Counties in Alabama by personal income

Jefferson County had the highest personal income of 67 counties in 2017, at $34.38 billion. Greene County had the lowest, at $256.11 million. The median was $1.18 billion and the figure for Alabama was $197.9 billion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest34,375.7Jefferson County

Lowest256.1Greene County

Median1,181.567 counties

Alabama197,900.6History

Map of counties, 2017

Under 500
500 to 700
700 to 1,200
1,200 to 2,100
2,100 to 3,900
3,900 and over

USD million, 2017. 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, 2017

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

Rank	Counties	2017 USD million	Change on 2016
1	Jefferson County	34,375.7	+5.5%
2	Madison County	17,864.5	+4.3%
3	Mobile County	15,237.8	+1.9%
4	Shelby County	11,277.6	+4.3%
5	Baldwin County	9,583.2	+6.1%
6	Montgomery County	9,582	+2.4%
7	Tuscaloosa County	7,806.2	+4.4%
8	Lee County	5,969.7	+4.6%
9	Morgan County	4,525	+3.3%
10	Houston County	4,236.4	+2.3%
11	Calhoun County	4,049.9	+2%
12	Limestone County	3,885.5	+6.3%
13	Etowah County	3,648.8	+3%
14	Elmore County	3,382.4	+3.8%
15	Marshall County	3,319.7	+3.4%
16	St. Clair County	3,298.4	+4.6%
17	Lauderdale County	3,272.5	+1.5%
18	Cullman County	3,150.5	+5%
19	Talladega County	2,653	+1.2%
20	Walker County	2,467.3	+3.7%
21	Autauga County	2,290.4	+3.1%
22	DeKalb County	2,212.6	+4.5%
23	Coffee County	2,099.5	+3.1%
24	Colbert County	1,998.2	+2.1%
25	Blount County	1,982.1	+4.6%
26	Russell County	1,851.4	+2.6%
27	Jackson County	1,824.1	+2.1%
28	Dale County	1,735.4	+1.7%
29	Tallapoosa County	1,575.4	+1.7%
30	Chilton County	1,478.8	+4.2%
31	Dallas County	1,327.6	+0.4%
32	Covington County	1,276	+3.4%
33	Pike County	1,194.5	+2.6%
34	Escambia County	1,181.5	+3.1%
35	Chambers County	1,094.4	-0.2%
36	Lawrence County	1,071.6	+3.6%
37	Franklin County	1,020.8	+4.3%
38	Marion County	938.1	+3.6%
39	Geneva County	886.9	+2.7%
40	Cherokee County	883.2	+2.4%
41	Clarke County	830.7	0%
42	Barbour County	818.5	+0.6%
43	Winston County	786.4	+4.3%
44	Randolph County	724.4	+3.7%
45	Marengo County	712.8	+1.3%
46	Butler County	697.9	+2.7%
47	Henry County	690.5	+3.1%
48	Monroe County	679.4	+0.8%
49	Pickens County	654.4	+4.7%
50	Bibb County	652.8	+0.8%
51	Macon County	586.7	+0.4%
52	Washington County	576.1	+1.4%
53	Fayette County	547.2	+2.3%
54	Cleburne County	521.5	+3.1%
55	Hale County	519.6	+1.4%
56	Crenshaw County	488.4	+2.7%
57	Choctaw County	472.7	+2.5%
58	Lamar County	446.1	+1.3%
59	Clay County	425.2	+2.3%
60	Lowndes County	391.5	+3.2%
61	Sumter County	385.8	-0.4%
62	Conecuh County	384.8	+3.1%
63	Wilcox County	332.7	+1.8%
64	Coosa County	321.6	+1.9%
65	Perry County	283.6	+2.3%
66	Bullock County	267.5	+0.4%
67	Greene County	256.1	-0.5%

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

How to cite

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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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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, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/alabama-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest personal income?

Jefferson County, with $34.38 billion in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which county has the lowest personal income?

Greene County, with $256.11 million in 2017.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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. Retrieved 2026-10-12.