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Highest poverty rate, Alabama counties · 2010

Alabama counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2010 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, ALAL9,66638.5%−1.5 pts

02Sumter County, ALAL11,58834.8%−3.9 pts

03Dallas County, ALAL35,14031.8%+0.8 pts

04Greene County, ALAL7,06730.8%−3.5 pts

05Conecuh County, ALAL10,89930.6%+4.0 pts

06Clarke County, ALAL22,01429.2%+6.6 pts

07Perry County, ALAL7,42528.8%−6.6 pts

08Pike County, ALAL33,68828.6%+5.6 pts

09Macon County, ALAL18,13227.4%−5.4 pts

10Lowndes County, ALAL9,35927.3%−4.0 pts

11Pickens County, ALAL18,22126.9%+2.0 pts

12Monroe County, ALAL18,96525.4%+4.1 pts

13Bullock County, ALAL9,78025.3%−8.2 pts

14Barbour County, ALAL24,60725.0%−1.8 pts

15Butler County, ALAL18,10025.0%+0.3 pts

16Hale County, ALAL15,19424.6%−2.2 pts

17Escambia County, ALAL36,66524.4%+3.6 pts

18Russell County, ALAL58,89823.3%+3.4 pts

19Marengo County, ALAL18,31122.7%−3.2 pts

20Randolph County, ALAL23,16321.5%+4.5 pts

21Winston County, ALAL23,82920.6%+3.5 pts

22Chambers County, ALAL34,25320.3%+3.3 pts

23DeKalb County, ALAL74,08520.0%+4.6 pts

24Marshall County, ALAL103,53719.9%+5.3 pts

25Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,36819.7%+2.7 pts

26Washington County, ALAL14,82219.7%+1.2 pts

27Franklin County, ALAL32,44919.5%+0.7 pts

28Calhoun County, ALAL115,83419.5%+3.3 pts

29Mobile County, ALAL411,65819.2%+0.7 pts

30Lee County, ALAL189,88119.2%−2.6 pts

31Covington County, ALAL37,94719.0%+0.5 pts

32Montgomery County, ALAL225,89118.9%+1.6 pts

33Clay County, ALAL14,20718.8%+1.7 pts

34Choctaw County, ALAL11,90418.7%−5.8 pts

35Walker County, ALAL65,14018.6%+2.1 pts

36Lamar County, ALAL13,58718.5%+2.4 pts

37Chilton County, ALAL47,70818.4%+2.7 pts

38Talladega County, ALAL81,60318.4%+0.8 pts

39Fayette County, ALAL15,87217.9%+0.6 pts

40Marion County, ALAL29,09717.8%+2.2 pts

41Lauderdale County, ALAL97,13517.7%+3.3 pts

42Crenshaw County, ALAL13,17517.7%−4.4 pts

43Cherokee County, ALAL26,41317.6%+2.1 pts

44Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,95317.5%+1.0 pts

45Jackson County, ALAL54,28117.5%+3.8 pts

46Coffee County, ALAL56,95317.2%+2.5 pts

47Cleburne County, ALAL15,97017.1%+3.2 pts

48Etowah County, ALAL103,88616.8%+1.2 pts

49Houston County, ALAL110,31816.8%+1.8 pts

50Cullman County, ALAL94,00916.7%+3.7 pts

51Geneva County, ALAL27,55416.3%−3.3 pts

52Coosa County, ALAL10,16116.0%+1.1 pts

53Colbert County, ALAL59,47415.7%+1.7 pts

54Jefferson County, ALAL665,74215.5%+0.7 pts

55Henry County, ALAL18,39415.1%−4.0 pts

56Morgan County, ALAL126,48315.0%+2.7 pts

57Dale County, ALAL49,91214.8%−0.3 pts

58Lawrence County, ALAL33,84313.6%−1.6 pts

59Limestone County, ALAL122,92813.5%+1.1 pts

60Blount County, ALAL60,15613.4%+1.6 pts

61Bibb County, ALAL22,26212.6%−8.0 pts

62Elmore County, ALAL91,57712.4%+2.1 pts

63Baldwin County, ALAL267,76112.2%+2.1 pts

64Madison County, ALAL433,51612.0%+1.4 pts

65St. Clair County, ALAL98,20610.6%−1.4 pts

66Autauga County, ALAL61,92010.6%−0.3 pts

67Shelby County, ALAL238,5527.4%+1.0 pts

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