Poverty Rate in Tuscaloosa County, AL
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
16.8%
Rank #2,274/3,222 · #25 in AL
29th
Tuscaloosa 16.8%
AL 15.6% +7.8%
US 12.6% +33.7%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Tuscaloosa County's poverty rate of 16.8% 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 Tuscaloosa County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,271 | Smyth County, VA | 16.8% |
| #2,272 | Wirt County, WV | 16.8% |
| #2,273 | Phillips County, CO | 16.8% |
| #2,274 | Tuscaloosa County, AL | 16.8% |
| #2,275 | Henderson County, TN | 16.9% |
| #2,276 | Allegany County, MD | 16.9% |
| #2,277 | Tate County, MS | 16.9% |
About Poverty Rate
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama has a poverty rate of 16.8%, ranking #2,274 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 33.7% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Alabama, it ranks #25 of 67. This places it in the 29th 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.