Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report for Alabama by County
Poverty: Persons below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Rank
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (Below Poverty)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties) 
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | N/A | 12.4 | 40,390,045 | N/A |
| Alabama | N/A | 15.6 | 768,185 | 45 of 52 |
| Shelby County | Urban | 6.9 | 15,442 | 191 |
| Limestone County | Urban | 10.1 | 10,561 | 807 |
| Elmore County | Urban | 10.3 | 8,652 | 848 |
| Baldwin County | Urban | 10.5 | 24,819 | 896 |
| Madison County | Urban | 10.5 | 40,401 | 896 |
| Autauga County | Urban | 10.7 | 6,275 | 937 |
| St. Clair County | Urban | 11.2 | 10,129 | 1,065 |
| Coosa County | Rural | 11.6 | 1,161 | 1,154 |
| Cleburne County | Rural | 13.2 | 1,984 | 1,552 |
| Chilton County | Urban | 13.6 | 6,111 | 1,641 |
| Lauderdale County | Urban | 13.6 | 12,584 | 1,641 |
| Morgan County | Urban | 13.6 | 16,441 | 1,641 |
| Lawrence County | Urban | 13.7 | 4,506 | 1,663 |
| Cullman County | Rural | 13.9 | 12,299 | 1,708 |
| Blount County | Urban | 14.1 | 8,269 | 1,752 |
| Cherokee County | Rural | 14.5 | 3,606 | 1,844 |
| Lamar County | Rural | 15.1 | 2,061 | 1,963 |
| Tallapoosa County | Rural | 15.2 | 6,128 | 1,979 |
| Chambers County | Rural | 15.5 | 5,214 | 2,037 |
| Henry County | Urban | 15.8 | 2,695 | 2,080 |
| Crenshaw County | Rural | 16.2 | 2,081 | 2,140 |
| Jefferson County | Urban | 16.3 | 106,524 | 2,150 |
| Marshall County | Rural | 16.3 | 15,841 | 2,150 |
| Mobile County | Urban | 16.3 | 65,948 | 2,150 |
| Clay County | Rural | 16.5 | 2,295 | 2,195 |
| Tuscaloosa County | Urban | 16.7 | 36,620 | 2,219 |
| Jackson County | Rural | 16.8 | 8,758 | 2,236 |
| Marion County | Rural | 16.8 | 4,809 | 2,236 |
| Colbert County | Urban | 16.9 | 9,626 | 2,255 |
| Etowah County | Urban | 17.1 | 17,401 | 2,293 |
| Franklin County | Rural | 17.4 | 5,476 | 2,337 |
| Calhoun County | Urban | 17.5 | 19,558 | 2,356 |
| Coffee County | Rural | 17.6 | 9,409 | 2,369 |
| Talladega County | Rural | 17.7 | 13,665 | 2,385 |
| Covington County | Rural | 18.0 | 6,681 | 2,433 |
| Houston County | Urban | 18.0 | 19,198 | 2,433 |
| Walker County | Urban | 18.0 | 11,429 | 2,433 |
| Randolph County | Rural | 18.4 | 3,983 | 2,485 |
| Washington County | Rural | 18.4 | 2,793 | 2,485 |
| Dale County | Rural | 18.7 | 9,078 | 2,520 |
| Fayette County | Rural | 18.7 | 2,967 | 2,520 |
| Lee County | Urban | 18.9 | 32,119 | 2,552 |
| Geneva County | Urban | 19.1 | 5,035 | 2,580 |
| Montgomery County | Urban | 19.3 | 41,981 | 2,595 |
| Choctaw County | Rural | 19.5 | 2,413 | 2,619 |
| Winston County | Rural | 19.5 | 4,506 | 2,619 |
| DeKalb County | Rural | 20.4 | 14,405 | 2,690 |
| Bibb County | Urban | 20.5 | 4,258 | 2,697 |
| Clarke County | Rural | 20.5 | 4,607 | 2,697 |
| Butler County | Rural | 21.0 | 3,881 | 2,745 |
| Escambia County | Rural | 21.2 | 7,238 | 2,764 |
| Barbour County | Rural | 21.9 | 4,746 | 2,815 |
| Macon County | Urban | 22.1 | 3,611 | 2,833 |
| Russell County | Urban | 22.2 | 12,966 | 2,841 |
| Marengo County | Rural | 22.6 | 4,241 | 2,867 |
| Monroe County | Rural | 22.6 | 4,371 | 2,867 |
| Pickens County | Urban | 22.6 | 3,878 | 2,867 |
| Pike County | Rural | 23.4 | 7,130 | 2,912 |
| Hale County | Urban | 23.9 | 3,454 | 2,933 |
| Bullock County | Rural | 25.7 | 2,344 | 3,003 |
| Conecuh County | Rural | 27.6 | 3,125 | 3,046 |
| Sumter County | Rural | 28.1 | 2,801 | 3,054 |
| Dallas County | Rural | 29.0 | 10,748 | 3,071 |
| Wilcox County | Rural | 29.0 | 2,943 | 3,071 |
| Lowndes County | Urban | 29.6 | 2,913 | 3,081 |
| Perry County | Rural | 31.2 | 2,296 | 3,093 |
| Greene County | Urban | 35.9 | 2,697 | 3,126 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/28/2025 11:17 am.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Persons below poverty, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/28/2025 11:17 am.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Persons below poverty, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.