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County health in Alabama

Alabama had 67 counties in CDC’s model-based county estimates for 2023, according to CDC’s PLACES.

Alabama’s counties on each measure

Age-adjusted, as counties are compared, with each end’s 95% interval. The median is one of the published values: at least half the counties are at or below it. Each measure links to Alabama’s counties ranked on it.

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Each PLACES measure across Alabama's counties: the median, highest and lowest age-adjusted estimate
MeasureMedian countyHighest
Any disability among adults38.2%Bullock 47.9% (42.5% to 53.5%)
Cognitive disability among adults18.7%Bullock 23.2% (20.2% to 26.3%)
Hearing disability among adults7.6%DeKalb 9.0% (7.9% to 10.2%)
Independent living disability among adults10.8%Greene 16.4% (14.1% to 18.7%)
Mobility disability among adults16.5%Bullock 25.1% (22.2% to 28.4%)
Self-care disability among adults4.7%Bullock 9.0% (7.9% to 10.3%)
Vision disability among adults6.1%Bullock 11.9% (10.6% to 13.5%)
All teeth lost among adults aged ≥65 years18.1%Bullock 35.1% (29.9% to 40.9%)
Arthritis among adults28.0%Perry 31.6% (28.2% to 35.3%)
Cancer (non-skin) or melanoma among adults6.9%Baldwin 7.6% (6.8% to 8.4%)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults8.0%Bullock 11.2% (9.8% to 12.8%)
Coronary heart disease among adults6.6%Bullock 8.8% (7.9% to 9.8%)
Current asthma among adults10.5%Greene 12.3% (10.8% to 13.9%)
Depression among adults24.9%Jackson 28.2% (24.2% to 32.4%)
Diagnosed diabetes among adults13.1%Bullock 21.3% (18.9% to 23.9%)
High blood pressure among adults40.5%Bullock 52.4% (47.8% to 57.0%), Greene 52.4% (47.6% to 56.9%)
High cholesterol among adults who have ever been screened35.9%Chilton 37.7% (33.3% to 42.2%), Franklin 37.7% (33.2% to 42.3%)
Obesity among adults40.8%Perry 54.0% (45.5% to 62.7%)
Stroke among adults3.8%Bullock 6.2% (5.6% to 6.8%)
Fair or poor self-rated health status among adults24.7%Bullock 37.8% (33.4% to 42.5%)
Frequent mental distress among adults19.6%Perry 21.7% (19.0% to 24.4%)
Frequent physical distress among adults14.9%Bullock 18.5% (16.3% to 21.0%)
Cholesterol screening among adults82.9%Shelby 86.7% (84.1% to 88.8%)
Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 years59.4%Jefferson 67.2% (63.4% to 71.1%)
Current lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 years11.7%Bullock 18.2% (14.7% to 22.2%)
Mammography use among women aged 50-74 years74.8%Jefferson 84.2% (79.6% to 88.1%)
Taking medicine to control high blood pressure among adults with high blood pressure61.5%Perry 67.9% (63.6% to 72.3%)
Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adults52.2%Shelby 67.1% (63.4% to 70.6%)
Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year among adults78.2%Sumter 82.3% (78.9% to 85.4%)
Binge drinking among adults15.3%Shelby 17.7% (14.7% to 21.0%)
Current cigarette smoking among adults18.1%Bullock 24.9% (21.4% to 28.6%)
No leisure-time physical activity among adults30.5%Bullock 42.7% (36.9% to 48.7%)
Short sleep duration among adults41.5%Greene 51.0% (43.3% to 58.5%)
Food insecurity in the past 12 months among adults21.5%Greene 44.4% (38.2% to 50.7%)
Housing insecurity in the past 12 months among adults15.9%Greene 31.8% (27.2% to 36.6%)
Lack of reliable transportation in the past 12 months among adults11.0%Greene 22.1% (18.9% to 25.5%)
Lack of social and emotional support among adults26.0%Bullock 34.4% (29.5% to 39.7%)
Loneliness among adults37.1%Wilcox 41.3% (35.6% to 47.5%)
Received food stamps in the past 12 months among adults16.5%Greene 42.2% (36.1% to 48.8%)
Utility services shut-off threat in the past 12 months among adults10.8%Greene 25.5% (22.2% to 29.1%)

Every county in Alabama

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Every county CDC served in Alabama, with how many measures it has a published estimate for
CountyMeasures published
Autauga40 of 40
Baldwin40 of 40
Barbour40 of 40
Bibb40 of 40
Blount40 of 40
Bullock40 of 40
Butler40 of 40
Calhoun40 of 40
Chambers40 of 40
Cherokee40 of 40
Chilton40 of 40
Choctaw40 of 40
Clarke40 of 40
Clay40 of 40
Cleburne40 of 40
Coffee40 of 40
Colbert40 of 40
Conecuh40 of 40
Coosa40 of 40
Covington40 of 40
Crenshaw40 of 40
Cullman40 of 40
Dale40 of 40
Dallas40 of 40
DeKalb40 of 40
Elmore40 of 40
Escambia40 of 40
Etowah40 of 40
Fayette40 of 40
Franklin40 of 40
Geneva40 of 40
Greene40 of 40
Hale40 of 40
Henry40 of 40
Houston40 of 40
Jackson40 of 40
Jefferson40 of 40
Lamar40 of 40
Lauderdale40 of 40
Lawrence40 of 40
Lee40 of 40
Limestone40 of 40
Lowndes40 of 40
Macon40 of 40
Madison40 of 40
Marengo40 of 40
Marion40 of 40
Marshall40 of 40
Mobile40 of 40
Monroe40 of 40
Montgomery40 of 40
Morgan40 of 40
Perry40 of 40
Pickens40 of 40
Pike40 of 40
Randolph40 of 40
Russell40 of 40
Shelby40 of 40
St. Clair40 of 40
Sumter40 of 40
Talladega40 of 40
Tallapoosa40 of 40
Tuscaloosa40 of 40
Walker40 of 40
Washington40 of 40
Wilcox40 of 40
Winston40 of 40

Alabama elsewhere on the Factbook

  • Reported crime Crime and justice

    Offenses reported to police by type, the trend, and the reporting coverage.

  • Most dangerous cities in Alabama Crime and justice

    What each agency serving 25,000 or more reported, ranked. Agency populations overlap, so these do not add up to the state.

  • Prison population Crime and justice

    People held under the state’s correctional authority, and the imprisonment rate. A different publisher counting a different thing.

  • Arrests by race, sex and age Crime and justice

    Arrests as the FBI’s participating agencies reported them, with what the figures can and cannot support at the top.

  • Hate crime Crime and justice

    Incidents reported to the FBI by bias motivation, as counts — the collection publishes no participation share, so there is no rate to compare states on.

  • Federal obligations Federal spending

    What federal agencies obligated against a place of performance in the state, per resident and by agency.

  • Registered nonprofits Nonprofits

    How many organizations the IRS lists in the state, what they report as revenue, and which kinds of work they do.

  • Payments to doctors Health

    What drug and device companies reported paying doctors with a practice address in the state, and the largest recipients.

  • Farm program payments Farm subsidies

    What the Farm Service Agency paid through the state’s county offices, by program and by recipient. The offices that administered the payments, not a count of farms: a recipient addressed elsewhere is counted where they were paid.

  • Paycheck Protection Program loans PPP loans

    The PPP loans SBA guaranteed to businesses operating in the state, by county, with how many carry a forgiveness amount and how many were charged off. Loans, not businesses: a business with two draws is two loans.

  • Population, age, income and origin Demographics

    The Census Bureau's population estimates year by year, with births, deaths and migration, and age, income, poverty, housing and origin from the American Community Survey, each with its margin of error.

  • Public schools Schools

    Pupils, schools and teachers, the largest districts, what districts spend per pupil and where the money comes from, and the colleges that take federal student aid.

  • Banks and credit unions Banks and credit unions

    The FDIC-insured banks headquartered in the state and their offices, and the credit unions based there and their sites, each per resident and against every other state.

  • Housing Housing

    The homes under HUD’s rental assistance programs in the state, by program and county, and its tax-credit housing, each per resident and against every other state.

  • Mortgage lending Mortgage lending

    The mortgage applications, loans and denials lenders reported in the state under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, and its largest lenders and counties.

  • Cost of living Cost of living

    BEA’s price level for the state against the nation, for goods, rents, utilities and other services, and its metro areas beside it.

  • College athletics Sports

    Every college in the state that reported to the Equity in Athletics survey, ranked by its athletics revenue, with its expenses, athletes and athletic aid.

  • Federal civilian workforce Federal salaries

    Federal civilian employees stationed in the state by agency and occupation, with the pay OPM publishes and the share it withholds.

  • The Alabama Factbook entry Across the Factbook

    Every measure the Factbook publishes for this state in one place, each with where it ranks among the others and the record it came from.

The immigration hub has no page for this state: EOIR runs no immigration court here, and CBP publishes by sector and field office, which are its own areas of responsibility rather than a geography. Immigration and the border.

Sources

Compiled automatically from PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data, 2025 release by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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