

45Marshall County, ALAL103,53716.6%+13%

46Choctaw County, ALAL11,90416.5%−33%

47Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,95316.3%−1%

48Mobile County, ALAL411,65816.2%−12%

49Marion County, ALAL29,09716.2%+4%

50Chambers County, ALAL34,25315.7%−8%

51Jefferson County, ALAL665,74215.7%+6%

52Cullman County, ALAL94,00915.3%+18%

53Cherokee County, ALAL26,41314.8%−5%

54Chilton County, ALAL47,70814.0%−11%

55Cleburne County, ALAL15,97013.7%−2%

56Morgan County, ALAL126,48313.5%+10%

57Lawrence County, ALAL33,84313.3%−13%

58Coosa County, ALAL10,16113.1%−12%

59Blount County, ALAL60,15612.9%+10%

60Lauderdale County, ALAL97,13512.2%−16%

61St. Clair County, ALAL98,20611.4%−6%

62Autauga County, ALAL61,92011.3%+3%

63Elmore County, ALAL91,57710.3%+1%

64Madison County, ALAL433,51610.1%−4%

65Baldwin County, ALAL267,76110.1%−1%

66Limestone County, ALAL122,92810.0%−19%

67Shelby County, ALAL238,5527.2%+14%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES