# Counties in Alabama by share of days unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse (US EPA AQI), 2005

All 24 values come from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for 2005, so the places are comparable. 7 counties have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `aqi_unhealthy_sensitive_or_worse_days_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Days with a daily Air Quality Index above 100 (unhealthy for sensitive groups, unhealthy, very unhealthy or hazardous) as a percentage of the days of the year with an AQI in a US county. Calculated by Invokely from the day counts in the EPA AirData annual summaries; the counts are stored with each value.
- Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA AirData annual AQI by county: days with an AQI above 100 as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts (https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System, AirData. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: days with an AQI above 100 as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unhealthy-air-quality-days-share/alabama-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Jefferson County | 16.4 |
| 2 | Shelby County | 11 |
| 3 | Morgan County | 6.7 |
| 4 | Madison County | 5.8 |
| 5 | Baldwin County | 3.9 |
| 6 | Colbert County | 3.6 |
| 6 | Tuscaloosa County | 3.6 |
| 8 | Clay County | 3.5 |
| 9 | Russell County | 3.2 |
| 10 | Etowah County | 2.9 |
| 11 | DeKalb County | 2.2 |
| 12 | Lawrence County | 2.1 |
| 13 | Mobile County | 2 |
| 14 | Barbour County | 1.7 |
| 14 | Walker County | 1.7 |
| 16 | Houston County | 0.8 |
| 17 | Montgomery County | 0.7 |
| 17 | Sumter County | 0.7 |
| 17 | Talladega County | 0.7 |
| 20 | Elmore County | 0.4 |
| 21 | Escambia County | 0 |
| 21 | Jackson County | 0 |
| 21 | Marengo County | 0 |
| 21 | Pike County | 0 |