| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2005–2009 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2005–2009 | Poverty Rate, 2005–2009 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2005–2009 |
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United States | 293,507,923 | 39,537,240 | 13.5% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 23,914,353 | 3,677,476 | 15.4% | 114.2% |
Alabama | 4,512,909 | 757,833 | 16.8% | 124.7% |
Appalachian Alabama | 2,896,227 | 446,528 | 15.4% | 114.5% |
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County |
Bibb | 20,527 | 2,442 | 11.9% | 88.3% |
Blount | 56,199 | 6,156 | 11.0% | 81.3% |
Calhoun | 109,760 | 19,256 | 17.5% | 130.2% |
Chambers | 34,418 | 5,507 | 16.0% | 118.8% |
Cherokee | 24,013 | 3,517 | 14.6% | 108.7% |
Chilton | 41,935 | 7,208 | 17.2% | 127.6% |
Clay | 12,429 | 2,204 | 17.7% | 131.6% |
Cleburne | 14,235 | 2,340 | 16.4% | 122.0% |
Colbert | 54,017 | 7,557 | 14.0% | 103.9% |
Coosa | 10,376 | 2,090 | 20.1% | 149.5% |
Cullman | 79,069 | 13,112 | 16.6% | 123.1% |
DeKalb | 67,618 | 14,165 | 20.9% | 155.5% |
Elmore | 70,330 | 9,245 | 13.1% | 97.6% |
Etowah | 100,933 | 16,422 | 16.3% | 120.8% |
Fayette | 17,365 | 2,797 | 16.1% | 119.6% |
Franklin | 30,169 | 5,559 | 18.4% | 136.8% |
Hale | 17,973 | 4,612 | 25.7% | 190.5% |
Jackson | 52,337 | 9,244 | 17.7% | 131.1% |
Jefferson | 647,951 | 98,494 | 15.2% | 112.8% |
Lamar | 14,138 | 2,413 | 17.1% | 126.7% |
Lauderdale | 86,624 | 15,602 | 18.0% | 133.7% |
Lawrence | 33,832 | 4,206 | 12.4% | 92.3% |
Limestone | 70,958 | 9,104 | 12.8% | 95.2% |
Macon | 19,386 | 5,434 | 28.0% | 208.1% |
Madison | 304,460 | 34,509 | 11.3% | 84.1% |
Marion | 28,560 | 5,195 | 18.2% | 135.0% |
Marshall | 86,845 | 17,638 | 20.3% | 150.8% |
Morgan | 113,488 | 17,521 | 15.4% | 114.6% |
Pickens | 19,395 | 5,084 | 26.2% | 194.6% |
Randolph | 21,807 | 4,348 | 19.9% | 148.0% |
Shelby | 181,042 | 11,594 | 6.4% | 47.5% |
St. Clair | 74,812 | 8,451 | 11.3% | 83.9% |
Talladega | 76,450 | 14,551 | 19.0% | 141.3% |
Tallapoosa | 40,240 | 6,959 | 17.3% | 128.4% |
Tuscaloosa | 171,194 | 35,104 | 20.5% | 152.2% |
Walker | 67,873 | 11,459 | 16.9% | 125.3% |
Winston | 23,469 | 5,429 | 23.1% | 171.7% |