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Highest poverty rate, Alabama counties · 2000

Alabama counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2000 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 1990

01Wilcox County, ALAL9,66639.9%−5.3 pts

02Sumter County, ALAL11,58838.7%−1.1 pts

03Perry County, ALAL7,42535.4%−7.3 pts

04Greene County, ALAL7,06734.3%−11.3 pts

05Bullock County, ALAL9,78033.5%−3.0 pts

06Macon County, ALAL18,13232.8%−1.6 pts

07Lowndes County, ALAL9,35931.4%−7.2 pts

08Dallas County, ALAL35,14031.1%−5.2 pts

09Hale County, ALAL15,19426.9%−8.7 pts

10Barbour County, ALAL24,60726.8%+1.6 pts

11Conecuh County, ALAL10,89926.6%−3.1 pts

12Marengo County, ALAL18,31125.9%−4.1 pts

13Pickens County, ALAL18,22124.9%−4.0 pts

14Butler County, ALAL18,10024.6%−6.9 pts

15Choctaw County, ALAL11,90424.5%−5.7 pts

16Pike County, ALAL33,68823.1%−4.2 pts

17Clarke County, ALAL22,01422.6%−3.3 pts

18Crenshaw County, ALAL13,17522.1%−2.2 pts

19Lee County, ALAL189,88121.8%−3.1 pts

20Monroe County, ALAL18,96521.3%−1.4 pts

21Escambia County, ALAL36,66520.9%−7.2 pts

22Bibb County, ALAL22,26220.6%−0.6 pts

23Russell County, ALAL58,89819.9%−0.5 pts

24Geneva County, ALAL27,55419.6%+0.1 pts

25Henry County, ALAL18,39419.1%+1.7 pts

26Franklin County, ALAL32,44918.9%−1.8 pts

27Mobile County, ALAL411,65818.5%−2.9 pts

28Washington County, ALAL14,82218.5%−6.4 pts

29Covington County, ALAL37,94718.4%−3.6 pts

30Talladega County, ALAL81,60317.6%−2.5 pts

31Montgomery County, ALAL225,89117.3%−0.6 pts

32Fayette County, ALAL15,87217.3%−3.0 pts

33Winston County, ALAL23,82917.1%−2.6 pts

34Clay County, ALAL14,20717.1%−0.3 pts

35Chambers County, ALAL34,25317.0%−1.8 pts

36Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,36817.0%−3.0 pts

37Randolph County, ALAL23,16317.0%−1.9 pts

38Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,95316.6%+0.5 pts

39Walker County, ALAL65,14016.5%−0.8 pts

40Calhoun County, ALAL115,83416.1%+0.4 pts

41Lamar County, ALAL13,58716.1%−1.9 pts

42Chilton County, ALAL47,70815.7%−1.4 pts

43Etowah County, ALAL103,88615.7%−0.8 pts

44Marion County, ALAL29,09715.6%−3.5 pts

45Cherokee County, ALAL26,41315.6%−2.0 pts

46DeKalb County, ALAL74,08515.4%−2.0 pts

47Lawrence County, ALAL33,84315.3%−4.6 pts

48Dale County, ALAL49,91215.1%+0.3 pts

49Houston County, ALAL110,31815.0%−1.5 pts

50Coosa County, ALAL10,16114.9%−3.3 pts

51Jefferson County, ALAL665,74214.8%−1.2 pts

52Coffee County, ALAL56,95314.7%−0.8 pts

53Marshall County, ALAL103,53714.7%−2.6 pts

54Lauderdale County, ALAL97,13514.4%−0.5 pts

55Colbert County, ALAL59,47414.0%−0.6 pts

56Cleburne County, ALAL15,97013.9%−1.4 pts

57Jackson County, ALAL54,28113.7%−2.9 pts

58Cullman County, ALAL94,00913.0%−2.3 pts

59Limestone County, ALAL122,92812.3%−1.6 pts

60Morgan County, ALAL126,48312.3%+0.3 pts

61St. Clair County, ALAL98,20612.1%−2.7 pts

62Blount County, ALAL60,15611.7%−3.5 pts

63Autauga County, ALAL61,92010.9%−4.7 pts

64Madison County, ALAL433,51610.5%−0.3 pts

65Elmore County, ALAL91,57710.2%−4.3 pts

66Baldwin County, ALAL267,76110.1%−4.2 pts

67Shelby County, ALAL238,5526.3%−2.8 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS