Poverty Rate in Houston County, AL
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
17.5%
Rank #2,383/3,222 · #30 in AL
26th
Houston 17.5%
AL 15.6% +12.1%
US 12.6% +39.0%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Houston County's poverty rate of 17.5% 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 Houston County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,380 | Appanoose County, IA | 17.5% |
| #2,381 | Grant County, OK | 17.5% |
| #2,382 | Lafayette County, FL | 17.5% |
| #2,383 | Houston County, AL | 17.5% |
| #2,384 | Franklin County, IL | 17.5% |
| #2,385 | Clay County, IL | 17.5% |
| #2,386 | Cass County, TX | 17.5% |
About Poverty Rate
Houston County, Alabama has a poverty rate of 17.5%, ranking #2,383 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 39.0% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Alabama, it ranks #30 of 67. This places it in the 26th 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.