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Highest poverty rate, Alabama counties · 2010

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, ALAL9,66638.5%−4%

02Sumter County, ALAL11,58834.8%−10%

03Dallas County, ALAL35,14031.8%+3%

04Greene County, ALAL7,06730.8%−10%

05Conecuh County, ALAL10,89930.6%+15%

06Clarke County, ALAL22,01429.2%+29%

07Perry County, ALAL7,42528.8%−19%

08Pike County, ALAL33,68828.6%+24%

09Macon County, ALAL18,13227.4%−17%

10Lowndes County, ALAL9,35927.3%−13%

11Pickens County, ALAL18,22126.9%+8%

12Monroe County, ALAL18,96525.4%+19%

13Bullock County, ALAL9,78025.3%−24%

14Barbour County, ALAL24,60725.0%−7%

15Butler County, ALAL18,10025.0%+1%

16Hale County, ALAL15,19424.6%−8%

17Escambia County, ALAL36,66524.4%+17%

18Russell County, ALAL58,89823.3%+17%

19Marengo County, ALAL18,31122.7%−13%

20Randolph County, ALAL23,16321.5%+26%

21Winston County, ALAL23,82920.6%+20%

22Chambers County, ALAL34,25320.3%+19%

23DeKalb County, ALAL74,08520.0%+30%

24Marshall County, ALAL103,53719.9%+36%

25Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,36819.7%+16%

26Washington County, ALAL14,82219.7%+7%

27Franklin County, ALAL32,44919.5%+3%

28Calhoun County, ALAL115,83419.5%+21%

29Mobile County, ALAL411,65819.2%+4%

30Lee County, ALAL189,88119.2%−12%

31Covington County, ALAL37,94719.0%+3%

32Montgomery County, ALAL225,89118.9%+9%

33Clay County, ALAL14,20718.8%+10%

34Choctaw County, ALAL11,90418.7%−24%

35Walker County, ALAL65,14018.6%+13%

36Lamar County, ALAL13,58718.5%+15%

37Chilton County, ALAL47,70818.4%+17%

38Talladega County, ALAL81,60318.4%+5%

39Fayette County, ALAL15,87217.9%+3%

40Marion County, ALAL29,09717.8%+14%

41Lauderdale County, ALAL97,13517.7%+23%

42Crenshaw County, ALAL13,17517.7%−20%

43Cherokee County, ALAL26,41317.6%+13%

44Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,95317.5%+6%

45Jackson County, ALAL54,28117.5%+28%

46Coffee County, ALAL56,95317.2%+17%

47Cleburne County, ALAL15,97017.1%+23%

48Etowah County, ALAL103,88616.8%+7%

49Houston County, ALAL110,31816.8%+12%

50Cullman County, ALAL94,00916.7%+29%

51Geneva County, ALAL27,55416.3%−17%

52Coosa County, ALAL10,16116.0%+7%

53Colbert County, ALAL59,47415.7%+12%

54Jefferson County, ALAL665,74215.5%+5%

55Henry County, ALAL18,39415.1%−21%

56Morgan County, ALAL126,48315.0%+22%

57Dale County, ALAL49,91214.8%−2%

58Lawrence County, ALAL33,84313.6%−11%

59Limestone County, ALAL122,92813.5%+9%

60Blount County, ALAL60,15613.4%+14%

61Bibb County, ALAL22,26212.6%−39%

62Elmore County, ALAL91,57712.4%+21%

63Baldwin County, ALAL267,76112.2%+20%

64Madison County, ALAL433,51612.0%+13%

65St. Clair County, ALAL98,20610.6%−12%

66Autauga County, ALAL61,92010.6%−3%

67Shelby County, ALAL238,5527.4%+17%

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