Ranking of Alabama Counties By Percentage of Households with Household Income of Less than $40K in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of households in Alabama with household income of less than $40k was 37.65%. Among all Alabama counties, Greene County had the highest percentage of households with household income of less than $40k (64.76%), followed by Perry County (63.79%), and Bullock County (61.66%).
On the other hand, the following 3 counties had low percentages of households with household income of less than $40k: Shelby County (21.18%), Limestone County (28.04%), and Elmore County (28.48%).
The chart below shows the top 10 Alabama counties with high household income, and the table below shows the ranking of all Alabama counties.
You can also see similar information for other household income groups, for other states, as well as for the whole United States.
| Rank | County | Percentage of Households (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greene County | 64.76 |
| 2 | Perry County | 63.79 |
| 3 | Bullock County | 61.66 |
| 4 | Sumter County | 60.40 |
| 5 | Lowndes County | 57.79 |
| 6 | Wilcox County | 56.15 |
| 7 | Monroe County | 54.55 |
| 8 | Dallas County | 54.22 |
| 8 | Hale County | 54.22 |
| 9 | Barbour County | 53.72 |
| 10 | Marengo County | 52.35 |
| 11 | Escambia County | 52.21 |
| 12 | Choctaw County | 51.85 |
| 13 | Conecuh County | 51.73 |
| 14 | Macon County | 50.72 |
| 15 | Pike County | 49.90 |
| 16 | Lamar County | 48.14 |
| 17 | Fayette County | 47.29 |
| 18 | Clarke County | 46.86 |
| 19 | Cherokee County | 46.53 |
| 20 | DeKalb County | 46.40 |
| 21 | Franklin County | 46.37 |
| 22 | Clay County | 46.34 |
| 23 | Winston County | 46.17 |
| 24 | Pickens County | 46.00 |
| 25 | Crenshaw County | 45.99 |
| 26 | Talladega County | 45.76 |
| 27 | Butler County | 45.69 |
| 28 | Geneva County | 45.67 |
| 29 | Jackson County | 45.65 |
| 30 | Randolph County | 45.27 |
| 31 | Washington County | 45.16 |
| 32 | Marion County | 45.15 |
| 33 | Covington County | 45.04 |
| 34 | Russell County | 44.97 |
| 35 | Chambers County | 43.93 |
| 36 | Walker County | 43.49 |
| 37 | Etowah County | 43.42 |
| 38 | Cleburne County | 42.93 |
| 39 | Calhoun County | 42.08 |
| 40 | Tallapoosa County | 41.79 |
| 41 | Dale County | 41.71 |
| 42 | Coosa County | 40.80 |
| 43 | Houston County | 40.52 |
| 44 | Bibb County | 40.00 |
| 45 | Colbert County | 39.70 |
| 45 | Mobile County | 39.70 |
| 46 | Lauderdale County | 39.66 |
| 47 | Montgomery County | 39.46 |
| 48 | Lee County | 39.28 |
| 49 | Henry County | 39.05 |
| 50 | Cullman County | 38.24 |
| 51 | Chilton County | 38.21 |
| 52 | Blount County | 37.38 |
| 53 | Marshall County | 37.19 |
| 54 | Lawrence County | 36.80 |
| 55 | Morgan County | 35.94 |
| 56 | Tuscaloosa County | 35.76 |
| 57 | Jefferson County | 35.55 |
| 58 | Coffee County | 33.53 |
| 59 | Autauga County | 32.45 |
| 60 | Baldwin County | 30.07 |
| 61 | St. Clair County | 29.59 |
| 62 | Madison County | 29.01 |
| 63 | Elmore County | 28.48 |
| 64 | Limestone County | 28.04 |
| 65 | Shelby County | 21.18 |