# Counties in Alabama by child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure), 2024

All 67 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `child_poverty_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People under 18 in families or living alone with income below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people under 18 whose poverty status can be determined. United States: Census Bureau Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) for the nation, states and counties.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/child-poverty-rate-under-18/alabama-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Wilcox County | 52.5 |
| 2 | Greene County | 51.6 |
| 3 | Perry County | 48.2 |
| 4 | Dallas County | 44.9 |
| 5 | Macon County | 42.6 |
| 6 | Bullock County | 41.8 |
| 7 | Sumter County | 41.2 |
| 8 | Lowndes County | 38.3 |
| 9 | Barbour County | 37.9 |
| 10 | Pike County | 37.5 |
| 11 | Conecuh County | 34 |
| 12 | Hale County | 32.1 |
| 13 | Butler County | 31.4 |
| 14 | Choctaw County | 31.3 |
| 15 | Russell County | 31.1 |
| 16 | Monroe County | 30.4 |
| 17 | Marengo County | 30 |
| 18 | DeKalb County | 29.4 |
| 19 | Clarke County | 29.2 |
| 20 | Bibb County | 28.8 |
| 21 | Montgomery County | 28.6 |
| 21 | Pickens County | 28.6 |
| 23 | Chambers County | 28.4 |
| 24 | Talladega County | 28.3 |
| 25 | Crenshaw County | 27.6 |
| 26 | Coosa County | 27.4 |
| 27 | Marion County | 26.7 |
| 28 | Escambia County | 25.8 |
| 28 | Houston County | 25.8 |
| 30 | Covington County | 25.7 |
| 31 | Calhoun County | 25.5 |
| 31 | Geneva County | 25.5 |
| 33 | Tallapoosa County | 25.2 |
| 34 | Randolph County | 24.8 |
| 34 | Washington County | 24.8 |
| 36 | Franklin County | 24.5 |
| 37 | Clay County | 24.3 |
| 38 | Dale County | 23.8 |
| 38 | Fayette County | 23.8 |
| 40 | Etowah County | 23.6 |
| 41 | Walker County | 23.5 |
| 42 | Chilton County | 22.7 |
| 43 | Lamar County | 22.3 |
| 44 | Colbert County | 22.2 |
| 44 | Winston County | 22.2 |
| 46 | Lawrence County | 22.1 |
| 47 | Mobile County | 21.9 |
| 48 | Cherokee County | 21.3 |
| 49 | Jackson County | 20.3 |
| 50 | Henry County | 19.6 |
| 51 | Marshall County | 19.5 |
| 52 | Morgan County | 19.3 |
| 53 | Cullman County | 19.2 |
| 54 | Cleburne County | 19.1 |
| 54 | Jefferson County | 19.1 |
| 56 | Tuscaloosa County | 17.8 |
| 57 | Coffee County | 17.7 |
| 58 | Autauga County | 16.7 |
| 58 | Lee County | 16.7 |
| 60 | Lauderdale County | 16 |
| 61 | Elmore County | 15.5 |
| 62 | Baldwin County | 15 |
| 63 | Blount County | 14.9 |
| 64 | St. Clair County | 12.3 |
| 65 | Madison County | 11.8 |
| 66 | Limestone County | 11.5 |
| 67 | Shelby County | 8.4 |