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Lowest poverty rate, Alabama counties · 2020

Alabama counties with the lowest 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

01Shelby County, ALAL238,5526.9%+9%

02Baldwin County, ALAL267,7619.2%−10%

03Elmore County, ALAL91,57710.6%+3%

04St. Clair County, ALAL98,20611.4%−6%

05Madison County, ALAL433,51611.4%+8%

06Coosa County, ALAL10,16112.5%−16%

07Limestone County, ALAL122,92812.7%+3%

08Cullman County, ALAL94,00912.7%−2%

09Cherokee County, ALAL26,41312.9%−17%

10Lauderdale County, ALAL97,13513.0%−10%

11Blount County, ALAL60,15613.7%+17%

12Crenshaw County, ALAL13,17514.6%−34%

13Washington County, ALAL14,82214.8%−20%

14Morgan County, ALAL126,48314.9%+21%

15Autauga County, ALAL61,92015.2%+39%

16Henry County, ALAL18,39415.2%−20%

17Chambers County, ALAL34,25315.4%−10%

18Coffee County, ALAL56,95315.4%+5%

19Colbert County, ALAL59,47415.5%+11%

20Clay County, ALAL14,20715.5%−9%

21Cleburne County, ALAL15,97015.6%+12%

22Jefferson County, ALAL665,74215.7%+6%

23Calhoun County, ALAL115,83415.8%−2%

24Etowah County, ALAL103,88616.0%+2%

25Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,95316.5%−0%

26Conecuh County, ALAL10,89916.6%−38%

27Lawrence County, ALAL33,84316.8%+10%

28Walker County, ALAL65,14016.9%+3%

29Chilton County, ALAL47,70817.0%+8%

30Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,36817.2%+1%

31Marion County, ALAL29,09717.3%+10%

32Winston County, ALAL23,82917.4%+2%

33Houston County, ALAL110,31817.6%+17%

34Lamar County, ALAL13,58717.7%+10%

35Covington County, ALAL37,94717.7%−4%

36Talladega County, ALAL81,60317.8%+1%

37Mobile County, ALAL411,65817.9%−3%

38Jackson County, ALAL54,28117.9%+31%

39Bibb County, ALAL22,26218.1%−12%

40Dale County, ALAL49,91218.4%+22%

41Montgomery County, ALAL225,89118.8%+8%

42Randolph County, ALAL23,16318.8%+10%

43Marshall County, ALAL103,53719.1%+30%

44Lee County, ALAL189,88119.4%−11%

45Butler County, ALAL18,10019.6%−21%

46Franklin County, ALAL32,44919.7%+4%

47Choctaw County, ALAL11,90419.7%−20%

48DeKalb County, ALAL74,08520.7%+35%

49Fayette County, ALAL15,87220.8%+20%

50Marengo County, ALAL18,31121.6%−17%

51Geneva County, ALAL27,55421.8%+11%

52Russell County, ALAL58,89821.8%+10%

53Lowndes County, ALAL9,35922.4%−28%

54Pike County, ALAL33,68823.0%−0%

55Macon County, ALAL18,13223.4%−29%

56Escambia County, ALAL36,66523.8%+14%

57Monroe County, ALAL18,96524.0%+13%

58Hale County, ALAL15,19424.6%−9%

59Pickens County, ALAL18,22124.7%−1%

60Clarke County, ALAL22,01425.0%+11%

61Wilcox County, ALAL9,66627.6%−31%

62Barbour County, ALAL24,60728.6%+7%

63Dallas County, ALAL35,14029.2%−6%

64Bullock County, ALAL9,78029.5%−12%

65Sumter County, ALAL11,58830.8%−20%

66Perry County, ALAL7,42536.1%+2%

67Greene County, ALAL7,06736.4%+6%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS