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Highest poverty rate, Alabama counties · 1990

Alabama counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2023 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, ALAL7,06745.6%+33%

02Wilcox County, ALAL9,66645.2%+13%

03Perry County, ALAL7,42542.6%+21%

04Sumter County, ALAL11,58839.7%+3%

05Lowndes County, ALAL9,35938.6%+23%

06Bullock County, ALAL9,78036.5%+9%

07Dallas County, ALAL35,14036.2%+17%

08Hale County, ALAL15,19435.6%+32%

09Macon County, ALAL18,13234.5%+5%

10Butler County, ALAL18,10031.5%+28%

11Choctaw County, ALAL11,90430.2%+23%

12Marengo County, ALAL18,31130.0%+16%

13Conecuh County, ALAL10,89929.7%+12%

14Pickens County, ALAL18,22128.9%+16%

15Escambia County, ALAL36,66528.1%+34%

16Pike County, ALAL33,68827.2%+18%

17Clarke County, ALAL22,01425.9%+15%

18Barbour County, ALAL24,60725.2%−6%

19Lee County, ALAL189,88124.9%+14%

20Washington County, ALAL14,82224.8%+34%

21Crenshaw County, ALAL13,17524.3%+10%

22Monroe County, ALAL18,96522.7%+6%

23Covington County, ALAL37,94722.0%+19%

24Mobile County, ALAL411,65821.4%+15%

25Bibb County, ALAL22,26221.2%+3%

26Franklin County, ALAL32,44920.7%+10%

27Russell County, ALAL58,89820.4%+2%

28Fayette County, ALAL15,87220.3%+17%

29Talladega County, ALAL81,60320.2%+14%

30Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,36820.1%+18%

31Lawrence County, ALAL33,84319.8%+30%

32Winston County, ALAL23,82919.8%+15%

33Geneva County, ALAL27,55419.5%−1%

34Marion County, ALAL29,09719.1%+22%

35Randolph County, ALAL23,16318.9%+11%

36Chambers County, ALAL34,25318.8%+10%

37Coosa County, ALAL10,16118.2%+22%

38Lamar County, ALAL13,58718.0%+12%

39Montgomery County, ALAL225,89117.9%+3%

40Cherokee County, ALAL26,41317.6%+13%

41Clay County, ALAL14,20717.4%+2%

42Henry County, ALAL18,39417.4%−9%

43DeKalb County, ALAL74,08517.4%+13%

44Walker County, ALAL65,14017.3%+5%

45Marshall County, ALAL103,53717.2%+18%

46Chilton County, ALAL47,70817.1%+9%

47Jackson County, ALAL54,28116.6%+22%

48Houston County, ALAL110,31816.5%+10%

49Etowah County, ALAL103,88616.5%+5%

50Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,95316.0%−3%

51Jefferson County, ALAL665,74216.0%+8%

52Calhoun County, ALAL115,83415.7%−3%

53Autauga County, ALAL61,92015.7%+43%

54Coffee County, ALAL56,95315.5%+6%

55Cullman County, ALAL94,00915.3%+18%

56Cleburne County, ALAL15,97015.3%+10%

57Blount County, ALAL60,15615.3%+30%

58Lauderdale County, ALAL97,13514.9%+3%

59Dale County, ALAL49,91214.8%−2%

60St. Clair County, ALAL98,20614.8%+22%

61Colbert County, ALAL59,47414.6%+4%

62Elmore County, ALAL91,57714.5%+42%

63Baldwin County, ALAL267,76114.3%+41%

64Limestone County, ALAL122,92814.0%+13%

65Morgan County, ALAL126,48312.0%−2%

66Madison County, ALAL433,51610.9%+3%

67Shelby County, ALAL238,5529.2%+45%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES