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Counties in Alabama by current asthma in adults, local model estimate

Greene County had the highest current asthma in adults, local model estimate of 67 counties in 2021, at 12.5%. Shelby County had the lowest, at 9.3%. The median was 10.6%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest12.5Greene County
Lowest9.3Shelby County
Median10.667 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Autauga County: 10.1 %Baldwin County: 9.7 %Barbour County: 11.3 %Bibb County: 10.3 %Blount County: 10 %Bullock County: 11.6 %Butler County: 11 %Calhoun County: 10.6 %Chambers County: 10.9 %Cherokee County: 10.4 %Chilton County: 10.3 %Choctaw County: 11.2 %Clarke County: 11.2 %Clay County: 10.6 %Cleburne County: 10.3 %Coffee County: 10.3 %Colbert County: 10.3 %Conecuh County: 11.1 %Coosa County: 10.2 %Covington County: 10.5 %Crenshaw County: 10.6 %Cullman County: 10.1 %Dale County: 10.4 %Dallas County: 11.8 %DeKalb County: 10.7 %Elmore County: 10.1 %Escambia County: 11.2 %Etowah County: 10.6 %Fayette County: 10.7 %Franklin County: 10.4 %Geneva County: 10.7 %Greene County: 12.5 %Hale County: 11.8 %Henry County: 10.5 %Houston County: 10.4 %Jackson County: 10.4 %Jefferson County: 10.4 %Lamar County: 10.4 %Lauderdale County: 10.1 %Lawrence County: 10.7 %Lee County: 10.3 %Limestone County: 9.9 %Lowndes County: 11.8 %Macon County: 12.1 %Madison County: 9.7 %Marengo County: 11.3 %Marion County: 10.4 %Marshall County: 10.1 %Mobile County: 10.8 %Monroe County: 11.4 %Montgomery County: 11 %Morgan County: 10.4 %Perry County: 12.5 %Pickens County: 11 %Pike County: 11.2 %Randolph County: 10.6 %Russell County: 11.2 %St. Clair County: 10.1 %Shelby County: 9.3 %Sumter County: 12.2 %Talladega County: 11.1 %Tallapoosa County: 10.6 %Tuscaloosa County: 10.3 %Walker County: 10.4 %Washington County: 10.9 %Wilcox County: 12.2 %Winston County: 10.5 %
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%, 2021. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), current asthma in adults, crude prevalence. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2021

Greene County: 12.5 %Greene County12.5Perry County: 12.5 %Perry County12.5Sumter County: 12.2 %Sumter County12.2Wilcox County: 12.2 %Wilcox County12.2Macon County: 12.1 %Macon County12.1Dallas County: 11.8 %Dallas County11.8Hale County: 11.8 %Hale County11.8Lowndes County: 11.8 %Lowndes County11.8Bullock County: 11.6 %Bullock County11.6Monroe County: 11.4 %Monroe County11.4Barbour County: 11.3 %Barbour County11.3Marengo County: 11.3 %Marengo County11.3Choctaw County: 11.2 %Choctaw County11.2Clarke County: 11.2 %Clarke County11.2Escambia County: 11.2 %Escambia County11.2Pike County: 11.2 %Pike County11.2Russell County: 11.2 %Russell County11.2Conecuh County: 11.1 %Conecuh County11.1Talladega County: 11.1 %Talladega County11.1Butler County: 11 %Butler County11Montgomery County: 11 %Montgomery County11Pickens County: 11 %Pickens County11Chambers County: 10.9 %Chambers County10.9Washington County: 10.9 %Washington County10.9Mobile County: 10.8 %Mobile County10.8DeKalb County: 10.7 %DeKalb County10.7Fayette County: 10.7 %Fayette County10.7Geneva County: 10.7 %Geneva County10.7Lawrence County: 10.7 %Lawrence County10.7Calhoun County: 10.6 %Calhoun County10.6Clay County: 10.6 %Clay County10.6Crenshaw County: 10.6 %Crenshaw County10.6Etowah County: 10.6 %Etowah County10.6Randolph County: 10.6 %Randolph County10.6Tallapoosa County: 10.6 %Tallapoosa County10.6Covington County: 10.5 %Covington County10.5Henry County: 10.5 %Henry County10.5Winston County: 10.5 %Winston County10.5Cherokee County: 10.4 %Cherokee County10.4Dale County: 10.4 %Dale County10.4Greene County: 12.5 %Greene County12.5Perry County: 12.5 %Perry County12.5Sumter County: 12.2 %Sumter County12.2Wilcox County: 12.2 %Wilcox County12.2Macon County: 12.1 %Macon County12.1Dallas County: 11.8 %Dallas County11.8Hale County: 11.8 %Hale County11.8Lowndes County: 11.8 %Lowndes County11.8Bullock County: 11.6 %Bullock County11.6Monroe County: 11.4 %Monroe County11.4Barbour County: 11.3 %Barbour County11.3Marengo County: 11.3 %Marengo County11.3Choctaw County: 11.2 %Choctaw County11.2Clarke County: 11.2 %Clarke County11.2Escambia County: 11.2 %Escambia County11.2Pike County: 11.2 %Pike County11.2Russell County: 11.2 %Russell County11.2Conecuh County: 11.1 %Conecuh County11.1Talladega County: 11.1 %Talladega County11.1Butler County: 11 %Butler County11Montgomery County: 11 %Montgomery County11Pickens County: 11 %Pickens County11Chambers County: 10.9 %Chambers County10.9Washington County: 10.9 %Washington County10.9Mobile County: 10.8 %Mobile County10.8DeKalb County: 10.7 %DeKalb County10.7Fayette County: 10.7 %Fayette County10.7Geneva County: 10.7 %Geneva County10.7Lawrence County: 10.7 %Lawrence County10.7Calhoun County: 10.6 %Calhoun County10.6Clay County: 10.6 %Clay County10.6Crenshaw County: 10.6 %Crenshaw County10.6Etowah County: 10.6 %Etowah County10.6Randolph County: 10.6 %Randolph County10.6Tallapoosa County: 10.6 %Tallapoosa County10.6Covington County: 10.5 %Covington County10.5Henry County: 10.5 %Henry County10.5Winston County: 10.5 %Winston County10.5Cherokee County: 10.4 %Cherokee County10.4Dale County: 10.4 %Dale County10.4
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), current asthma in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Greene County12.5
1Perry County12.5
3Sumter County12.2
3Wilcox County12.2
5Macon County12.1
6Dallas County11.8
6Hale County11.8
6Lowndes County11.8
9Bullock County11.6
10Monroe County11.4
11Barbour County11.3
11Marengo County11.3
13Choctaw County11.2
13Clarke County11.2
13Escambia County11.2
13Pike County11.2
13Russell County11.2
18Conecuh County11.1
18Talladega County11.1
20Butler County11
20Montgomery County11
20Pickens County11
23Chambers County10.9
23Washington County10.9
25Mobile County10.8
26DeKalb County10.7
26Fayette County10.7
26Geneva County10.7
26Lawrence County10.7
30Calhoun County10.6
30Clay County10.6
30Crenshaw County10.6
30Etowah County10.6
30Randolph County10.6
30Tallapoosa County10.6
36Covington County10.5
36Henry County10.5
36Winston County10.5
39Cherokee County10.4
39Dale County10.4
39Franklin County10.4
39Houston County10.4
39Jackson County10.4
39Jefferson County10.4
39Lamar County10.4
39Marion County10.4
39Morgan County10.4
39Walker County10.4
49Bibb County10.3
49Chilton County10.3
49Cleburne County10.3
49Coffee County10.3
49Colbert County10.3
49Lee County10.3
49Tuscaloosa County10.3
56Coosa County10.2
57Autauga County10.1
57Cullman County10.1
57Elmore County10.1
57Lauderdale County10.1
57Marshall County10.1
57St. Clair County10.1
63Blount County10
64Limestone County9.9
65Baldwin County9.7
65Madison County9.7
67Shelby County9.3

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About this ranking

Percentage of adults who have ever been told by a doctor, nurse or other health professional that they have asthma and say they still have it. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2022; its eight former counties are not served. City values for 2021 come from the 2023 release, built on 2010 Census place boundaries; later years use 2020 boundaries.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), current asthma in adults, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), current asthma in adults, crude prevalence (Counties in Alabama by current asthma in adults, local model estimate, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), current asthma in adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Alabama by current asthma in adults, local model estimate, 2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-asthma-rate-county-estimate/alabama-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), current asthma in adults, crude prevalence. Counties in Alabama by current asthma in adults, local model estimate, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-asthma-rate-county-estimate/alabama-counties?period=2021.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), current asthma in adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Alabama by current asthma in adults, local model estimate, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-asthma-rate-county-estimate/alabama-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest current asthma in adults, local model estimate?

Greene County, with 12.5% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which county has the lowest current asthma in adults, local model estimate?

Shelby County, with 9.3% in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), current asthma in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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