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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%+0.5 pts

02Baldwin County, ALAL267,7619.2%−1.0 pts

03Elmore County, ALAL91,57710.6%+0.3 pts

04St. Clair County, ALAL98,20611.4%−0.7 pts

05Madison County, ALAL433,51611.4%+0.9 pts

06Coosa County, ALAL10,16112.5%−2.4 pts

07Limestone County, ALAL122,92812.7%+0.3 pts

08Cullman County, ALAL94,00912.7%−0.3 pts

09Cherokee County, ALAL26,41312.9%−2.6 pts

10Lauderdale County, ALAL97,13513.0%−1.4 pts

11Blount County, ALAL60,15613.7%+2.0 pts

12Crenshaw County, ALAL13,17514.6%−7.6 pts

13Washington County, ALAL14,82214.8%−3.6 pts

14Morgan County, ALAL126,48314.9%+2.6 pts

15Autauga County, ALAL61,92015.2%+4.3 pts

16Henry County, ALAL18,39415.2%−3.8 pts

17Chambers County, ALAL34,25315.4%−1.6 pts

18Coffee County, ALAL56,95315.4%+0.8 pts

19Colbert County, ALAL59,47415.5%+1.6 pts

20Clay County, ALAL14,20715.5%−1.6 pts

21Cleburne County, ALAL15,97015.6%+1.6 pts

22Jefferson County, ALAL665,74215.7%+0.9 pts

23Calhoun County, ALAL115,83415.8%−0.3 pts

24Etowah County, ALAL103,88616.0%+0.3 pts

25Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,95316.5%−0.1 pts

26Conecuh County, ALAL10,89916.6%−10.0 pts

27Lawrence County, ALAL33,84316.8%+1.5 pts

28Walker County, ALAL65,14016.9%+0.4 pts

29Chilton County, ALAL47,70817.0%+1.3 pts

30Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,36817.2%+0.2 pts

31Marion County, ALAL29,09717.3%+1.6 pts

32Winston County, ALAL23,82917.4%+0.3 pts

33Houston County, ALAL110,31817.6%+2.6 pts

34Lamar County, ALAL13,58717.7%+1.6 pts

35Covington County, ALAL37,94717.7%−0.8 pts

36Talladega County, ALAL81,60317.8%+0.2 pts

37Mobile County, ALAL411,65817.9%−0.6 pts

38Jackson County, ALAL54,28117.9%+4.2 pts

39Bibb County, ALAL22,26218.1%−2.5 pts

40Dale County, ALAL49,91218.4%+3.3 pts

41Montgomery County, ALAL225,89118.8%+1.4 pts

42Randolph County, ALAL23,16318.8%+1.8 pts

43Marshall County, ALAL103,53719.1%+4.4 pts

44Lee County, ALAL189,88119.4%−2.4 pts

45Butler County, ALAL18,10019.6%−5.1 pts

46Franklin County, ALAL32,44919.7%+0.8 pts

47Choctaw County, ALAL11,90419.7%−4.8 pts

48DeKalb County, ALAL74,08520.7%+5.3 pts

49Fayette County, ALAL15,87220.8%+3.4 pts

50Marengo County, ALAL18,31121.6%−4.3 pts

51Geneva County, ALAL27,55421.8%+2.2 pts

52Russell County, ALAL58,89821.8%+1.9 pts

53Lowndes County, ALAL9,35922.4%−8.9 pts

54Pike County, ALAL33,68823.0%−0.1 pts

55Macon County, ALAL18,13223.4%−9.4 pts

56Escambia County, ALAL36,66523.8%+3.0 pts

57Monroe County, ALAL18,96524.0%+2.7 pts

58Hale County, ALAL15,19424.6%−2.3 pts

59Pickens County, ALAL18,22124.7%−0.2 pts

60Clarke County, ALAL22,01425.0%+2.4 pts

61Wilcox County, ALAL9,66627.6%−12.3 pts

62Barbour County, ALAL24,60728.6%+1.8 pts

63Dallas County, ALAL35,14029.2%−1.8 pts

64Bullock County, ALAL9,78029.5%−4.0 pts

65Sumter County, ALAL11,58830.8%−7.9 pts

66Perry County, ALAL7,42536.1%+0.7 pts

67Greene County, ALAL7,06736.4%+2.1 pts

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