Poverty Rates, 2005-2009: Appalachian Alabama

	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
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%
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%