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Highest poverty rate, Alabama counties · 2020

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

01Greene County, ALAL7,06736.4%+6%

02Perry County, ALAL7,42536.1%+2%

03Sumter County, ALAL11,58830.8%−20%

04Bullock County, ALAL9,78029.5%−12%

05Dallas County, ALAL35,14029.2%−6%

06Barbour County, ALAL24,60728.6%+7%

07Wilcox County, ALAL9,66627.6%−31%

08Clarke County, ALAL22,01425.0%+11%

09Pickens County, ALAL18,22124.7%−1%

10Hale County, ALAL15,19424.6%−9%

11Monroe County, ALAL18,96524.0%+13%

12Escambia County, ALAL36,66523.8%+14%

13Macon County, ALAL18,13223.4%−29%

14Pike County, ALAL33,68823.0%−0%

15Lowndes County, ALAL9,35922.4%−28%

16Russell County, ALAL58,89821.8%+10%

17Geneva County, ALAL27,55421.8%+11%

18Marengo County, ALAL18,31121.6%−17%

19Fayette County, ALAL15,87220.8%+20%

20DeKalb County, ALAL74,08520.7%+35%

21Choctaw County, ALAL11,90419.7%−20%

22Franklin County, ALAL32,44919.7%+4%

23Butler County, ALAL18,10019.6%−21%

24Lee County, ALAL189,88119.4%−11%

25Marshall County, ALAL103,53719.1%+30%

26Randolph County, ALAL23,16318.8%+10%

27Montgomery County, ALAL225,89118.8%+8%

28Dale County, ALAL49,91218.4%+22%

29Bibb County, ALAL22,26218.1%−12%

30Jackson County, ALAL54,28117.9%+31%

31Mobile County, ALAL411,65817.9%−3%

32Talladega County, ALAL81,60317.8%+1%

33Covington County, ALAL37,94717.7%−4%

34Lamar County, ALAL13,58717.7%+10%

35Houston County, ALAL110,31817.6%+17%

36Winston County, ALAL23,82917.4%+2%

37Marion County, ALAL29,09717.3%+10%

38Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,36817.2%+1%

39Chilton County, ALAL47,70817.0%+8%

40Walker County, ALAL65,14016.9%+3%

41Lawrence County, ALAL33,84316.8%+10%

42Conecuh County, ALAL10,89916.6%−38%

43Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,95316.5%−0%

44Etowah County, ALAL103,88616.0%+2%

45Calhoun County, ALAL115,83415.8%−2%

46Jefferson County, ALAL665,74215.7%+6%

47Cleburne County, ALAL15,97015.6%+12%

48Clay County, ALAL14,20715.5%−9%

49Colbert County, ALAL59,47415.5%+11%

50Coffee County, ALAL56,95315.4%+5%

51Chambers County, ALAL34,25315.4%−10%

52Henry County, ALAL18,39415.2%−20%

53Autauga County, ALAL61,92015.2%+39%

54Morgan County, ALAL126,48314.9%+21%

55Washington County, ALAL14,82214.8%−20%

56Crenshaw County, ALAL13,17514.6%−34%

57Blount County, ALAL60,15613.7%+17%

58Lauderdale County, ALAL97,13513.0%−10%

59Cherokee County, ALAL26,41312.9%−17%

60Cullman County, ALAL94,00912.7%−2%

61Limestone County, ALAL122,92812.7%+3%

62Coosa County, ALAL10,16112.5%−16%

63Madison County, ALAL433,51611.4%+8%

64St. Clair County, ALAL98,20611.4%−6%

65Elmore County, ALAL91,57710.6%+3%

66Baldwin County, ALAL267,7619.2%−10%

67Shelby County, ALAL238,5526.9%+9%

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