# Counties in Alabama by area median family income (HUD), 2026

All 67 values come from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research for 2026, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `area_median_family_income`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Median annual family income, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) estimates for the HUD area that contains the county, for the fiscal year. HUD bases it on American Community Survey family incomes, brought forward to the fiscal year, and uses it to set income limits for its programs: the very low income limit is 50 percent and the low income limit 80 percent of the area median for a family of four, with adjustments. Often called AMI.
- Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars (https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il26/Section8-FY26.xlsx)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/department-of-housing-and-urban-development
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD USER. HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il26/Section8-FY26.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/alabama-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Limestone County | 115,100 |
| 1 | Madison County | 115,100 |
| 3 | Lee County | 108,900 |
| 4 | Bibb County | 104,100 |
| 4 | Blount County | 104,100 |
| 4 | Jefferson County | 104,100 |
| 4 | Shelby County | 104,100 |
| 4 | St. Clair County | 104,100 |
| 9 | Baldwin County | 102,400 |
| 10 | Colbert County | 95,900 |
| 10 | Lauderdale County | 95,900 |
| 12 | Hale County | 93,000 |
| 12 | Tuscaloosa County | 93,000 |
| 14 | Marshall County | 89,900 |
| 15 | Washington County | 89,600 |
| 16 | Autauga County | 88,800 |
| 16 | Elmore County | 88,800 |
| 16 | Lowndes County | 88,800 |
| 16 | Montgomery County | 88,800 |
| 20 | Lawrence County | 88,600 |
| 20 | Morgan County | 88,600 |
| 22 | Coffee County | 87,100 |
| 23 | Russell County | 85,800 |
| 24 | Chilton County | 85,100 |
| 25 | Henry County | 84,400 |
| 26 | Marengo County | 83,900 |
| 27 | Mobile County | 83,300 |
| 28 | Cullman County | 82,900 |
| 29 | Geneva County | 79,300 |
| 29 | Houston County | 79,300 |
| 31 | Etowah County | 78,600 |
| 32 | Walker County | 78,100 |
| 33 | Tallapoosa County | 77,600 |
| 34 | Cleburne County | 77,400 |
| 35 | Dale County | 76,500 |
| 36 | Pike County | 76,400 |
| 37 | Talladega County | 76,100 |
| 38 | Clarke County | 75,600 |
| 39 | Choctaw County | 74,900 |
| 40 | Clay County | 74,200 |
| 41 | Covington County | 73,900 |
| 42 | Randolph County | 73,800 |
| 43 | Cherokee County | 73,600 |
| 44 | Coosa County | 73,400 |
| 45 | Calhoun County | 72,300 |
| 45 | Winston County | 72,300 |
| 47 | Marion County | 72,100 |
| 48 | Escambia County | 71,900 |
| 49 | Franklin County | 70,900 |
| 50 | DeKalb County | 70,100 |
| 51 | Barbour County | 69,900 |
| 52 | Jackson County | 69,700 |
| 53 | Lamar County | 68,700 |
| 54 | Fayette County | 68,600 |
| 55 | Crenshaw County | 67,800 |
| 56 | Pickens County | 67,000 |
| 57 | Chambers County | 66,700 |
| 58 | Butler County | 66,300 |
| 59 | Monroe County | 65,700 |
| 60 | Conecuh County | 58,000 |
| 61 | Wilcox County | 57,700 |
| 62 | Macon County | 55,500 |
| 63 | Sumter County | 52,700 |
| 64 | Dallas County | 51,400 |
| 65 | Bullock County | 46,700 |
| 66 | Greene County | 45,700 |
| 67 | Perry County | 41,500 |