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Most residents in poverty, Alabama counties · 2000

Alabama counties with the most residents living below the poverty line, as of the 2000 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 1990

01Jefferson County, ALAL665,74297,804−6%

02Mobile County, ALAL411,65874,000−9%

03Montgomery County, ALAL225,89138,757+4%

04Madison County, ALAL433,51629,178+13%

05Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,36828,063−7%

06Lee County, ALAL189,88125,104+16%

07Calhoun County, ALAL115,83418,085−1%

08Etowah County, ALAL103,88616,241−1%

09Dallas County, ALAL35,14014,399−17%

10Baldwin County, ALAL267,76114,248+1%

11Talladega County, ALAL81,60314,148−5%

12Morgan County, ALAL126,48313,651+13%

13Houston County, ALAL110,31813,317−1%

14Lauderdale County, ALAL97,13512,690+7%

15Marshall County, ALAL103,53712,056−1%

16Walker County, ALAL65,14011,667−0%

17Cullman County, ALAL94,00910,072−3%

18DeKalb County, ALAL74,0859,920+5%

19Russell County, ALAL58,8989,903+4%

20Shelby County, ALAL238,5529,047−1%

21Limestone County, ALAL122,9288,108+7%

22Escambia County, ALAL36,6658,022−20%

23Macon County, ALAL18,1327,916−8%

24St. Clair County, ALAL98,2067,818+6%

25Barbour County, ALAL24,6077,782+22%

26Colbert County, ALAL59,4747,676+2%

27Dale County, ALAL49,9127,415+1%

28Jackson County, ALAL54,2817,374−7%

29Covington County, ALAL37,9476,943−14%

30Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,9536,868+10%

31Pike County, ALAL33,6886,829−9%

32Elmore County, ALAL91,5776,748−5%

33Coffee County, ALAL56,9536,410+3%

34Clarke County, ALAL22,0146,295−11%

35Chambers County, ALAL34,2536,232−10%

36Chilton County, ALAL47,7086,217+12%

37Blount County, ALAL60,1565,992+0%

38Franklin County, ALAL32,4495,897+2%

39Marengo County, ALAL18,3115,838−16%

40Sumter County, ALAL11,5885,726−11%

41Lawrence County, ALAL33,8435,308−15%

42Butler County, ALAL18,1005,268−24%

43Wilcox County, ALAL9,6665,266−14%

44Pickens County, ALAL18,2215,219−13%

45Monroe County, ALAL18,9655,185−5%

46Geneva County, ALAL27,5545,055+10%

47Marion County, ALAL29,0974,881−15%

48Autauga County, ALAL61,9204,770−11%

49Hale County, ALAL15,1944,620−16%

50Bibb County, ALAL22,2624,292+22%

51Winston County, ALAL23,8294,258−2%

52Lowndes County, ALAL9,3594,227−13%

53Perry County, ALAL7,4254,194−23%

54Bullock County, ALAL9,7803,922−3%

55Choctaw County, ALAL11,9043,903−19%

56Randolph County, ALAL23,1633,807+1%

57Conecuh County, ALAL10,8993,746−10%

58Cherokee County, ALAL26,4133,732+9%

59Greene County, ALAL7,0673,419−26%

60Washington County, ALAL14,8223,344−19%

61Fayette County, ALAL15,8723,204−12%

62Henry County, ALAL18,3943,108+16%

63Crenshaw County, ALAL13,1753,021−9%

64Lamar County, ALAL13,5872,560−10%

65Clay County, ALAL14,2072,439+5%

66Cleburne County, ALAL15,9701,970+1%

67Coosa County, ALAL10,1611,822−9%

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