Counties in Alabama by business revenue: real estate, rental and leasing (Economic Census)

Jefferson County had the highest business revenue: real estate, rental and leasing (Economic Census) of 55 counties in 2017, at $1.93 billion. Hale County had the lowest, at $463,000. The median was $16.94 million and the figure for Alabama was $5.79 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest1,931.3Jefferson County
Lowest0.5Hale County
Median16.955 counties
Alabama5,785.1History

Map of counties, 2017

Autauga County: 22.4 USD millionBaldwin County: 369.7 USD millionBibb County: 2 USD millionBlount County: 11.7 USD millionBullock County: 0.5 USD millionButler County: 5.4 USD millionCalhoun County: 58.6 USD millionChambers County: 5.8 USD millionCherokee County: 6.3 USD millionChilton County: 8 USD millionChoctaw County: 0.7 USD millionClarke County: 10.6 USD millionClay County: 0.8 USD millionCleburne County: 3 USD millionCoffee County: 23.2 USD millionColbert County: 28.3 USD millionConecuh County: 1 USD millionCovington County: 10.4 USD millionCullman County: 30.1 USD millionDale County: 38.5 USD millionDallas County: 10 USD millionDeKalb County: 17.8 USD millionElmore County: 25.3 USD millionEscambia County: 10.4 USD millionEtowah County: 64.4 USD millionFayette County: 2.7 USD millionGeneva County: 3 USD millionHale County: 0.5 USD millionHenry County: 1.3 USD millionHouston County: 99.5 USD millionJackson County: 16.9 USD millionJefferson County: 1,931.3 USD millionLamar County: 2.2 USD millionLauderdale County: 67.9 USD millionLawrence County: 2 USD millionLee County: 139.6 USD millionLimestone County: 29.5 USD millionLowndes County: 1.6 USD millionMacon County: 7.1 USD millionMadison County: 566 USD millionMarengo County: 29.4 USD millionMarion County: 3.7 USD millionMarshall County: 47.8 USD millionMobile County: 565.7 USD millionMontgomery County: 341.3 USD millionMorgan County: 107 USD millionPickens County: 0.5 USD millionPike County: 21.5 USD millionSt. Clair County: 45.6 USD millionShelby County: 559.8 USD millionTallapoosa County: 30.3 USD millionTuscaloosa County: 250.1 USD millionWalker County: 32.8 USD millionWilcox County: 2.6 USD millionWinston County: 12.6 USD million
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USD million, 2017. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53), all establishments. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2017

Jefferson County: 1,931.3 USD millionJefferson County1,931.3Madison County: 566 USD millionMadison County566Mobile County: 565.7 USD millionMobile County565.7Shelby County: 559.8 USD millionShelby County559.8Baldwin County: 369.7 USD millionBaldwin County369.7Montgomery County: 341.3 USD millionMontgomery County341.3Tuscaloosa County: 250.1 USD millionTuscaloosa County250.1Lee County: 139.6 USD millionLee County139.6Morgan County: 107 USD millionMorgan County107Houston County: 99.5 USD millionHouston County99.5Lauderdale County: 67.9 USD millionLauderdale County67.9Etowah County: 64.4 USD millionEtowah County64.4Calhoun County: 58.6 USD millionCalhoun County58.6Marshall County: 47.8 USD millionMarshall County47.8St. Clair County: 45.6 USD millionSt. Clair County45.6Dale County: 38.5 USD millionDale County38.5Walker County: 32.8 USD millionWalker County32.8Tallapoosa County: 30.3 USD millionTallapoosa County30.3Cullman County: 30.1 USD millionCullman County30.1Limestone County: 29.5 USD millionLimestone County29.5Marengo County: 29.4 USD millionMarengo County29.4Colbert County: 28.3 USD millionColbert County28.3Elmore County: 25.3 USD millionElmore County25.3Coffee County: 23.2 USD millionCoffee County23.2Autauga County: 22.4 USD millionAutauga County22.4Pike County: 21.5 USD millionPike County21.5DeKalb County: 17.8 USD millionDeKalb County17.8Jackson County: 16.9 USD millionJackson County16.9Winston County: 12.6 USD millionWinston County12.6Blount County: 11.7 USD millionBlount County11.7Clarke County: 10.6 USD millionClarke County10.6Escambia County: 10.4 USD millionEscambia County10.4Covington County: 10.4 USD millionCovington County10.4Dallas County: 10 USD millionDallas County10Chilton County: 8 USD millionChilton County8Macon County: 7.1 USD millionMacon County7.1Cherokee County: 6.3 USD millionCherokee County6.3Chambers County: 5.8 USD millionChambers County5.8Butler County: 5.4 USD millionButler County5.4Marion County: 3.7 USD millionMarion County3.7Geneva County: 3 USD millionGeneva County3Cleburne County: 3 USD millionCleburne County3Fayette County: 2.7 USD millionFayette County2.7Wilcox County: 2.6 USD millionWilcox County2.6Lamar County: 2.2 USD millionLamar County2.2Bibb County: 2 USD millionBibb County2Lawrence County: 2 USD millionLawrence County2Lowndes County: 1.6 USD millionLowndes County1.6Henry County: 1.3 USD millionHenry County1.3Conecuh County: 1 USD millionConecuh County1Clay County: 0.8 USD millionClay County0.8Choctaw County: 0.7 USD millionChoctaw County0.7Bullock County: 0.5 USD millionBullock County0.5Pickens County: 0.5 USD millionPickens County0.5Hale County: 0.5 USD millionHale County0.5Jefferson County: 1,931.3 USD millionJefferson County1,931.3Madison County: 566 USD millionMadison County566Mobile County: 565.7 USD millionMobile County565.7Shelby County: 559.8 USD millionShelby County559.8Baldwin County: 369.7 USD millionBaldwin County369.7Montgomery County: 341.3 USD millionMontgomery County341.3Tuscaloosa County: 250.1 USD millionTuscaloosa County250.1Lee County: 139.6 USD millionLee County139.6Morgan County: 107 USD millionMorgan County107Houston County: 99.5 USD millionHouston County99.5Lauderdale County: 67.9 USD millionLauderdale County67.9Etowah County: 64.4 USD millionEtowah County64.4Calhoun County: 58.6 USD millionCalhoun County58.6Marshall County: 47.8 USD millionMarshall County47.8St. Clair County: 45.6 USD millionSt. Clair County45.6Dale County: 38.5 USD millionDale County38.5Walker County: 32.8 USD millionWalker County32.8Tallapoosa County: 30.3 USD millionTallapoosa County30.3Cullman County: 30.1 USD millionCullman County30.1Limestone County: 29.5 USD millionLimestone County29.5Marengo County: 29.4 USD millionMarengo County29.4Colbert County: 28.3 USD millionColbert County28.3Elmore County: 25.3 USD millionElmore County25.3Coffee County: 23.2 USD millionCoffee County23.2Autauga County: 22.4 USD millionAutauga County22.4Pike County: 21.5 USD millionPike County21.5DeKalb County: 17.8 USD millionDeKalb County17.8Jackson County: 16.9 USD millionJackson County16.9Winston County: 12.6 USD millionWinston County12.6Blount County: 11.7 USD millionBlount County11.7Clarke County: 10.6 USD millionClarke County10.6Escambia County: 10.4 USD millionEscambia County10.4Covington County: 10.4 USD millionCovington County10.4Dallas County: 10 USD millionDallas County10Chilton County: 8 USD millionChilton County8Macon County: 7.1 USD millionMacon County7.1Cherokee County: 6.3 USD millionCherokee County6.3Chambers County: 5.8 USD millionChambers County5.8Butler County: 5.4 USD millionButler County5.4Marion County: 3.7 USD millionMarion County3.7Geneva County: 3 USD millionGeneva County3Cleburne County: 3 USD millionCleburne County3Fayette County: 2.7 USD millionFayette County2.7Wilcox County: 2.6 USD millionWilcox County2.6Lamar County: 2.2 USD millionLamar County2.2Bibb County: 2 USD millionBibb County2Lawrence County: 2 USD millionLawrence County2Lowndes County: 1.6 USD millionLowndes County1.6Henry County: 1.3 USD millionHenry County1.3Conecuh County: 1 USD millionConecuh County1Clay County: 0.8 USD millionClay County0.8Choctaw County: 0.7 USD millionChoctaw County0.7Bullock County: 0.5 USD millionBullock County0.5Pickens County: 0.5 USD millionPickens County0.5Hale County: 0.5 USD millionHale County0.5
USD million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Sales, value of shipments or revenue of employer establishments in real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53), in millions of current US dollars, from the U.S. Census Bureau Economic Census.

Economic Census, taken every five years: values exist for 2017 and 2022 only, and the 2027 census publishes about 2029. Revenue of employer establishments located in the place, in millions of current US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; nonemployers (nonemployer_receipts_usd_*) are not included, and government owned establishments are generally out of scope. Manufacturing is the value of shipments and wholesale and retail trade are sales, so an establishment selling to another counts in both and sectors do not add up to output or GDP. Cells that would disclose individual companies (flag D) or that Census does not publish are missing here, not zero; counties are published for 14 of the 18 sectors. Sectors follow NAICS 2017 for 2017 and NAICS 2022 for 2022.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 7 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2017 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53), all establishments. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2021). Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53), all establishments (Counties in Alabama by business revenue: real estate, rental and leasing (Economic Census), 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip

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Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53), all establishments, Counties in Alabama by business revenue: real estate, rental and leasing (Economic Census), 2017. U.S. Census Bureau, 27 May 2021, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-real-estate/alabama-counties?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Which county has the highest business revenue: real estate, rental and leasing (Economic Census)?

Jefferson County, with $1.93 billion in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Hale County, with $463,000 in 2017.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 7 counties have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.

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