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Highest poverty rate, Alabama counties · 2000

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

01Wilcox County, ALAL9,66639.9%+0%

02Sumter County, ALAL11,58838.7%+0%

03Perry County, ALAL7,42535.4%+0%

04Greene County, ALAL7,06734.3%+0%

05Bullock County, ALAL9,78033.5%+0%

06Macon County, ALAL18,13232.8%+0%

07Lowndes County, ALAL9,35931.4%+0%

08Dallas County, ALAL35,14031.1%+0%

09Hale County, ALAL15,19426.9%+0%

10Barbour County, ALAL24,60726.8%+0%

11Conecuh County, ALAL10,89926.6%+0%

12Marengo County, ALAL18,31125.9%+0%

13Pickens County, ALAL18,22124.9%+0%

14Butler County, ALAL18,10024.6%+0%

15Choctaw County, ALAL11,90424.5%+0%

16Pike County, ALAL33,68823.1%+0%

17Clarke County, ALAL22,01422.6%+0%

18Crenshaw County, ALAL13,17522.1%+0%

19Lee County, ALAL189,88121.8%+0%

20Monroe County, ALAL18,96521.3%+0%

21Escambia County, ALAL36,66520.9%+0%

22Bibb County, ALAL22,26220.6%+0%

23Russell County, ALAL58,89819.9%+0%

24Geneva County, ALAL27,55419.6%+0%

25Henry County, ALAL18,39419.1%+0%

26Franklin County, ALAL32,44918.9%+0%

27Mobile County, ALAL411,65818.5%+0%

28Washington County, ALAL14,82218.5%+0%

29Covington County, ALAL37,94718.4%+0%

30Talladega County, ALAL81,60317.6%+0%

31Montgomery County, ALAL225,89117.3%+0%

32Fayette County, ALAL15,87217.3%+0%

33Winston County, ALAL23,82917.1%+0%

34Clay County, ALAL14,20717.1%+0%

35Chambers County, ALAL34,25317.0%+0%

36Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,36817.0%+0%

37Randolph County, ALAL23,16317.0%+0%

38Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,95316.6%+0%

39Walker County, ALAL65,14016.5%+0%

40Calhoun County, ALAL115,83416.1%+0%

41Lamar County, ALAL13,58716.1%+0%

42Chilton County, ALAL47,70815.7%+0%

43Etowah County, ALAL103,88615.7%+0%

44Marion County, ALAL29,09715.6%+0%

45Cherokee County, ALAL26,41315.6%+0%

46DeKalb County, ALAL74,08515.4%+0%

47Lawrence County, ALAL33,84315.3%+0%

48Dale County, ALAL49,91215.1%+0%

49Houston County, ALAL110,31815.0%+0%

50Coosa County, ALAL10,16114.9%+0%

51Jefferson County, ALAL665,74214.8%+0%

52Coffee County, ALAL56,95314.7%+0%

53Marshall County, ALAL103,53714.7%+0%

54Lauderdale County, ALAL97,13514.4%+0%

55Colbert County, ALAL59,47414.0%+0%

56Cleburne County, ALAL15,97013.9%+0%

57Jackson County, ALAL54,28113.7%+0%

58Cullman County, ALAL94,00913.0%+0%

59Limestone County, ALAL122,92812.3%+0%

60Morgan County, ALAL126,48312.3%+0%

61St. Clair County, ALAL98,20612.1%+0%

62Blount County, ALAL60,15611.7%+0%

63Autauga County, ALAL61,92010.9%+0%

64Madison County, ALAL433,51610.5%+0%

65Elmore County, ALAL91,57710.2%+0%

66Baldwin County, ALAL267,76110.1%+0%

67Shelby County, ALAL238,5526.3%+0%

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