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Most residents in poverty, Alabama counties · 2010

Alabama counties with the most residents living below the poverty line, as of the 2010 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, ALAL665,742101,890+4%

02Mobile County, ALAL411,65879,324+7%

03Montgomery County, ALAL225,89143,457+12%

04Madison County, ALAL433,51640,028+37%

05Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,36838,437+37%

06Lee County, ALAL189,88126,898+7%

07Calhoun County, ALAL115,83423,073+28%

08Baldwin County, ALAL267,76122,255+56%

09Marshall County, ALAL103,53718,553+54%

10Morgan County, ALAL126,48317,902+31%

11Etowah County, ALAL103,88617,595+8%

12Houston County, ALAL110,31817,037+28%

13Lauderdale County, ALAL97,13516,419+29%

14Talladega County, ALAL81,60315,149+7%

15Shelby County, ALAL238,55214,354+59%

16DeKalb County, ALAL74,08514,247+44%

17Dallas County, ALAL35,14013,953−3%

18Cullman County, ALAL94,00913,456+34%

19Walker County, ALAL65,14012,459+7%

20Russell County, ALAL58,89812,334+25%

21Limestone County, ALAL122,92811,136+37%

22Elmore County, ALAL91,5779,813+45%

23Pike County, ALAL33,6889,421+38%

24Escambia County, ALAL36,6659,369+17%

25Jackson County, ALAL54,2819,304+26%

26St. Clair County, ALAL98,2068,889+14%

27Coffee County, ALAL56,9538,607+34%

28Colbert County, ALAL59,4748,532+11%

29Chilton County, ALAL47,7088,049+29%

30Blount County, ALAL60,1567,665+28%

31Clarke County, ALAL22,0147,542+20%

32Dale County, ALAL49,9127,444+0%

33Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,9537,296+6%

34Covington County, ALAL37,9477,173+3%

35Chambers County, ALAL34,2536,959+12%

36Barbour County, ALAL24,6076,865−12%

37Franklin County, ALAL32,4496,196+5%

38Macon County, ALAL18,1325,879−26%

39Monroe County, ALAL18,9655,857+13%

40Autauga County, ALAL61,9205,778+21%

41Marion County, ALAL29,0975,478+12%

42Pickens County, ALAL18,2215,310+2%

43Butler County, ALAL18,1005,227−1%

44Winston County, ALAL23,8295,047+19%

45Randolph County, ALAL23,1634,920+29%

46Sumter County, ALAL11,5884,786−16%

47Marengo County, ALAL18,3114,765−18%

48Lawrence County, ALAL33,8434,678−12%

49Cherokee County, ALAL26,4134,586+23%

50Wilcox County, ALAL9,6664,489−15%

51Geneva County, ALAL27,5544,368−14%

52Conecuh County, ALAL10,8994,042+8%

53Hale County, ALAL15,1943,883−16%

54Washington County, ALAL14,8223,463+4%

55Fayette County, ALAL15,8723,091−4%

56Lowndes County, ALAL9,3593,087−27%

57Perry County, ALAL7,4253,051−27%

58Bibb County, ALAL22,2622,896−33%

59Greene County, ALAL7,0672,784−19%

60Bullock County, ALAL9,7802,762−30%

61Lamar County, ALAL13,5872,700+5%

62Clay County, ALAL14,2072,625+8%

63Henry County, ALAL18,3942,608−16%

64Choctaw County, ALAL11,9042,594−34%

65Cleburne County, ALAL15,9702,565+30%

66Crenshaw County, ALAL13,1752,456−19%

67Coosa County, ALAL10,1611,845+1%

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