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Highest poverty rate, Alabama counties · 2020

Alabama counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2020 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, ALAL7,06736.4%+2.1 pts

02Perry County, ALAL7,42536.1%+0.7 pts

03Sumter County, ALAL11,58830.8%−7.9 pts

04Bullock County, ALAL9,78029.5%−4.0 pts

05Dallas County, ALAL35,14029.2%−1.8 pts

06Barbour County, ALAL24,60728.6%+1.8 pts

07Wilcox County, ALAL9,66627.6%−12.3 pts

08Clarke County, ALAL22,01425.0%+2.4 pts

09Pickens County, ALAL18,22124.7%−0.2 pts

10Hale County, ALAL15,19424.6%−2.3 pts

11Monroe County, ALAL18,96524.0%+2.7 pts

12Escambia County, ALAL36,66523.8%+3.0 pts

13Macon County, ALAL18,13223.4%−9.4 pts

14Pike County, ALAL33,68823.0%−0.1 pts

15Lowndes County, ALAL9,35922.4%−8.9 pts

16Russell County, ALAL58,89821.8%+1.9 pts

17Geneva County, ALAL27,55421.8%+2.2 pts

18Marengo County, ALAL18,31121.6%−4.3 pts

19Fayette County, ALAL15,87220.8%+3.4 pts

20DeKalb County, ALAL74,08520.7%+5.3 pts

21Choctaw County, ALAL11,90419.7%−4.8 pts

22Franklin County, ALAL32,44919.7%+0.8 pts

23Butler County, ALAL18,10019.6%−5.1 pts

24Lee County, ALAL189,88119.4%−2.4 pts

25Marshall County, ALAL103,53719.1%+4.4 pts

26Randolph County, ALAL23,16318.8%+1.8 pts

27Montgomery County, ALAL225,89118.8%+1.4 pts

28Dale County, ALAL49,91218.4%+3.3 pts

29Bibb County, ALAL22,26218.1%−2.5 pts

30Jackson County, ALAL54,28117.9%+4.2 pts

31Mobile County, ALAL411,65817.9%−0.6 pts

32Talladega County, ALAL81,60317.8%+0.2 pts

33Covington County, ALAL37,94717.7%−0.8 pts

34Lamar County, ALAL13,58717.7%+1.6 pts

35Houston County, ALAL110,31817.6%+2.6 pts

36Winston County, ALAL23,82917.4%+0.3 pts

37Marion County, ALAL29,09717.3%+1.6 pts

38Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,36817.2%+0.2 pts

39Chilton County, ALAL47,70817.0%+1.3 pts

40Walker County, ALAL65,14016.9%+0.4 pts

41Lawrence County, ALAL33,84316.8%+1.5 pts

42Conecuh County, ALAL10,89916.6%−10.0 pts

43Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,95316.5%−0.1 pts

44Etowah County, ALAL103,88616.0%+0.3 pts

45Calhoun County, ALAL115,83415.8%−0.3 pts

46Jefferson County, ALAL665,74215.7%+0.9 pts

47Cleburne County, ALAL15,97015.6%+1.6 pts

48Clay County, ALAL14,20715.5%−1.6 pts

49Colbert County, ALAL59,47415.5%+1.6 pts

50Coffee County, ALAL56,95315.4%+0.8 pts

51Chambers County, ALAL34,25315.4%−1.6 pts

52Henry County, ALAL18,39415.2%−3.8 pts

53Autauga County, ALAL61,92015.2%+4.3 pts

54Morgan County, ALAL126,48314.9%+2.6 pts

55Washington County, ALAL14,82214.8%−3.6 pts

56Crenshaw County, ALAL13,17514.6%−7.6 pts

57Blount County, ALAL60,15613.7%+2.0 pts

58Lauderdale County, ALAL97,13513.0%−1.4 pts

59Cherokee County, ALAL26,41312.9%−2.6 pts

60Cullman County, ALAL94,00912.7%−0.3 pts

61Limestone County, ALAL122,92812.7%+0.3 pts

62Coosa County, ALAL10,16112.5%−2.4 pts

63Madison County, ALAL433,51611.4%+0.9 pts

64St. Clair County, ALAL98,20611.4%−0.7 pts

65Elmore County, ALAL91,57710.6%+0.3 pts

66Baldwin County, ALAL267,7619.2%−1.0 pts

67Shelby County, ALAL238,5526.9%+0.5 pts

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