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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. The median across all 67 is 17.9%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Conecuh County, AL, up 35 places to #7.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000

01Greene County, ALAL7,06740.1%+5.9 pts

02▲2Bullock County, ALAL9,78033.3%−0.2 pts

03▼1Perry County, ALAL7,42531.4%−4.0 pts

04▲1Dallas County, ALAL35,14031.0%0.0 pts

05▲10Lowndes County, ALAL9,35929.9%−1.4 pts

06▲1Wilcox County, ALAL9,66628.2%−11.7 pts

07▲35Conecuh County, ALAL10,89927.8%+1.3 pts

08▼5Sumter County, ALAL11,58826.5%−12.2 pts

09▲1Hale County, ALAL15,19424.6%−2.3 pts

10▲3Macon County, ALAL18,13224.3%−8.5 pts

11▲3Pike County, ALAL33,68823.3%+0.2 pts

12▲17Bibb County, ALAL22,26222.5%+1.8 pts

13▲10Butler County, ALAL18,10022.4%−2.2 pts

14▲6DeKalb County, ALAL74,08522.4%+7.0 pts

15▲1Russell County, ALAL58,89822.2%+2.3 pts

16▲2Marengo County, ALAL18,31121.9%−4.1 pts

17▲2Fayette County, ALAL15,87221.8%+4.5 pts

18▼12Barbour County, ALAL24,60721.4%−5.4 pts

19▼8Monroe County, ALAL18,96520.1%−1.2 pts

20▼12Clarke County, ALAL22,01420.1%−2.5 pts

21▼9Escambia County, ALAL36,66520.0%−0.8 pts

22▼13Pickens County, ALAL18,22120.0%−4.9 pts

23▲4Montgomery County, ALAL225,89119.9%+2.6 pts

24▲2Randolph County, ALAL23,16319.9%+2.9 pts

25▲8Covington County, ALAL37,94719.2%+0.7 pts

26▼9Geneva County, ALAL27,55419.2%−0.4 pts

27▼5Franklin County, ALAL32,44919.1%+0.3 pts

28▼4Lee County, ALAL189,88118.9%−2.9 pts

29▼1Dale County, ALAL49,91218.7%+3.6 pts

30▲6Winston County, ALAL23,82918.7%+1.5 pts

31▲9Walker County, ALAL65,14018.5%+2.0 pts

32▲20Henry County, ALAL18,39418.3%−0.7 pts

33▲1Lamar County, ALAL13,58718.0%+1.9 pts

34▲22Crenshaw County, ALAL13,17517.9%−4.2 pts

35▲10Calhoun County, ALAL115,83417.9%+1.8 pts

36▼4Talladega County, ALAL81,60317.8%+0.2 pts

37▲11Clay County, ALAL14,20717.6%+0.4 pts

38▼3Houston County, ALAL110,31817.5%+2.5 pts

39▲10Colbert County, ALAL59,47417.4%+3.4 pts

40▼10Jackson County, ALAL54,28117.3%+3.6 pts

41▲14Washington County, ALAL14,82217.1%−1.4 pts

42▲2Etowah County, ALAL103,88616.9%+1.2 pts

43▼5Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,36816.8%−0.2 pts

44▲6Coffee County, ALAL56,95316.7%+2.0 pts

45▼20Marshall County, ALAL103,53716.6%+2.0 pts

46▼25Choctaw County, ALAL11,90416.5%−8.0 pts

47▼4Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,95316.3%−0.2 pts

48▼17Mobile County, ALAL411,65816.2%−2.3 pts

49▼12Marion County, ALAL29,09716.2%+0.6 pts

50▲1Chambers County, ALAL34,25315.7%−1.3 pts

51▼5Jefferson County, ALAL665,74215.7%+0.9 pts

52▲8Cullman County, ALAL94,00915.3%+2.3 pts

53▲6Cherokee County, ALAL26,41314.8%−0.8 pts

54▼15Chilton County, ALAL47,70814.0%−1.7 pts

55▼8Cleburne County, ALAL15,97013.7%−0.3 pts

56▼2Morgan County, ALAL126,48313.5%+1.2 pts

57▼16Lawrence County, ALAL33,84313.3%−1.9 pts

58▲4Coosa County, ALAL10,16113.1%−1.8 pts

59▼2Blount County, ALAL60,15612.9%+1.1 pts

60▼2Lauderdale County, ALAL97,13512.2%−2.3 pts

61▲3St. Clair County, ALAL98,20611.4%−0.7 pts

62▼9Autauga County, ALAL61,92011.3%+0.4 pts

63▲2Elmore County, ALAL91,57710.3%+0.1 pts

64▼1Madison County, ALAL433,51610.1%−0.4 pts

65▲1Baldwin County, ALAL267,76110.1%−0.1 pts

66▼5Limestone County, ALAL122,92810.0%−2.4 pts

67Shelby County, ALAL238,5527.2%+0.9 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES