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Counties in Alabama by diagnosed diabetes in adults, local model estimate

Greene County had the highest diagnosed diabetes in adults, local model estimate of 67 counties in 2021, at 26.1%. Shelby County had the lowest, at 10.3%. The median was 15%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest26.1Greene County
Lowest10.3Shelby County
Median1567 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Autauga County: 12.3 %Baldwin County: 12.6 %Barbour County: 18.4 %Bibb County: 14.1 %Blount County: 12.8 %Bullock County: 21.3 %Butler County: 17.3 %Calhoun County: 14.1 %Chambers County: 16.5 %Cherokee County: 15.1 %Chilton County: 13.7 %Choctaw County: 19.3 %Clarke County: 17.6 %Clay County: 15.3 %Cleburne County: 13.8 %Coffee County: 13.2 %Colbert County: 13.5 %Conecuh County: 19.4 %Coosa County: 16.4 %Covington County: 15 %Crenshaw County: 15.1 %Cullman County: 12.4 %Dale County: 14.1 %Dallas County: 19.9 %DeKalb County: 14.8 %Elmore County: 12.1 %Escambia County: 16.8 %Etowah County: 13.8 %Fayette County: 15.6 %Franklin County: 14.7 %Geneva County: 16.1 %Greene County: 26.1 %Hale County: 19.3 %Henry County: 15.4 %Houston County: 14 %Jackson County: 14.7 %Jefferson County: 14.1 %Lamar County: 15 %Lauderdale County: 12.9 %Lawrence County: 14.7 %Lee County: 10.9 %Limestone County: 12.1 %Lowndes County: 21.5 %Macon County: 19 %Madison County: 11.5 %Marengo County: 18.3 %Marion County: 14.4 %Marshall County: 13.4 %Mobile County: 15.4 %Monroe County: 18.7 %Montgomery County: 16 %Morgan County: 13.6 %Perry County: 22.1 %Pickens County: 16.9 %Pike County: 13.2 %Randolph County: 15.4 %Russell County: 15.7 %St. Clair County: 12.3 %Shelby County: 10.3 %Sumter County: 19.9 %Talladega County: 15.9 %Tallapoosa County: 16 %Tuscaloosa County: 12.3 %Walker County: 14 %Washington County: 16.7 %Wilcox County: 22 %Winston County: 15 %
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%, 2021. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), diagnosed diabetes in adults, crude prevalence. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2021

Greene County: 26.1 %Greene County26.1Perry County: 22.1 %Perry County22.1Wilcox County: 22 %Wilcox County22Lowndes County: 21.5 %Lowndes County21.5Bullock County: 21.3 %Bullock County21.3Dallas County: 19.9 %Dallas County19.9Sumter County: 19.9 %Sumter County19.9Conecuh County: 19.4 %Conecuh County19.4Choctaw County: 19.3 %Choctaw County19.3Hale County: 19.3 %Hale County19.3Macon County: 19 %Macon County19Monroe County: 18.7 %Monroe County18.7Barbour County: 18.4 %Barbour County18.4Marengo County: 18.3 %Marengo County18.3Clarke County: 17.6 %Clarke County17.6Butler County: 17.3 %Butler County17.3Pickens County: 16.9 %Pickens County16.9Escambia County: 16.8 %Escambia County16.8Washington County: 16.7 %Washington County16.7Chambers County: 16.5 %Chambers County16.5Coosa County: 16.4 %Coosa County16.4Geneva County: 16.1 %Geneva County16.1Montgomery County: 16 %Montgomery County16Tallapoosa County: 16 %Tallapoosa County16Talladega County: 15.9 %Talladega County15.9Russell County: 15.7 %Russell County15.7Fayette County: 15.6 %Fayette County15.6Henry County: 15.4 %Henry County15.4Mobile County: 15.4 %Mobile County15.4Randolph County: 15.4 %Randolph County15.4Clay County: 15.3 %Clay County15.3Cherokee County: 15.1 %Cherokee County15.1Crenshaw County: 15.1 %Crenshaw County15.1Covington County: 15 %Covington County15Lamar County: 15 %Lamar County15Winston County: 15 %Winston County15DeKalb County: 14.8 %DeKalb County14.8Franklin County: 14.7 %Franklin County14.7Jackson County: 14.7 %Jackson County14.7Lawrence County: 14.7 %Lawrence County14.7Greene County: 26.1 %Greene County26.1Perry County: 22.1 %Perry County22.1Wilcox County: 22 %Wilcox County22Lowndes County: 21.5 %Lowndes County21.5Bullock County: 21.3 %Bullock County21.3Dallas County: 19.9 %Dallas County19.9Sumter County: 19.9 %Sumter County19.9Conecuh County: 19.4 %Conecuh County19.4Choctaw County: 19.3 %Choctaw County19.3Hale County: 19.3 %Hale County19.3Macon County: 19 %Macon County19Monroe County: 18.7 %Monroe County18.7Barbour County: 18.4 %Barbour County18.4Marengo County: 18.3 %Marengo County18.3Clarke County: 17.6 %Clarke County17.6Butler County: 17.3 %Butler County17.3Pickens County: 16.9 %Pickens County16.9Escambia County: 16.8 %Escambia County16.8Washington County: 16.7 %Washington County16.7Chambers County: 16.5 %Chambers County16.5Coosa County: 16.4 %Coosa County16.4Geneva County: 16.1 %Geneva County16.1Montgomery County: 16 %Montgomery County16Tallapoosa County: 16 %Tallapoosa County16Talladega County: 15.9 %Talladega County15.9Russell County: 15.7 %Russell County15.7Fayette County: 15.6 %Fayette County15.6Henry County: 15.4 %Henry County15.4Mobile County: 15.4 %Mobile County15.4Randolph County: 15.4 %Randolph County15.4Clay County: 15.3 %Clay County15.3Cherokee County: 15.1 %Cherokee County15.1Crenshaw County: 15.1 %Crenshaw County15.1Covington County: 15 %Covington County15Lamar County: 15 %Lamar County15Winston County: 15 %Winston County15DeKalb County: 14.8 %DeKalb County14.8Franklin County: 14.7 %Franklin County14.7Jackson County: 14.7 %Jackson County14.7Lawrence County: 14.7 %Lawrence County14.7
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), diagnosed diabetes in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Greene County26.1
2Perry County22.1
3Wilcox County22
4Lowndes County21.5
5Bullock County21.3
6Dallas County19.9
6Sumter County19.9
8Conecuh County19.4
9Choctaw County19.3
9Hale County19.3
11Macon County19
12Monroe County18.7
13Barbour County18.4
14Marengo County18.3
15Clarke County17.6
16Butler County17.3
17Pickens County16.9
18Escambia County16.8
19Washington County16.7
20Chambers County16.5
21Coosa County16.4
22Geneva County16.1
23Montgomery County16
23Tallapoosa County16
25Talladega County15.9
26Russell County15.7
27Fayette County15.6
28Henry County15.4
28Mobile County15.4
28Randolph County15.4
31Clay County15.3
32Cherokee County15.1
32Crenshaw County15.1
34Covington County15
34Lamar County15
34Winston County15
37DeKalb County14.8
38Franklin County14.7
38Jackson County14.7
38Lawrence County14.7
41Marion County14.4
42Bibb County14.1
42Calhoun County14.1
42Dale County14.1
42Jefferson County14.1
46Houston County14
46Walker County14
48Cleburne County13.8
48Etowah County13.8
50Chilton County13.7
51Morgan County13.6
52Colbert County13.5
53Marshall County13.4
54Coffee County13.2
54Pike County13.2
56Lauderdale County12.9
57Blount County12.8
58Baldwin County12.6
59Cullman County12.4
60Autauga County12.3
60St. Clair County12.3
60Tuscaloosa County12.3
63Elmore County12.1
63Limestone County12.1
65Madison County11.5
66Lee County10.9
67Shelby County10.3

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About this ranking

Percentage of adults who report being told by a doctor or other health professional that they have diabetes, other than diabetes only during pregnancy. 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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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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), diagnosed diabetes 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), diagnosed diabetes in adults, crude prevalence (Counties in Alabama by diagnosed diabetes 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), diagnosed diabetes in adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Alabama by diagnosed diabetes 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-diabetes-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), diagnosed diabetes in adults, crude prevalence. Counties in Alabama by diagnosed diabetes 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-diabetes-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), diagnosed diabetes in adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Alabama by diagnosed diabetes in adults, local model estimate, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-diabetes-rate-county-estimate/alabama-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest diagnosed diabetes in adults, local model estimate?

Greene County, with 26.1% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which county has the lowest diagnosed diabetes in adults, local model estimate?

Shelby County, with 10.3% 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), diagnosed diabetes in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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