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Most residents in poverty, Alabama counties · 2020

Alabama counties with the most residents living below the poverty line, as of the 2020 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, ALAL665,742105,690+8%

02Mobile County, ALAL411,65874,115+0%

03Madison County, ALAL433,51644,390+52%

04Montgomery County, ALAL225,89142,958+11%

05Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,36839,083+39%

06Lee County, ALAL189,88133,749+34%

07Baldwin County, ALAL267,76121,262+49%

08Houston County, ALAL110,31818,831+41%

09Marshall County, ALAL103,53718,602+54%

10Calhoun County, ALAL115,83418,379+2%

11Morgan County, ALAL126,48318,354+34%

12Etowah County, ALAL103,88616,515+2%

13Shelby County, ALAL238,55215,288+69%

14DeKalb County, ALAL74,08514,831+50%

15Talladega County, ALAL81,60314,644+4%

16Limestone County, ALAL122,92813,135+62%

17Russell County, ALAL58,89812,923+30%

18Lauderdale County, ALAL97,13512,194−4%

19Dallas County, ALAL35,14011,240−22%

20Cullman County, ALAL94,00911,149+11%

21Walker County, ALAL65,14011,072−5%

22St. Clair County, ALAL98,20610,373+33%

23Jackson County, ALAL54,2819,400+27%

24Elmore County, ALAL91,5779,311+38%

25Dale County, ALAL49,9129,066+22%

26Autauga County, ALAL61,9208,945+88%

27Colbert County, ALAL59,4748,880+16%

28Escambia County, ALAL36,6658,760+9%

29Coffee County, ALAL56,9538,260+29%

30Blount County, ALAL60,1568,123+36%

31Chilton County, ALAL47,7087,658+23%

32Pike County, ALAL33,6887,580+11%

33Barbour County, ALAL24,6077,214−7%

34Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,9536,808−1%

35Covington County, ALAL37,9476,640−4%

36Franklin County, ALAL32,4496,311+7%

37Geneva County, ALAL27,5545,814+15%

38Clarke County, ALAL22,0145,780−8%

39Lawrence County, ALAL33,8435,554+5%

40Chambers County, ALAL34,2535,354−14%

41Marion County, ALAL29,0975,070+4%

42Monroe County, ALAL18,9654,750−8%

43Pickens County, ALAL18,2214,731−9%

44Macon County, ALAL18,1324,579−42%

45Marengo County, ALAL18,3114,178−28%

46Randolph County, ALAL23,1634,125+8%

47Winston County, ALAL23,8294,100−4%

48Bibb County, ALAL22,2624,035−6%

49Sumter County, ALAL11,5883,803−34%

50Butler County, ALAL18,1003,726−29%

51Hale County, ALAL15,1943,635−21%

52Fayette County, ALAL15,8723,390+6%

53Cherokee County, ALAL26,4133,230−13%

54Perry County, ALAL7,4253,069−27%

55Bullock County, ALAL9,7803,055−22%

56Wilcox County, ALAL9,6662,928−44%

57Greene County, ALAL7,0672,815−18%

58Henry County, ALAL18,3942,612−16%

59Choctaw County, ALAL11,9042,497−36%

60Lamar County, ALAL13,5872,469−4%

61Cleburne County, ALAL15,9702,345+19%

62Lowndes County, ALAL9,3592,313−45%

63Washington County, ALAL14,8222,284−32%

64Clay County, ALAL14,2072,210−9%

65Conecuh County, ALAL10,8991,922−49%

66Crenshaw County, ALAL13,1751,920−36%

67Coosa County, ALAL10,1611,298−29%

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