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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, 22 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 Heat-Dialysis Vulnerability in 37 counties.

Greene County carries the highest overall need in the state, with an opportunity score of 78 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	78	58	75	91	78	7,341
Choctaw County 01023	77	58	76	85	74	12,252
Dallas County 01047	76	63	71	84	76	36,165
Perry County 01105	75	49	76	94	64	7,738
Wilcox County 01131	75	55	76	78	84	9,944
Lowndes County 01085	74	63	73	70	85	9,717
Conecuh County 01035	74	50	79	81	67	11,174
Monroe County 01099	73	58	74	89	57	19,229
Fayette County 01057	73	55	74	82	64	15,967
Marengo County 01091	73	59	67	86	65	18,684
Washington County 01129	72	68	66	84	58	15,022
Barbour County 01005	72	60	69	77	70	24,585
Macon County 01087	72	61	61	85	72	18,370
Hale County 01065	72	58	67	77	72	14,888
Lamar County 01075	72	55	75	86	55	13,661
Jackson County 01071	71	69	73	76	54	53,467
Talladega County 01121	71	72	61	81	60	81,132
Clarke County 01025	71	57	66	86	62	22,337
Walker County 01127	70	57	67	84	61	64,728
Winston County 01133	70	46	78	80	58	23,611
Coosa County 01037	69	58	73	75	57	10,268
Russell County 01113	69	57	57	84	73	58,744
Butler County 01013	69	43	70	86	63	18,382
Bullock County 01011	69	44	72	72	84	9,897
Bibb County 01007	69	57	63	88	57	21,868
Etowah County 01055	69	64	64	82	56	103,241
Chambers County 01017	69	52	66	79	66	34,079
Pickens County 01107	69	51	63	88	61	18,688
Clay County 01027	68	49	72	75	62	14,111
Franklin County 01059	68	48	64	84	65	31,802
Cleburne County 01029	68	58	62	83	59	15,639
Sumter County 01119	68	37	64	87	79	11,727
Crenshaw County 01041	68	49	64	81	64	13,101
DeKalb County 01049	67	57	65	77	58	72,569
Randolph County 01111	67	44	66	86	59	22,786
Calhoun County 01015	67	65	54	82	58	116,429
Cherokee County 01019	67	53	75	76	50	25,666
Marion County 01093	67	53	73	79	50	29,244
Henry County 01067	66	58	67	76	54	17,899
Lawrence County 01079	66	62	64	76	51	33,502
Tallapoosa County 01123	64	42	68	85	52	40,677
Geneva County 01061	64	57	72	57	57	26,988
Colbert County 01033	64	59	57	85	49	58,361
Blount County 01009	64	58	53	85	55	59,816
Escambia County 01053	64	61	73	41	64	36,558
Dale County 01045	63	56	58	79	52	49,871
Cullman County 01043	62	64	52	83	47	92,016
Marshall County 01095	61	63	51	82	47	100,756
Mobile County 01097	61	51	42	84	62	411,640
Houston County 01069	60	63	59	58	53	108,462
Jefferson County 01073	60	58	35	83	62	662,895
Montgomery County 01101	60	49	43	81	62	224,980
Morgan County 01103	59	58	48	81	49	125,133
Coffee County 01031	59	56	50	80	48	55,643
Chilton County 01021	58	48	49	83	51	46,431
Pike County 01109	58	54	43	74	58	33,137
Covington County 01039	58	55	72	41	52	37,952
Autauga County 01001	56	66	37	84	44	60,342
St. Clair County 01115	55	54	41	85	45	95,552
Lauderdale County 01077	53	48	44	80	44	96,814
Elmore County 01051	51	52	35	83	42	90,441
Lee County 01081	49	52	23	82	49	183,215
Tuscaloosa County 01125	47	38	26	83	50	237,373
Limestone County 01083	46	57	28	80	33	114,654
Shelby County 01117	44	62	20	82	29	233,000
Baldwin County 01003	43	37	44	57	40	253,507
Madison County 01089	42	54	18	80	34	412,600

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.