Counties in Alabama by personal income

Jefferson County had the highest personal income of 67 counties in 2016, at $32.58 billion. Greene County had the lowest, at $257.27 million. The median was $1.15 billion and the figure for Alabama was $190.81 billion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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Highest32,579.1Jefferson County
Lowest257.3Greene County
Median1,146.167 counties
Alabama190,812History

Map of counties, 2016

Autauga County: 2,222.4 USD millionBaldwin County: 9,032.8 USD millionBarbour County: 813.6 USD millionBibb County: 647.5 USD millionBlount County: 1,894.6 USD millionBullock County: 266.4 USD millionButler County: 679.3 USD millionCalhoun County: 3,970.9 USD millionChambers County: 1,096.1 USD millionCherokee County: 862.7 USD millionChilton County: 1,419.6 USD millionChoctaw County: 461.3 USD millionClarke County: 830.4 USD millionClay County: 415.6 USD millionCleburne County: 505.7 USD millionCoffee County: 2,036.9 USD millionColbert County: 1,956.7 USD millionConecuh County: 373.3 USD millionCoosa County: 315.8 USD millionCovington County: 1,233.7 USD millionCrenshaw County: 475.5 USD millionCullman County: 3,000.3 USD millionDale County: 1,707.2 USD millionDallas County: 1,322.6 USD millionDeKalb County: 2,117.8 USD millionElmore County: 3,258.3 USD millionEscambia County: 1,146.1 USD millionEtowah County: 3,543.3 USD millionFayette County: 535 USD millionFranklin County: 978.9 USD millionGeneva County: 863.9 USD millionGreene County: 257.3 USD millionHale County: 512.6 USD millionHenry County: 669.7 USD millionHouston County: 4,140.7 USD millionJackson County: 1,786.5 USD millionJefferson County: 32,579.1 USD millionLamar County: 440.4 USD millionLauderdale County: 3,225.6 USD millionLawrence County: 1,034.1 USD millionLee County: 5,704.8 USD millionLimestone County: 3,656.8 USD millionLowndes County: 379.3 USD millionMacon County: 584.4 USD millionMadison County: 17,124.4 USD millionMarengo County: 703.7 USD millionMarion County: 905.4 USD millionMarshall County: 3,211.4 USD millionMobile County: 14,959.2 USD millionMonroe County: 674 USD millionMontgomery County: 9,359.5 USD millionMorgan County: 4,381.7 USD millionPerry County: 277.2 USD millionPickens County: 625.2 USD millionPike County: 1,163.8 USD millionRandolph County: 698.6 USD millionRussell County: 1,804.4 USD millionSt. Clair County: 3,154.1 USD millionShelby County: 10,809.4 USD millionSumter County: 387.4 USD millionTalladega County: 2,621.1 USD millionTallapoosa County: 1,548.7 USD millionTuscaloosa County: 7,478 USD millionWalker County: 2,380.3 USD millionWashington County: 567.9 USD millionWilcox County: 326.9 USD millionWinston County: 753.9 USD million
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USD million, 2016. Source: BEA, CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2016

Jefferson County: 32,579.1 USD millionJefferson County32,579.1Madison County: 17,124.4 USD millionMadison County17,124.4Mobile County: 14,959.2 USD millionMobile County14,959.2Shelby County: 10,809.4 USD millionShelby County10,809.4Montgomery County: 9,359.5 USD millionMontgomery County9,359.5Baldwin County: 9,032.8 USD millionBaldwin County9,032.8Tuscaloosa County: 7,478 USD millionTuscaloosa County7,478Lee County: 5,704.8 USD millionLee County5,704.8Morgan County: 4,381.7 USD millionMorgan County4,381.7Houston County: 4,140.7 USD millionHouston County4,140.7Calhoun County: 3,970.9 USD millionCalhoun County3,970.9Limestone County: 3,656.8 USD millionLimestone County3,656.8Etowah County: 3,543.3 USD millionEtowah County3,543.3Elmore County: 3,258.3 USD millionElmore County3,258.3Lauderdale County: 3,225.6 USD millionLauderdale County3,225.6Marshall County: 3,211.4 USD millionMarshall County3,211.4St. Clair County: 3,154.1 USD millionSt. Clair County3,154.1Cullman County: 3,000.3 USD millionCullman County3,000.3Talladega County: 2,621.1 USD millionTalladega County2,621.1Walker County: 2,380.3 USD millionWalker County2,380.3Autauga County: 2,222.4 USD millionAutauga County2,222.4DeKalb County: 2,117.8 USD millionDeKalb County2,117.8Coffee County: 2,036.9 USD millionCoffee County2,036.9Colbert County: 1,956.7 USD millionColbert County1,956.7Blount County: 1,894.6 USD millionBlount County1,894.6Russell County: 1,804.4 USD millionRussell County1,804.4Jackson County: 1,786.5 USD millionJackson County1,786.5Dale County: 1,707.2 USD millionDale County1,707.2Tallapoosa County: 1,548.7 USD millionTallapoosa County1,548.7Chilton County: 1,419.6 USD millionChilton County1,419.6Dallas County: 1,322.6 USD millionDallas County1,322.6Covington County: 1,233.7 USD millionCovington County1,233.7Pike County: 1,163.8 USD millionPike County1,163.8Escambia County: 1,146.1 USD millionEscambia County1,146.1Chambers County: 1,096.1 USD millionChambers County1,096.1Lawrence County: 1,034.1 USD millionLawrence County1,034.1Franklin County: 978.9 USD millionFranklin County978.9Marion County: 905.4 USD millionMarion County905.4Geneva County: 863.9 USD millionGeneva County863.9Cherokee County: 862.7 USD millionCherokee County862.7Jefferson County: 32,579.1 USD millionJefferson County32,579.1Madison County: 17,124.4 USD millionMadison County17,124.4Mobile County: 14,959.2 USD millionMobile County14,959.2Shelby County: 10,809.4 USD millionShelby County10,809.4Montgomery County: 9,359.5 USD millionMontgomery County9,359.5Baldwin County: 9,032.8 USD millionBaldwin County9,032.8Tuscaloosa County: 7,478 USD millionTuscaloosa County7,478Lee County: 5,704.8 USD millionLee County5,704.8Morgan County: 4,381.7 USD millionMorgan County4,381.7Houston County: 4,140.7 USD millionHouston County4,140.7Calhoun County: 3,970.9 USD millionCalhoun County3,970.9Limestone County: 3,656.8 USD millionLimestone County3,656.8Etowah County: 3,543.3 USD millionEtowah County3,543.3Elmore County: 3,258.3 USD millionElmore County3,258.3Lauderdale County: 3,225.6 USD millionLauderdale County3,225.6Marshall County: 3,211.4 USD millionMarshall County3,211.4St. Clair County: 3,154.1 USD millionSt. Clair County3,154.1Cullman County: 3,000.3 USD millionCullman County3,000.3Talladega County: 2,621.1 USD millionTalladega County2,621.1Walker County: 2,380.3 USD millionWalker County2,380.3Autauga County: 2,222.4 USD millionAutauga County2,222.4DeKalb County: 2,117.8 USD millionDeKalb County2,117.8Coffee County: 2,036.9 USD millionCoffee County2,036.9Colbert County: 1,956.7 USD millionColbert County1,956.7Blount County: 1,894.6 USD millionBlount County1,894.6Russell County: 1,804.4 USD millionRussell County1,804.4Jackson County: 1,786.5 USD millionJackson County1,786.5Dale County: 1,707.2 USD millionDale County1,707.2Tallapoosa County: 1,548.7 USD millionTallapoosa County1,548.7Chilton County: 1,419.6 USD millionChilton County1,419.6Dallas County: 1,322.6 USD millionDallas County1,322.6Covington County: 1,233.7 USD millionCovington County1,233.7Pike County: 1,163.8 USD millionPike County1,163.8Escambia County: 1,146.1 USD millionEscambia County1,146.1Chambers County: 1,096.1 USD millionChambers County1,096.1Lawrence County: 1,034.1 USD millionLawrence County1,034.1Franklin County: 978.9 USD millionFranklin County978.9Marion County: 905.4 USD millionMarion County905.4Geneva County: 863.9 USD millionGeneva County863.9Cherokee County: 862.7 USD millionCherokee County862.7
USD million. Source: BEA, CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2016
USD million
Change on 2015
1Jefferson County32,579.1+1.6%
2Madison County17,124.4+3.7%
3Mobile County14,959.2+0.6%
4Shelby County10,809.4+2.4%
5Montgomery County9,359.5+2.6%
6Baldwin County9,032.8+6.2%
7Tuscaloosa County7,478+1.6%
8Lee County5,704.8+4.8%
9Morgan County4,381.7+0.8%
10Houston County4,140.7+2.4%
11Calhoun County3,970.9+0.9%
12Limestone County3,656.8+4.5%
13Etowah County3,543.3+1.5%
14Elmore County3,258.3+3.8%
15Lauderdale County3,225.6+1%
16Marshall County3,211.4-0.7%
17St. Clair County3,154.1+2.7%
18Cullman County3,000.3-1%
19Talladega County2,621.1+1.8%
20Walker County2,380.3-1.4%
21Autauga County2,222.4+3.6%
22DeKalb County2,117.8-1.9%
23Coffee County2,036.9+1.5%
24Colbert County1,956.7+1.8%
25Blount County1,894.6+0.3%
26Russell County1,804.4+1.1%
27Jackson County1,786.5+1.6%
28Dale County1,707.2+0.2%
29Tallapoosa County1,548.7+2.4%
30Chilton County1,419.6+1.8%
31Dallas County1,322.6+0.2%
32Covington County1,233.7+0.7%
33Pike County1,163.8+1.1%
34Escambia County1,146.1+1.2%
35Chambers County1,096.1+2.2%
36Lawrence County1,034.1-2%
37Franklin County978.9-1%
38Marion County905.4-0.5%
39Geneva County863.9-0.3%
40Cherokee County862.7-0.6%
41Clarke County830.4+1%
42Barbour County813.6-1.5%
43Winston County753.9-0.2%
44Marengo County703.7+0.2%
45Randolph County698.6-2.8%
46Butler County679.3-1.8%
47Monroe County674+0.2%
48Henry County669.7+3.5%
49Bibb County647.5-0.4%
50Pickens County625.2-2.6%
51Macon County584.4+2.2%
52Washington County567.9+0.6%
53Fayette County535+0.1%
54Hale County512.6+1%
55Cleburne County505.7-1%
56Crenshaw County475.5-4.8%
57Choctaw County461.3-0.2%
58Lamar County440.4+1.2%
59Clay County415.6-0%
60Sumter County387.4-0.2%
61Lowndes County379.3-2.4%
62Conecuh County373.3-0.7%
63Wilcox County326.9+1.9%
64Coosa County315.8+2.4%
65Perry County277.2+1.2%
66Bullock County266.4+0.9%
67Greene County257.3+0.5%

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Total income received by the residents of a place from work, own businesses, property and government benefits, before income taxes, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC1 line 1 for the nation and states and CAINC1 line 1 for counties.

Counted where people live, not where they work. The national figure is the total of the states, which differs slightly from personal income in the national accounts. Divided by BEA population it gives per_capita_personal_income.

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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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents (Counties in Alabama by personal income, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip

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CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents, Counties in Alabama by personal income, 2016. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 5 Feb. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/alabama-counties?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Counties in Alabama by personal income, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/alabama-counties?period=2016.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents, Counties in Alabama by personal income, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/alabama-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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