Poverty Rate in Blount County, AL
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
12.9%
Rank #1,486/3,222 · #9 in AL
54th
Blount 12.9%
AL 15.6% -17.7%
US 12.6% +2.1%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Blount County's poverty rate of 12.9% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Blount County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,483 | Carroll County, OH | 12.9% |
| #1,484 | Webster County, IA | 12.9% |
| #1,485 | Sweetwater County, WY | 12.9% |
| #1,486 | Blount County, AL | 12.9% |
| #1,487 | Steele County, ND | 12.9% |
| #1,488 | Livingston Parish, LA | 12.9% |
| #1,489 | McPherson County, SD | 12.9% |
About Poverty Rate
Blount County, Alabama has a poverty rate of 12.9%, ranking #1,486 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 2.1% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Alabama, it ranks #9 of 67. This places it in the 54th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.