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Most residents in poverty, Alabama counties

Alabama counties with the most residents living below the poverty line, as of the 2024 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of people, not the poverty rate. This list covers the 67 counties in Alabama that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPRESIDENTS IN POVERTYVS 2000

01Jefferson County, ALAL665,742104,867+7%

02Mobile County, ALAL411,65866,946−10%

03Montgomery County, ALAL225,89145,208+17%

04Madison County, ALAL433,51641,087+41%

05Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,36840,007+43%

06Lee County, ALAL189,88134,309+37%

07Baldwin County, ALAL267,76124,928+75%

08Calhoun County, ALAL115,83420,770+15%

09Houston County, ALAL110,31818,937+42%

10Etowah County, ALAL103,88617,462+8%

11Morgan County, ALAL126,48316,774+23%

12Marshall County, ALAL103,53716,596+38%

13Shelby County, ALAL238,55216,532+83%

14DeKalb County, ALAL74,08516,157+63%

15Talladega County, ALAL81,60314,432+2%

16Cullman County, ALAL94,00913,869+38%

17Russell County, ALAL58,89813,041+32%

18Walker County, ALAL65,14011,967+3%

19Lauderdale County, ALAL97,13511,652−8%

20Dallas County, ALAL35,14011,440−21%

21Limestone County, ALAL122,92811,076+37%

22St. Clair County, ALAL98,20610,689+37%

23Colbert County, ALAL59,47410,074+31%

24Dale County, ALAL49,9129,285+25%

25Elmore County, ALAL91,5779,236+37%

26Coffee County, ALAL56,9539,178+43%

27Jackson County, ALAL54,2819,157+24%

28Pike County, ALAL33,6887,690+13%

29Blount County, ALAL60,1567,654+28%

30Escambia County, ALAL36,6657,333−9%

31Covington County, ALAL37,9477,220+4%

32Autauga County, ALAL61,9206,768+42%

33Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,9536,681−3%

34Chilton County, ALAL47,7086,449+4%

35Franklin County, ALAL32,4496,118+4%

36Chambers County, ALAL34,2535,383−14%

37Barbour County, ALAL24,6075,269−32%

38Geneva County, ALAL27,5545,157+2%

39Bibb County, ALAL22,2624,970+16%

40Marion County, ALAL29,0974,731−3%

41Macon County, ALAL18,1324,545−43%

42Clarke County, ALAL22,0144,521−28%

43Randolph County, ALAL23,1634,481+18%

44Lawrence County, ALAL33,8434,430−17%

45Winston County, ALAL23,8294,418+4%

46Butler County, ALAL18,1004,176−21%

47Marengo County, ALAL18,3114,119−29%

48Monroe County, ALAL18,9653,896−25%

49Cherokee County, ALAL26,4133,754+1%

50Pickens County, ALAL18,2213,743−28%

51Hale County, ALAL15,1943,646−21%

52Fayette County, ALAL15,8723,501+9%

53Bullock County, ALAL9,7803,347−15%

54Henry County, ALAL18,3943,238+4%

55Sumter County, ALAL11,5883,143−45%

56Conecuh County, ALAL10,8993,140−16%

57Greene County, ALAL7,0672,980−13%

58Lowndes County, ALAL9,3592,945−30%

59Wilcox County, ALAL9,6662,869−46%

60Washington County, ALAL14,8222,591−23%

61Perry County, ALAL7,4252,519−40%

62Clay County, ALAL14,2072,491+2%

63Lamar County, ALAL13,5872,465−4%

64Crenshaw County, ALAL13,1752,349−22%

65Cleburne County, ALAL15,9702,110+7%

66Choctaw County, ALAL11,9042,042−48%

67Coosa County, ALAL10,1611,352−26%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES