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Alabama

Population5.1m
Counties67county-level areas on the 2024 Census map
Density38.5people per km² of land
Median household income$62,02712th percentile of states

How it has changed

The state’s own figures from 2010 to 2024. A measure published for only one year shows as a single point instead of a line.

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The state figure, and the range across its counties

The state figure is the one its own agency publishes. It is never an average of the counties. You cannot average medians (middle values) to get a new median, and a rate has to be worked out again from the added-up counts. The county range next to it shows what a single state number has to hide.

Sometimes fewer counties report than the state has. The missing ones were held back because their counts were too small to publish — mostly deaths. A range from only part of the state is not the state’s full range. It can even sit entirely above or below the state figure. So the number of counties reporting is shown next to it.

You can sort by any column. 47 of these 188 measures have a clear better end, and those are ranked best first. For example, the lowest infant death rate is first place, and so is the highest life expectancy. The rest have no better end, so they are ranked highest first, and the cell says “highest” instead of “best”. A state is not winning or losing by how much of its tax comes from severance taxes (taxes on oil, gas and minerals taken from the ground).

Alcohol-involved share of driving deaths0.25%14th best of 510.11%0.258%0.5%62
Always wears a seatbelt92.932nd best of 49————
Arrivals per 100 people staying2.9531st highest of 513.335.8814.867
Arrivals per 100 staying, $200,000 or more2.5524th highest of 51————
Arthritis29.841st best of 46————
Binge drinking14.45th best of 49————
Births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 5049.438th highest of 5232.451.676.643
Black Protestant adherents7.653rd highest of 510.515.4929.267
Black-white residential segregation57.736th highest of 5115.6408667
Business closing rate8.2343rd highest of 513.697.913.967
Business opening rate9.3134th highest of 515.498.8712.967
Catholic adherents4.9749th highest of 5101.2313.667
Checkup in the past year77.319th highest of 49————
Child mortality72.747th best of 5142.173.416453
Child poverty rate, ages 0-1721.3%48th best of 519.4%24.6%50.3%67
Children in single-parent households0.306%4th highest of 510.159%0.315%0.754%67
Congregations per 10,000 people21.45th highest of 5110.631.460.867
Current asthma8.768th best of 47————
Current smoking1637th best of 49————
Departures per 100 people staying2.4839th highest of 513.935.7315.167
Departures per 100 staying, $200,000 or more1.9840th highest of 51————
Depression23.427th best of 49————
Diabetes18.342nd best of 45————
Difficulty concentrating or deciding16.641st best of 49————
Difficulty running errands alone10.842nd best of 46————
Difficulty walking or climbing stairs20.342nd best of 47————
Disability-free score-1.4141st highest of 47-3.07-0.7820.99867
Drug overdose deaths26.117th best of 516.5523.75138
Effective general sales tax rate2.9413th highest of 51————
Effective individual income tax rate1.8933rd highest of 51————
Effective property tax rate0.37851st highest of 520.2040.3330.59666
Effective property tax rate on income1.451st highest of 51————
Evangelical Protestant adherents42.11st highest of 519.1744.27367
Fair or poor health23.244th best of 49————
Fine particulate matter8.644th best of 516.88.610.267
Firearm fatalities23.747th best of 5113.323.163.861
Firearm share of suicides, standardised1293rd highest of 5110113017855
Firearm suicide rate11.713th highest of 517.3713.41955
Flu vaccination among Medicare enrollees0.41%46th best of 510.25%0.38%0.48%67
Gini index of income inequality0.47840th best of 520.3660.4630.53767
Has health insurance90.532nd highest of 49————
Health score-0.98845th highest of 49-1.76-0.5620.6267
High blood pressure44.348th best of 49————
High cholesterol3947th best of 49————
High school graduation0.883%13th best of 480.691%0.896%0.975%66
Homeownership rate69.9%14th highest of 5257.7%74.9%85.9%67
Homicide rate12.748th best of 513.399.614650
Homicide rate, annual144th highest of 516.5513.766.411
How much faster the top bracket arrives than everyone else0.11420th highest of 51————
Income gap between arrivals and departures$2,74321st highest of 51$-12,300$3,096$17,40067
Infant mortality7.4948th best of 514.557.29.9332
Injury deaths93.429th best of 5164.599.115367
Life expectancy73.3 years49th best of 5167.6 years72.2 years79.4 years67
Local income tax as a share of income0.054112th highest of 130.0002870.01080.37410
Mainline Protestant adherents6.4820th highest of 510.75.0111.967
Material security score-0.81147th highest of 51-2.98-0.3880.94267
Mean adjusted gross income per return$77,74044th best of 51$40,390$60,460$105,70067
Mean income of arriving households$66,67037th highest of 51$36,150$51,390$85,02067
Mean income of departing households$63,92745th highest of 51$29,590$47,540$78,68067
Mean travel time to work25.4 min26th best of 5220.2 min26.5 min36.3 min67
Median age39.3 years22nd highest of 5231.7 years41.3 years50.3 years67
Median gross rent$96344th highest of 52$548$764$1,34866
Median home value$195,10046th highest of 52$79,400$142,500$298,70067
Median household income$62,02747th best of 52$31,500$51,550$93,54067
Median household income (model-based)$62,24845th best of 51$34,180$52,500$90,28067
Median property tax bill73851st highest of 52$200 or less4491,34367
Meets aerobic guidelines57.241st best of 49————
Membership organisations11.716th best of 514.99.9619.367
Millionaire returns as a share of all returns0.30739th highest of 52————
Millionaires' share of all income11.435th highest of 52————
Motor vehicle crash deaths20.749th best of 5111.327.154.667
Net business formation rate1.0724th highest of 51-7.971.016.5367
Net domestic migration rate5.910th highest of 51————
Net migration per 100 people staying0.46313th highest of 51-2.180.3743.0667
Net migration per 100 staying, $200,000 or more0.57618th highest of 51————
Obesity39.845th best of 49————
Orthodox Christian adherents0.0548th highest of 51000.2567
Other religion adherents2.3344th highest of 5101.546.1467
People per tax return27th highest of 5122267
Per capita income$34,83546th best of 52$16,960$29,490$47,91067
Per capita personal income$54,61249th best of 51$37,050$45,670$72,31067
Poverty rate15.6%45th best of 526.92%17.6%35.9%67
Poverty rate (model-based)15.7%45th best of 518.4%17.5%33.8%67
Premature mortality56949th best of 5132962987567
Preventable hospital stays3,32747th best of 511,8793,3158,85167
Private job growth2.4118th highest of 52-5.112.0699.867
Religious adherents63.62nd highest of 5127.660.487.267
Republican share of the two-party vote, 202465.48th highest of 5121.773.49267
Returns claiming charitable contributions6.43%21st highest of 512.13%4.24%11.3%67
Returns claiming the earned income credit20.3%5th highest of 5110.5%23.4%42.7%67
Returns reporting capital gains12.8%49th highest of 515.14%8.8%19.7%67
Returns reporting unemployment compensation0.986%49th highest of 510.533%1.02%2.53%67
Safety score-0.77140th highest of 51-4.61-0.6480.37461
Share aged 65 and over17.5%24th highest of 5212.9%19.7%24.8%67
Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic0.257%26th highest of 510%0.251%6.44%28
Share Asian, not Hispanic1.41%44th highest of 520%0.596%4.22%45
Share Black, not Hispanic25.9%6th highest of 521.07%21.9%81.5%67
Share divorced12.1%15th highest of 528.18%12.5%16.7%67
Share foreign-born3.8%47th highest of 520.516%2.4%9.32%53
Share Hispanic or Latino, any race5.37%41st highest of 520.906%3.47%19.8%57
Share in the same house a year ago86.8%20th highest of 5180.2%89.2%97.6%67
Share Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic0.0342%34th highest of 490%0%0.0903%34
Share never married31.6%36th highest of 5220%29%51.9%67
Share now married49.3%33rd highest of 5230.4%49.6%59.4%67
Share of births to unmarried women38.3%7th highest of 520%42.2%100%37
Share of some other race, not Hispanic0.307%42nd highest of 520%0%0.552%20
Share of suicides by firearm70.5%3rd highest of 5155.9%72%100%55
Share of taxes from alcohol1.382nd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from corporate income8.6213th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from corporation licences0.8726th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from death and gift051st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from gambling051st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from general sales and gross receipts32.912th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from individual income21.133rd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from insurance premiums2.2511th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from licences5.3113th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from motor fuel4.293rd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from motor vehicle licences1.0637th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from occupation and business licences2.1410th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from other taxes0.76440th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from property15.649th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from property transfer0.23726th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from public utilities3.552nd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from selective sales15.85th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from severance0.22717th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from sports betting and pari-mutuels0.034125th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from tobacco0.69830th highest of 51————
Share of two or more races, not Hispanic2.88%48th highest of 521.27%2.92%7.08%52
Share separated1.92%11th highest of 520.991%2.15%6.03%59
Share White, not Hispanic63.8%29th highest of 5216.7%68.2%92.5%67
Share widowed6.88%4th highest of 524.47%7.81%12.8%67
Share with a bachelor's degree or higher27.8%46th best of 529%16.9%46.2%67
State and local income tax as a share of income1.8912th highest of 12————
State income tax as a share of income1.8332nd highest of 50————
State taxes as a share of income5.934th highest of 50————
Suicide rate16.128th best of 5111.218.827.849
Top state income tax rate5%26th highest of 50————
Total tax burden8.9537th highest of 51————
Two weeks of poor mental health16.831st best of 49————
Two weeks of poor physical health13.431st best of 47————
Unemployment rate2.47%7th best of 521.8%2.6%5.7%67
Vacancy rate15%8th highest of 525.94%17.8%30.5%67
Went without care over cost14.842nd best of 49————
Years of potential life lost11,85347th best of 516,79512,98020,43067
Aggregate travel time to work51,638,000 min24th highest of 5248,940 min336,500 min6,728,000 min67
Business establishments98,24626th highest of 518761015,57067
Business establishments closed8,04426th highest of 515451,29967
Business establishments opened9,09426th highest of 516441,45567
Employed2,257,80024th highest of 522,18114,600309,30067
Foreign-born population192,04034th highest of 521011,39129,81053
Gross domestic product$309,540,000k27th highest of 51$242,500k$1,390,000k$62,860,000k67
Housing units2,316,20024th highest of 523,96116,430309,50067
Labour force2,315,00024th highest of 522,30815,000317,10067
Local income tax collected$151,330k11th highest of 13$2k$770k$116,500k10
Millionaire tax returns6,57027th highest of 52————
Net domestic migration29,9468th highest of 51————
Occupied housing units1,969,10024th highest of 523,03713,140268,90067
Owner-occupied housing units1,377,10024th highest of 522,1189,406171,30067
People covered by a tax return4,112,90024th highest of 515,75026,580533,20067
People in households earning $200,000 or more who did not move281,84027th highest of 51————
People who did not move3,550,00024th highest of 515,05023,960464,30067
Personal income$279,480,000k26th highest of 51$296,400k$1,566,000k$48,020,000k67
Population5,117,70024th highest of 517,29934,090664,10067
Population5,108,50024th highest of 517,34134,080662,90067
Population (firearm measures)4,702,00024th highest of 5111,27046,230630,10055
Population (WONDER)5,108,50024th highest of 5136,160225,000662,90011
Population aged 15 and over4,124,30024th highest of 526,21928,490541,60067
Population aged 25 and over3,448,30024th highest of 525,21124,480454,60067
Population aged 65 and over884,21023rd highest of 521,7316,884110,20067
Population below the poverty line768,18018th highest of 521,1616,111106,50067
Population below the poverty line780,04018th highest of 511,8096,204103,10067
Population for whom poverty status is determined4,913,90024th highest of 527,35033,680652,20067
Population for whom poverty status is determined4,968,40024th highest of 517,27433,170644,50067
Population in the same house one year ago4,389,30024th highest of 517,09931,310573,10067
Population with a bachelor's degree or higher957,08026th highest of 526583,652163,40067
Population, decennial census5,024,30024th highest of 517,73034,770674,70067
Presidential votes cast, 20242,265,10024th highest of 514,03914,960298,70067
Private jobs1,700,20025th highest of 521,1668,623302,40067
State and local tax collections$25,026,000k27th highest of 51————
State individual income tax collected$5,119,600k24th highest of 50————
State tax collected, all taxes$16,497,000k26th highest of 50————
Tax returns filed2,140,60024th highest of 512,93013,810288,50067
Total population5,054,30024th highest of 527,58934,450669,70067
Unemployed57,15531st highest of 521064037,82767
Vacant housing units347,09011th highest of 526663,28240,63067
Women aged 15 to 501,176,00024th highest of 521,5297,588164,20067
Women who gave birth in the past year58,12925th highest of 521348577,65942
Workers aged 16 and over who commute2,031,10024th highest of 521,93113,570274,80067

Links inside Alabama

These are the site’s strongest pairs nationwide, worked out again using only this state’s counties. The r column shows how closely two measures rise and fall together, from −1 (opposite) to +1 (in step); 0 means no link. A link that shows up nationally but disappears inside every state is really about differences between states. A link that also holds here is not.

These figures are before adjusting for anything. Unlike the national figures, they do not take out population density, income or education.

Pairr within ALcounties
Median age × Share aged 65 and overInside Alabama, where Median age is higher, Share aged 65 and over tends to be higher: a strong link across 67 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.8667
Self-care disability × Material security scoreInside Alabama, where Self-care disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 67 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.9667
Stroke × Material security scoreInside Alabama, where Stroke is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 67 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.9767
Food insecurity × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Alabama, where Food insecurity is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 67 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.9667
Lack of reliable transportation × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Alabama, where Lack of reliable transportation is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 67 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.9667
Vision disability × Material security scoreInside Alabama, where Vision disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 67 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.9667
Housing insecurity × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Alabama, where Housing insecurity is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 67 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.9567
Received food stamps × Material security scoreInside Alabama, where Received food stamps is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 67 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.9767
Self-care disability × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Alabama, where Self-care disability is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 67 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.9467
Vision disability × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Alabama, where Vision disability is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 67 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.9467
Fair or poor self-rated health × Material security scoreInside Alabama, where Fair or poor self-rated health is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 67 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.9367
Independent-living disability × Material security scoreInside Alabama, where Independent-living disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 67 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.9367

What this state is divided into

67 county-level areas, largest first. Each one is compared with its peers — the counties across the country most like it — not with the rest of this state.

Jefferson County · Mobile County · Madison County · Baldwin County · Tuscaloosa County · Montgomery County · Shelby County · Lee County · Morgan County · Calhoun County · Houston County · Limestone County · Etowah County · Marshall County · Lauderdale County · St. Clair County · Cullman County · Elmore County · Talladega County · DeKalb County · Walker County · Blount County · Autauga County · Russell County · Colbert County · Coffee County · Jackson County · Dale County · Chilton County · Tallapoosa County · Covington County · Dallas County · Escambia County · Chambers County · Lawrence County · Pike County · Franklin County · Marion County · Geneva County · Cherokee County · Barbour County · Winston County · Clarke County · Randolph County · Bibb County · Monroe County · Marengo County · Macon County · Pickens County · Butler County · Henry County · Fayette County · Washington County · Cleburne County · Hale County · Clay County · Lamar County · Crenshaw County · Choctaw County · Sumter County · Conecuh County · Wilcox County · Coosa County · Bullock County · Lowndes County · Perry County · Greene County