| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2000 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2000 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 |
|
United States | 273,882,232 | 33,899,812 | 12.4% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 22,944,990 | 3,120,197 | 13.6% | 109.9% |
Alabama | 4,334,919 | 698,097 | 16.1% | 130.1% |
Appalachian Alabama | 2,767,821 | 397,223 | 14.4% | 115.9% |
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County |
Bibb | 19,852 | 4,091 | 20.6% | 166.5% |
Blount | 50,499 | 5,930 | 11.7% | 94.9% |
Calhoun | 109,830 | 17,695 | 16.1% | 130.2% |
Chambers | 36,006 | 6,134 | 17.0% | 137.6% |
Cherokee | 23,601 | 3,672 | 15.6% | 125.7% |
Chilton | 39,179 | 6,152 | 15.7% | 126.9% |
Clay | 13,981 | 2,392 | 17.1% | 138.2% |
Cleburne | 14,004 | 1,953 | 13.9% | 112.7% |
Colbert | 54,384 | 7,592 | 14.0% | 112.8% |
Coosa | 11,788 | 1,760 | 14.9% | 120.6% |
Cullman | 76,428 | 9,935 | 13.0% | 105.0% |
DeKalb | 63,615 | 9,791 | 15.4% | 124.3% |
Elmore | 60,397 | 6,187 | 10.2% | 82.8% |
Etowah | 101,529 | 15,938 | 15.7% | 126.8% |
Fayette | 18,148 | 3,144 | 17.3% | 140.0% |
Franklin | 30,786 | 5,814 | 18.9% | 152.6% |
Hale | 16,855 | 4,531 | 26.9% | 217.2% |
Jackson | 53,333 | 7,293 | 13.7% | 110.5% |
Jefferson | 647,628 | 95,674 | 14.8% | 119.4% |
Lamar | 15,664 | 2,521 | 16.1% | 130.0% |
Lauderdale | 86,249 | 12,442 | 14.4% | 116.5% |
Lawrence | 34,561 | 5,271 | 15.3% | 123.2% |
Limestone | 62,943 | 7,771 | 12.3% | 99.7% |
Macon | 21,738 | 7,139 | 32.8% | 265.3% |
Madison | 269,395 | 28,408 | 10.5% | 85.2% |
Marion | 30,254 | 4,731 | 15.6% | 126.3% |
Marshall | 81,130 | 11,895 | 14.7% | 118.5% |
Morgan | 109,639 | 13,476 | 12.3% | 99.3% |
Pickens | 20,716 | 5,161 | 24.9% | 201.3% |
Randolph | 21,720 | 3,695 | 17.0% | 137.4% |
Shelby | 141,472 | 8,932 | 6.3% | 51.0% |
St. Clair | 62,801 | 7,584 | 12.1% | 97.6% |
Talladega | 76,646 | 13,501 | 17.6% | 142.3% |
Tallapoosa | 40,528 | 6,711 | 16.6% | 133.8% |
Tuscaloosa | 156,471 | 26,633 | 17.0% | 137.5% |
Walker | 69,569 | 11,478 | 16.5% | 133.3% |
Winston | 24,482 | 4,196 | 17.1% | 138.5% |