| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 1980 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 1980 | Poverty Rate, 1980 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 1980 |
|
United States | 220,845,766 | 27,392,580 | 12.4% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 20,928,695 | 2,930,068 | 14.0% | 112.9% |
Alabama | 3,813,014 | 719,905 | 18.9% | 152.2% |
Appalachian Alabama | 2,421,498 | 408,883 | 16.9% | 136.1% |
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County |
Bibb | 15,520 | 3,296 | 21.2% | 171.2% |
Blount | 36,244 | 6,527 | 18.0% | 145.2% |
Calhoun | 111,618 | 18,231 | 16.3% | 131.7% |
Chambers | 38,869 | 6,931 | 17.8% | 143.8% |
Cherokee | 18,668 | 3,474 | 18.6% | 150.0% |
Chilton | 30,387 | 6,031 | 19.8% | 160.0% |
Clay | 13,675 | 2,874 | 21.0% | 169.4% |
Cleburne | 12,550 | 2,093 | 16.7% | 134.5% |
Colbert | 54,165 | 7,869 | 14.5% | 117.1% |
Coosa | 11,277 | 2,783 | 24.7% | 199.0% |
Cullman | 61,132 | 10,684 | 17.5% | 140.9% |
DeKalb | 53,316 | 10,373 | 19.5% | 156.9% |
Elmore | 41,627 | 7,567 | 18.2% | 146.6% |
Etowah | 101,864 | 16,448 | 16.1% | 130.2% |
Fayette | 18,684 | 3,387 | 18.1% | 146.2% |
Franklin | 28,062 | 4,802 | 17.1% | 138.0% |
Hale | 15,366 | 6,073 | 39.5% | 318.6% |
Jackson | 51,132 | 8,052 | 15.7% | 127.0% |
Jefferson | 662,694 | 101,520 | 15.3% | 123.5% |
Lamar | 16,249 | 2,964 | 18.2% | 147.1% |
Lauderdale | 78,841 | 11,633 | 14.8% | 119.0% |
Lawrence | 29,999 | 7,066 | 23.6% | 189.9% |
Limestone | 45,514 | 7,719 | 17.0% | 136.7% |
Macon | 24,133 | 7,959 | 33.0% | 265.9% |
Madison | 191,597 | 26,502 | 13.8% | 111.5% |
Marion | 29,777 | 4,783 | 16.1% | 129.5% |
Marshall | 64,965 | 10,753 | 16.6% | 133.4% |
Morgan | 89,084 | 12,345 | 13.9% | 111.7% |
Pickens | 21,225 | 5,747 | 27.1% | 218.3% |
Randolph | 19,883 | 4,618 | 23.2% | 187.3% |
Shelby | 64,615 | 8,008 | 12.4% | 99.9% |
St. Clair | 40,855 | 6,376 | 15.6% | 125.8% |
Talladega | 71,992 | 14,973 | 20.8% | 167.7% |
Tallapoosa | 38,051 | 6,602 | 17.4% | 139.9% |
Tuscaloosa | 128,112 | 26,713 | 20.9% | 168.1% |
Walker | 68,033 | 11,150 | 16.4% | 132.1% |
Winston | 21,723 | 3,957 | 18.2% | 146.9% |