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Poverty Rate in Alabama, by County

Poverty Rate for every county in Alabama, ranked. The highest is Greene County at 40.1% and the lowest is Shelby County at 7.2%.

Alabama: 15.6% · United States: 12.5% · median county in Alabama: 17.9%

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#County Poverty Rate
1Greene County40.1%
2Bullock County33.3%
3Perry County31.4%
4Dallas County31.0%
5Lowndes County29.9%
6Wilcox County28.2%
7Conecuh County27.8%
8Sumter County26.5%
9Hale County24.6%
10Macon County24.3%
11Pike County23.3%
12Bibb County22.5%
13Butler County22.4%
14DeKalb County22.4%
15Russell County22.2%
16Marengo County21.9%
17Fayette County21.8%
18Barbour County21.4%
19Clarke County20.1%
20Monroe County20.1%
21Escambia County20.0%
22Pickens County20.0%
23Montgomery County19.9%
24Randolph County19.9%
25Covington County19.2%
26Geneva County19.2%
27Franklin County19.1%
28Lee County18.9%
29Dale County18.7%
30Winston County18.7%
31Walker County18.5%
32Henry County18.3%
33Lamar County18.0%
34Calhoun County17.9%
35Crenshaw County17.9%
36Talladega County17.8%
37Clay County17.6%
38Houston County17.5%
39Colbert County17.4%
40Jackson County17.3%
41Washington County17.1%
42Etowah County16.9%
43Tuscaloosa County16.8%
44Coffee County16.7%
45Marshall County16.6%
46Choctaw County16.5%
47Tallapoosa County16.3%
48Marion County16.2%
49Mobile County16.2%
50Chambers County15.7%
51Jefferson County15.7%
52Cullman County15.3%
53Cherokee County14.8%
54Chilton County14.0%
55Cleburne County13.7%
56Morgan County13.5%
57Lawrence County13.3%
58Coosa County13.1%
59Blount County12.9%
60Lauderdale County12.2%
61St. Clair County11.4%
62Autauga County11.3%
63Elmore County10.3%
64Baldwin County10.1%
65Madison County10.1%
66Limestone County10.0%
67Shelby County7.2%

Share of people living below the federal poverty line.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Alabama ranks 8th of 52 states for poverty rate.

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