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Poverty By Race3
Poverty By Age3
AL
White
12.4%
Black
UNDER 18
30.2%
Latino or
Hispanic
30.9%
AGES 18-64
US
White
11.7%
Black
25.7%
Latino or
Hispanic
23.3%
65 AND UP
AL
24.9%
US
20.1%
AL
15.8%
US
13.1%
AL
11.3%
US
9.4%
21.0 %
Female-Headed
Households
with Related
Children
AL
28.9 %
38.1 %
US
16.5 %
14.3 %
12.7%
19.9%
18.1%
14.1%
20.8%
19.4%
20.3%
20.9%
23.2%
23.5%
27.3%
13.0%
17.8%
18.6%
22.7%
18.0%
AL
21%
28%
US
21%
21%
3.6 %
Low Food
Security
3.9 %
AL
17.3%
US
14.6%
Very Low
Food Security
7.0%
5.6%
16.5%
24.4%
Non-Metropolitan
21.2%
19.2%
19.0%
21.5%
12.5 %
Metropolitan
8.9 %
19.2%
21.6%
10.3 %
All Households
with Related
Children
17.6%
14.1%
25.6 %
All Households
with Related
Children
Female-Headed
Households
with Related
Children
US
45.9 %
Poverty By Region11
9.8%
24.8%
20.6%
20.9%
18.6%
31.0%
28.5%
18.3%
20.4%
24.8%
39.5%
21.3%
12.8%
11.9%
31.3%
31.2%
35.6%
24.1%
23.6%
21.3%
30.7%
20.7%
31.1%
39.6%
25.3%
28.1%
24.9%
30.0%
20.3%
28.4%
18.1%
25.7%
19.6%
20.1%
17.8%
20.9%
17.9%
26.1%
20.3%
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Total
Population1
All
Persons2
Children2
Adults
Over 653
Education
Population
25 & Over
Who Is A
High School
Graduate
Or Higher3
Population
25 & Over
Who Has A
Bachelor's
Degree Or
Higher3
Employment
Annual
Unemployment Rate 4
Median
Household
Income 2
Teen
Birth Rate 5
Infant
Mortality
Rate 6
Adults
Who Are
Obese 7
Adults
With
Diabetes7
SNAP
Recipients8
Food
Insecurity9
K-12 Free
or Reduced
Lunch
Recipients10
15.3%
18.9%
21.6%
27.4%
9.4%
11.3%
16.5%
21.0%
38.1%
45.9%
25.6%
28.9%
12.5%
14.3%
8.9%
10.3%
3.9%
3.6%
85.3%
81.9%
28.0%
21.9%
8.9%
9.3%
$50,046
$40,538
39.1
26.8
6.0
8.8
34.6%
33.0%
11.3%
13.2%
14.3%
18.3%
14.6%
17.3%
28.4%
58.1%
54,632
183,195
27,411
22,867
57,338
10,890
20,951
118,510
34,157
25,991
43,682
13,820
25,763
13,897
14,988
50,104
54,433
13,202
11,556
37,776
13,857
80,459
50,358
43,790
71,151
79,549
38,292
104,462
17,219
31,729
26,815
8,987
15,708
17,307
101,888
53,128
658,555
14,508
92,679
34,342
140,780
83,193
11,259
21,540
335,988
20,975
30,770
93,235
413,277
22,994
229,844
119,626
10,556
19,705
32,957
22,916
53,188
83,761
195,828
13,744
82,110
41,516
195,036
66,947
17,597
11,615
24,395
11.9%
13.3%
25.3%
20.9%
16.5%
31.1%
28.1%
23.5%
28.5%
21.2%
20.4%
20.7%
24.9%
20.6%
17.8%
20.1%
19.2%
25.7%
18.6%
20.9%
20.3%
19.2%
17.8%
35.6%
20.8%
12.5%
26.1%
19.0%
27.3%
21.6%
20.3%
31.0%
24.8%
18.1%
17.9%
19.9%
18.6%
21.5%
17.6%
18.1%
21.3%
14.1%
30.7%
31.2%
12.7%
23.6%
20.9%
19.4%
20.5%
28.4%
21.3%
14.1%
39.5%
24.4%
30.0%
24.8%
24.1%
13.0%
9.8%
31.3%
22.7%
18.3%
18.0%
23.2%
19.6%
39.6%
20.3%
17.5%
20.2%
36.2%
28.6%
24.1%
40.3%
39.6%
31.5%
43.5%
33.1%
32.0%
29.9%
33.5%
29.8%
26.8%
30.0%
32.2%
41.0%
29.5%
30.2%
30.3%
26.8%
25.6%
56.5%
31.6%
18.4%
35.6%
28.8%
36.0%
34.2%
31.6%
40.9%
35.7%
28.8%
28.0%
28.6%
27.7%
31.4%
25.7%
24.1%
20.6%
19.5%
45.8%
46.8%
18.0%
32.5%
31.1%
30.9%
28.9%
49.9%
32.3%
21.4%
54.3%
35.5%
37.7%
36.5%
35.8%
19.8%
13.2%
42.8%
33.6%
29.5%
23.4%
34.6%
28.5%
52.5%
31.9%
8.5%
5.3%
16.9%
14.0%
10.7%
10.4%
16.3%
29.2%
17.2%
15.9%
31.2%
38.5%
62.6%
46.2%
43.3%
21.7%
22.9%
35.9%
17.0%
21.7%
8.0%
12.4%
20.3%
13.0%
12.0%
4.9%
7.1%
18.9%
4.9%
5.6%
2.6%
2.9%
2.5%
0.0%
3.8%
N/A
25.6%
10.2%
13.8%
7.4%
10.4%
N/A
31.3%
24.2%
31.3%
22.5%
24.7%
N/A
43.3%
50.4%
56.7%
53.9%
48.0%
N/A
43.2%
27.8%
26.5%
27.6%
21.8%
N/A
18.2%
16.8%
19.4%
16.1%
14.3%
N/A
17.7%
11.8%
15.6%
12.1%
15.3%
N/A
4.5%
2.7%
1.9%
1.5%
5.3%
N/A
18.2%
N/A
31.7%
N/A
56.5%
N/A
38.2%
N/A
21.7%
N/A
14.7%
N/A
6.9%
N/A
N/A
13.3%
10.2%
N/A
N/A
25.7%
20.1%
N/A
N/A
67.4%
41.0%
N/A
N/A
30.6%
24.5%
N/A
N/A
14.8%
11.8%
N/A
N/A
10.0%
6.5%
N/A
N/A
5.6%
4.3%
N/A
N/A
16.0%
N/A
N/A
27.1%
N/A
N/A
50.0%
N/A
N/A
30.2%
N/A
N/A
15.9%
N/A
N/A
13.9%
N/A
N/A
8.4%
N/A
13.3%
7.9%
19.3%
13.7%
9.9%
14.6%
11.4%
N/A
22.8%
20.4%
46.3%
25.3%
15.0%
34.2%
21.6%
N/A
53.0%
44.6%
69.0%
46.2%
33.7%
69.6%
50.0%
N/A
34.9%
28.7%
40.8%
34.6%
23.9%
36.7%
26.8%
N/A
14.0%
13.7%
29.3%
14.3%
10.5%
18.6%
13.3%
N/A
10.0%
8.8%
17.4%
6.1%
9.2%
14.5%
10.5%
N/A
1.4%
3.3%
7.0%
6.3%
1.5%
3.2%
3.3%
N/A
16.9%
8.1%
N/A
26.9%
21.6%
N/A
54.1%
42.5%
N/A
35.8%
21.0%
N/A
17.5%
18.7%
N/A
10.8%
7.3%
N/A
6.1%
4.3%
N/A
N/A
N/A
12.1%
15.2%
10.3%
N/A
N/A
N/A
22.5%
23.1%
18.8%
N/A
N/A
N/A
44.8%
50.7%
37.4%
N/A
N/A
N/A
31.6%
21.5%
28.9%
N/A
N/A
N/A
13.0%
18.0%
14.3%
N/A
N/A
N/A
8.6%
11.9%
11.1%
N/A
N/A
N/A
2.7%
4.4%
3.9%
N/A
9.5%
8.7%
9.2%
10.5%
N/A
19.6%
16.4%
15.1%
16.7%
N/A
43.6%
46.8%
42.4%
34.6%
N/A
31.3%
28.7%
27.7%
29.7%
N/A
12.3%
8.5%
14.0%
10.0%
N/A
10.5%
8.9%
9.6%
6.9%
N/A
4.9%
0.4%
3.9%
1.6%
N/A
17.9%
6.9%
21.6%
12.7%
12.7%
11.4%
20.0%
10.3%
12.3%
N/A
40.4%
14.3%
29.5%
28.1%
24.6%
23.8%
39.3%
24.8%
17.9%
N/A
61.0%
39.1%
58.7%
58.8%
58.4%
46.9%
69.9%
46.2%
46.3%
N/A
33.8%
27.0%
32.5%
26.6%
27.2%
30.2%
29.2%
36.7%
25.5%
N/A
28.3%
11.2%
23.2%
16.9%
14.5%
15.7%
19.9%
16.6%
10.5%
N/A
28.5%
8.1%
15.3%
10.8%
10.5%
11.7%
23.4%
9.8%
8.4%
N/A
9.1%
2.1%
0.6%
3.5%
4.2%
5.1%
1.5%
3.8%
5.2%
N/A
N/A
17.8%
14.2%
16.2%
10.6%
4.4%
N/A
N/A
28.4%
20.5%
28.8%
13.5%
8.0%
N/A
N/A
49.5%
48.0%
49.2%
38.2%
29.3%
N/A
N/A
34.4%
33.1%
31.0%
20.9%
18.1%
N/A
N/A
13.1%
19.2%
15.6%
10.3%
7.7%
N/A
N/A
16.4%
9.6%
11.2%
6.5%
4.1%
N/A
N/A
5.4%
1.8%
8.2%
3.7%
2.0%
N/A
15.5%
7.0%
8.8%
11.8%
N/A
25.9%
22.8%
20.0%
25.1%
N/A
57.4%
41.9%
48.6%
60.1%
N/A
32.2%
17.7%
30.1%
28.9%
N/A
11.7%
13.6%
12.6%
11.8%
N/A
12.9%
11.7%
11.0%
11.0%
N/A
3.2%
0.8%
4.7%
3.0%
N/A
N/A
15.3%
N/A
N/A
33.6%
N/A
N/A
53.1%
N/A
N/A
39.0%
N/A
N/A
14.3%
N/A
N/A
11.1%
N/A
N/A
6.6%
85.2%
87.3%
73.2%
74.4%
74.6%
N/A
75.3%
79.1%
72.0%
76.2%
76.3%
N/A
80.3%
N/A
N/A
80.7%
80.9%
N/A
N/A
76.4%
N/A
77.9%
83.6%
76.9%
68.0%
85.7%
73.3%
82.0%
N/A
72.2%
72.4%
N/A
N/A
N/A
82.4%
75.3%
86.9%
N/A
83.3%
77.1%
85.7%
81.1%
N/A
78.2%
88.2%
80.9%
72.1%
74.1%
82.9%
74.7%
84.7%
81.0%
N/A
N/A
82.7%
71.2%
77.1%
79.9%
91.7%
N/A
76.8%
77.1%
84.9%
75.1%
N/A
N/A
69.9%
22.9%
27.1%
14.4%
9.4%
13.0%
N/A
11.8%
15.7%
11.2%
12.2%
13.4%
N/A
13.9%
N/A
N/A
21.9%
16.8%
N/A
N/A
14.3%
N/A
14.1%
18.4%
13.4%
9.6%
20.8%
13.0%
15.6%
N/A
12.3%
9.2%
N/A
N/A
N/A
18.3%
13.4%
28.5%
N/A
21.8%
11.8%
30.7%
22.1%
N/A
20.1%
36.9%
18.0%
8.5%
14.7%
19.8%
10.1%
30.5%
19.1%
N/A
N/A
25.4%
12.0%
13.0%
14.7%
40.9%
N/A
12.4%
15.4%
26.0%
9.9%
N/A
N/A
11.4%
8.0%
8.9%
12.1%
10.7%
8.9%
14.7%
12.1%
9.5%
13.7%
9.1%
9.4%
11.4%
15.8%
13.9%
8.4%
7.3%
9.7%
16.3%
13.1%
9.1%
8.7%
8.8%
8.5%
17.3%
11.6%
8.4%
11.1%
9.4%
11.8%
10.1%
9.0%
16.9%
12.1%
9.4%
8.4%
9.7%
9.4%
12.8%
8.8%
11.0%
8.2%
8.3%
15.4%
13.2%
7.3%
12.4%
13.5%
8.5%
10.2%
17.1%
9.3%
9.6%
16.3%
11.3%
7.8%
12.5%
10.5%
9.3%
7.0%
14.2%
11.5%
12.7%
8.3%
10.6%
13.3%
21.7%
15.0%
$ 53,049
$47,618
$ 33,074
$ 35,472
$42,906
$25,969
$29,500
$ 37,916
$ 30,061
$ 34,410
$ 38,553
$ 32,003
$ 33,739
$ 33,035
$ 37,566
$40,779
$ 37,455
$27,855
$ 33,721
$ 33,484
$ 35,577
$ 37,948
$41,287
$26,195
$ 34,822
$ 51,013
$ 31,365
$ 36,088
$ 32,643
$ 33,649
$ 34,418
$27,117
$ 31,790
$ 37,851
$ 39,290
$ 36,158
$41,740
$ 32,993
$ 39,213
$ 37,365
$40,102
$49,667
$28,754
$27,041
$ 54,633
$ 33,085
$ 32,080
$ 38,859
$ 39,753
$ 31,744
$41,556
$44,859
$24,742
$ 31,032
$ 32,771
$ 32,584
$ 32,733
$48,296
$67,135
$25,586
$ 35,646
$ 34,440
$43,098
$ 36,044
$ 37,639
$21,611
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22.8
28.9
22.4
25.4
42.5
35.7
28.6
31.8
29.2
31.1
19.1
26.6
29.6
37.1
29.7
33.6
26.3
23.5
44.7
25.4
33.6
23.5
46.5
29.4
24.5
43.1
29.3
22.0
37.8
27.7
38.6
18.5
26.4
32.6
32.9
27.5
32.0
20.9
28.9
16.2
24.6
28.0
22.2
18.3
21.3
33.2
40.0
32.0
35.6
29.8
24.8
29.4
24.4
23.5
20.8
34.5
25.1
12.5
29.4
30.0
35.6
21.9
28.2
21.0
24.0
25.1
7.6
6.7
15.9
10.8
5.7
11.6
7.3
10.1
7.4
8.9
11.8
2.3
6.9
11.1
10.7
8.5
7.4
13.1
6.9
8.1
5.7
6.0
6.6
9.2
4.4
6.6
8.4
10.8
8.7
7.0
4.4
10.9
8.2
5.5
7.7
10.6
11.2
6.5
7.5
7.7
6.2
6.8
11.4
8.3
8.8
6.4
11.7
9.0
7.2
9.7
9.6
7.1
11.4
17.4
9.9
9.5
11.2
7.7
5.0
15.0
11.4
14.5
11.9
11.1
9.5
6.8
11.8
31.5%
26.2%
37.6%
32.3%
31.9%
37.8%
36.8%
33.5%
35.5%
31.5%
34.8%
36.5%
36.0%
32.2%
28.8%
32.7%
34.7%
32.1%
33.2%
33.8%
33.6%
30.1%
34.4%
39.9%
31.7%
29.0%
34.4%
30.8%
32.3%
29.5%
32.0%
43.7%
40.2%
33.8%
33.2%
31.6%
31.4%
30.8%
29.1%
32.8%
30.1%
29.1%
40.6%
40.0%
30.6%
37.6%
28.6%
26.5%
30.3%
35.4%
34.0%
34.8%
40.7%
34.8%
35.1%
31.9%
36.7%
33.7%
28.4%
40.8%
34.0%
33.9%
33.1%
33.1%
34.9%
40.8%
29.3%
11.4%
9.8%
13.6%
11.1%
11.4%
14.9%
15.1%
14.5%
16.1%
13.6%
10.2%
14.7%
14.1%
13.2%
11.0%
12.1%
13.5%
14.5%
13.2%
13.1%
12.6%
11.9%
13.5%
15.6%
11.2%
9.9%
12.3%
11.6%
12.7%
12.8%
12.6%
18.2%
15.1%
13.5%
12.4%
11.9%
12.0%
12.7%
12.8%
12.9%
9.6%
10.4%
17.1%
16.2%
13.0%
15.9%
11.7%
11.5%
12.2%
13.5%
12.7%
11.0%
17.5%
14.9%
12.9%
12.9%
13.6%
11.4%
8.0%
17.1%
13.6%
14.3%
11.1%
13.3%
12.9%
17.1%
10.0%
14.1%
11.6%
23.0%
18.1%
15.6%
26.7%
25.3%
21.1%
22.9%
20.7%
21.8%
24.7%
24.6%
16.5%
17.4%
12.9%
17.5%
31.2%
17.9%
21.7%
21.0%
14.8%
20.6%
38.2%
19.7%
15.0%
25.1%
17.2%
22.0%
20.8%
21.3%
37.5%
26.6%
19.8%
18.5%
17.1%
17.5%
20.4%
14.5%
18.4%
12.3%
12.0%
38.9%
35.1%
10.2%
25.9%
21.2%
17.0%
22.6%
23.7%
22.5%
13.6%
43.6%
22.0%
23.3%
26.1%
27.1%
15.0%
7.0%
33.5%
21.8%
21.4%
14.3%
18.3%
19.9%
43.3%
17.3%
14.3%
14.2%
23.6%
17.8%
13.7%
28.7%
24.4%
17.6%
24.9%
16.4%
16.5%
22.6%
25.8%
21.5%
16.0%
15.2%
16.9%
29.1%
22.9%
17.4%
18.8%
15.7%
15.6%
32.4%
19.7%
15.1%
21.8%
17.4%
19.1%
18.6%
16.7%
28.1%
24.7%
17.9%
16.3%
18.1%
17.9%
21.0%
17.0%
17.6%
17.3%
14.8%
29.2%
25.6%
13.5%
24.8%
21.2%
16.4%
19.1%
27.5%
19.3%
16.2%
29.1%
23.8%
20.9%
21.3%
21.1%
15.0%
10.9%
30.3%
21.3%
19.9%
18.3%
17.1%
21.9%
37.6%
23.0%
46.6%
41.5%
77.9%
64.7%
52.3%
93.5%
78.7%
60.9%
74.0%
63.0%
62.0%
79.8%
70.3%
66.7%
63.9%
45.8%
55.2%
90.4%
76.3%
59.3%
63.5%
49.6%
62.1%
86.4%
67.8%
50.7%
72.0%
61.6%
59.7%
67.8%
62.1%
93.5%
77.9%
62.9%
62.0%
61.4%
54.4%
59.0%
51.0%
64.0%
47.6%
47.5%
98.1%
100.0%
38.1%
68.1%
57.4%
63.2%
71.7%
71.5%
73.3%
53.4%
100.0%
76.7%
69.4%
65.6%
68.6%
49.5%
34.3%
90.4%
72.1%
61.9%
57.4%
60.2%
59.9%
100.0%
61.5%
Autauga
Baldwin
Barbour
Bibb
Blount
Bullock
Butler
Calhoun
Chambers
Cherokee
Chilton
Choctaw
Clarke
Clay
Cleburne
Coffee
Colbert
Conecuh
Coosa
Covington
Crenshaw
Cullman
Dale
Dallas
De K alb
Elmore
Escambia
Etowah
Fayette
Franklin
Geneva
Greene
Hale
H enry
Houston
Jackson
Jefferson
L amar
L auderdale
L awrence
Lee
Limestone
Lowndes
Macon
Madison
Marengo
Marion
Marshall
Mobile
Monroe
Montgomery
Morgan
Perry
Pickens
Pike
R andolph
Russell
St. clair
Shelby
Sumter
Talladega
Tallapoosa
Tuscaloosa
Walker
Washington
Wilcox
Winston
Homeless Persons
12
United States
Alabama
Bessemer, Birmingham, Hoover /Jefferson, Shelby, and St. Clair Counties
Florence /L auderdale, Colbert, Franklin, Marion, Winston, and L awrence Counties
Huntsville, Decatur /Madison, Limestone, and Morgan Counties
Montgomery/Montgomery, Elmore, Lowndes, and Bullock Counties
Mobile /Mobile and Baldwin Counties
Tuscaloosa/Tuscaloosa County
Anniston, Gadsden /Calhoun and Etowah Counties
Balance of the State of Alabama
633,117
5,558
1,950
244
656
433
718
265
495
797
Sources:
1. U.S. Census Bureau, Intercensal Estimate (July 2010)
2. U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (2010)
3. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates (2008-2010)
4. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (2011)
5. Alabama Department of Public Health, Center for Health Statistics, Alabama Vital Statistics (2008-2010), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2009)
6. Alabama Department of Public Health, Center for Health Statistics, Alabama Vital Statistics (2009), CIA World Factbook (2012)
7. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Diabetes Surveillance System (2008)
8. USDA, Alabama Department of Human Resources (FY 2011)
9. Feeding America (2011), USDA (2010)
10. Alabama State Department of Education, Free or Reduced Lunch Report by System (2011-2012)
11. Kaiser Family Foundation (2010)
12. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2011)
$ 32,574
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