| 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 |
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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% |
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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% |