Poverty Rates, 2008-2012: Appalachian Alabama

	Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2008–2012	Persons Below Poverty Level, 2008–2012	Poverty Rate, 2008–2012	Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2008–2012
United States	301,333,410	44,852,527	14.9%	100.0%
Appalachian Region	24,471,864	4,060,430	16.6%	111.5%
Alabama	4,662,094	842,292	18.1%	121.4%
Appalachian Alabama	2,989,317	504,125	16.9%	113.3%
County
Bibb	21,794	3,594	16.5%	110.8%
Blount	56,993	8,396	14.7%	99.0%
Calhoun	114,887	24,597	21.4%	143.8%
Chambers	33,785	7,863	23.3%	156.4%
Cherokee	25,440	4,956	19.5%	130.9%
Chilton	43,197	8,020	18.6%	124.7%
Clay	13,513	2,680	19.8%	133.2%
Cleburne	14,740	2,650	18.0%	120.8%
Colbert	53,890	8,735	16.2%	108.9%
Coosa	11,006	2,223	20.2%	135.7%
Cullman	79,211	14,723	18.6%	124.9%
DeKalb	70,192	13,701	19.5%	131.1%
Elmore	73,602	9,539	13.0%	87.1%
Etowah	102,425	19,212	18.8%	126.0%
Fayette	16,916	3,232	19.1%	128.4%
Franklin	31,247	6,188	19.8%	133.0%
Hale	15,448	4,277	27.7%	186.0%
Jackson	52,693	8,533	16.2%	108.8%
Jefferson	645,062	109,935	17.0%	114.5%
Lamar	14,361	2,883	20.1%	134.9%
Lauderdale	90,550	16,248	17.9%	120.6%
Lawrence	33,898	5,467	16.1%	108.4%
Limestone	79,243	10,562	13.3%	89.5%
Macon	18,953	5,331	28.1%	189.0%
Madison	327,119	40,598	12.4%	83.4%
Marion	29,690	6,210	20.9%	140.5%
Marshall	91,975	18,353	20.0%	134.1%
Morgan	117,763	17,733	15.1%	101.2%
Pickens	19,333	5,304	27.4%	184.3%
Randolph	22,267	5,145	23.1%	155.2%
Shelby	192,815	14,842	7.7%	51.7%
St. Clair	81,150	12,026	14.8%	99.6%
Talladega	78,773	18,030	22.9%	153.8%
Tallapoosa	40,895	7,983	19.5%	131.1%
Tuscaloosa	184,698	35,496	19.2%	129.1%
Walker	65,903	13,072	19.8%	133.3%
Winston	23,890	5,788	24.2%	162.8%