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Alabama

Environmental and community health profiles for all 67 counties in Alabama. Sorted by opportunity score (highest need first).

Counties

Avg opportunity score

Converging-risk counties

What the data shows in Alabama

Across Alabama's 67 counties, 21 have two or more of the four health-risk areas (environmental, disease, provider access, and social conditions) above the national threshold at the same time. These are the places where several pressures land together rather than one at a time.

Statewide, the health-risk area scoring highest on average is gaps in provider access, the leading driver of community health need in Alabama.

The most widespread specific risk pattern is Heat Vulnerability, triggered in 44 counties, followed by Industrial Burden in 30 counties.

Greene County carries the highest overall need in the state, with an opportunity score of 71 out of 100 (high). Higher scores mean more burden relative to the rest of the country.

County	Opportunity	Env	Disease	Provider	Social	Pop
Greene County 01063	71	26	75	95	78	7,341
Clay County 01027	71	52	72	81	62	14,111
Russell County 01113	70	61	57	81	73	58,744
Etowah County 01055	69	68	64	78	56	103,241
Lowndes County 01085	68	27	73	85	85	9,717
Perry County 01105	68	27	76	90	64	7,738
Bullock County 01011	68	25	72	86	84	9,897
Dallas County 01047	66	26	71	82	76	36,165
Sumter County 01119	66	35	64	82	79	11,727
Barbour County 01005	66	26	69	85	70	24,585
Hale County 01065	66	28	67	84	72	14,888
Winston County 01133	65	23	78	85	58	23,611
Choctaw County 01023	65	21	76	74	74	12,252
Jackson County 01071	65	41	73	79	54	53,467
Wilcox County 01131	65	19	76	74	84	9,944
Fayette County 01057	65	26	74	78	64	15,967
DeKalb County 01049	64	44	65	78	58	72,569
Conecuh County 01035	64	19	79	73	67	11,174
Coosa County 01037	63	36	73	72	57	10,268
Franklin County 01059	63	31	64	78	65	31,802
Marengo County 01091	63	19	67	85	65	18,684
Lamar County 01075	63	30	75	76	55	13,661
Macon County 01087	62	27	61	80	72	18,370
Clarke County 01025	62	20	66	87	62	22,337
Butler County 01013	61	17	70	80	63	18,382
Cleburne County 01029	61	41	62	71	59	15,639
Monroe County 01099	61	16	74	81	57	19,229
Randolph County 01111	61	21	66	85	59	22,786
Pickens County 01107	61	27	63	81	61	18,688
Bibb County 01007	61	28	63	84	57	21,868
Montgomery County 01101	61	54	43	80	62	224,980
Walker County 01127	61	25	67	78	61	64,728
Chambers County 01017	61	18	66	79	66	34,079
Cherokee County 01019	61	26	75	79	50	25,666
Talladega County 01121	60	32	61	77	60	81,132
Jefferson County 01073	60	64	35	79	62	662,895
Crenshaw County 01041	60	16	64	83	64	13,101
Morgan County 01103	59	62	48	77	49	125,133
Henry County 01067	59	21	67	83	54	17,899
Mobile County 01097	59	47	42	80	62	411,640
Marion County 01093	59	25	73	74	50	29,244
Lawrence County 01079	58	34	64	75	51	33,502
Washington County 01129	57	21	66	71	58	15,022
Calhoun County 01015	57	31	54	77	58	116,429
Blount County 01009	57	32	53	81	55	59,816
Colbert County 01033	56	34	57	80	49	58,361
Tallapoosa County 01123	55	14	68	76	52	40,677
Geneva County 01061	55	20	72	56	57	26,988
Marshall County 01095	53	32	51	80	47	100,756
Cullman County 01043	53	32	52	79	47	92,016
Escambia County 01053	53	17	73	41	64	36,558
Dale County 01045	52	18	58	76	52	49,871
Chilton County 01021	51	26	49	76	51	46,431
Covington County 01039	51	22	72	45	52	37,952
Houston County 01069	50	21	59	60	53	108,462
Coffee County 01031	49	18	50	79	48	55,643
Pike County 01109	49	16	43	76	58	33,137
Lauderdale County 01077	49	35	44	77	44	96,814
Tuscaloosa County 01125	46	37	26	80	50	237,373
Elmore County 01051	46	38	35	77	42	90,441
Autauga County 01001	46	28	37	81	44	60,342
St. Clair County 01115	46	23	41	78	45	95,552
Baldwin County 01003	43	37	44	58	40	253,507
Madison County 01089	42	57	18	77	34	412,600
Lee County 01081	42	25	23	79	49	183,215
Shelby County 01117	42	58	20	79	29	233,000
Limestone County 01083	39	32	28	77	33	114,654

Scores are national percentile ranks (0–100) from the Banana Analytics methodology (v1.2.0). Higher scores indicate more burden. Click any county for its full environmental and community health profile.