# Counties in Alabama by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

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

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People with income in the past 12 months below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status is determined. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/alabama-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Greene County | 40.1 |
| 2 | Bullock County | 33.3 |
| 3 | Perry County | 31.4 |
| 4 | Dallas County | 31 |
| 5 | Lowndes County | 30 |
| 6 | Wilcox County | 28.2 |
| 7 | Conecuh County | 27.9 |
| 8 | Sumter County | 26.5 |
| 9 | Hale County | 24.6 |
| 10 | Macon County | 24.3 |
| 11 | Pike County | 23.3 |
| 12 | Bibb County | 22.5 |
| 13 | Butler County | 22.4 |
| 14 | DeKalb County | 22.4 |
| 15 | Russell County | 22.2 |
| 16 | Marengo County | 21.9 |
| 17 | Fayette County | 21.8 |
| 18 | Barbour County | 21.4 |
| 19 | Monroe County | 20.1 |
| 20 | Clarke County | 20.1 |
| 21 | Escambia County | 20 |
| 22 | Pickens County | 20 |
| 23 | Montgomery County | 19.9 |
| 24 | Randolph County | 19.9 |
| 25 | Covington County | 19.2 |
| 26 | Geneva County | 19.2 |
| 27 | Franklin County | 19.1 |
| 28 | Lee County | 18.9 |
| 29 | Dale County | 18.7 |
| 30 | Winston County | 18.7 |
| 31 | Walker County | 18.5 |
| 32 | Henry County | 18.4 |
| 33 | Lamar County | 18 |
| 34 | Crenshaw County | 17.9 |
| 35 | Calhoun County | 17.9 |
| 36 | Talladega County | 17.8 |
| 37 | Clay County | 17.6 |
| 38 | Houston County | 17.5 |
| 39 | Colbert County | 17.4 |
| 40 | Jackson County | 17.3 |
| 41 | Washington County | 17.1 |
| 42 | Etowah County | 16.9 |
| 43 | Tuscaloosa County | 16.8 |
| 44 | Coffee County | 16.7 |
| 45 | Marshall County | 16.6 |
| 46 | Choctaw County | 16.5 |
| 47 | Tallapoosa County | 16.3 |
| 48 | Mobile County | 16.2 |
| 49 | Marion County | 16.2 |
| 50 | Chambers County | 15.7 |
| 51 | Jefferson County | 15.7 |
| 52 | Cullman County | 15.3 |
| 53 | Cherokee County | 14.8 |
| 54 | Chilton County | 14 |
| 55 | Cleburne County | 13.7 |
| 56 | Morgan County | 13.5 |
| 57 | Lawrence County | 13.3 |
| 58 | Coosa County | 13.1 |
| 59 | Blount County | 12.9 |
| 60 | Lauderdale County | 12.2 |
| 61 | St. Clair County | 11.4 |
| 62 | Autauga County | 11.3 |
| 63 | Elmore County | 10.3 |
| 64 | Madison County | 10.1 |
| 65 | Baldwin County | 10.1 |
| 66 | Limestone County | 10 |
| 67 | Shelby County | 7.2 |