All Counties in Alabama, Eviction Risk 2026
67 counties covering 593 incorporated cities and 3,417,966 residents. Statewide average landlord risk score is 3.6/10 (Low), but county-level scores vary sharply, urban counties with strong tenant protections or high rent burdens routinely score several points above rural counties.
| County↕ | Population↕ | Risk↕ | Lean↕ | Renters↕ | % income on rent↕ | Avg rent↕ | Poverty↕ | Cities↕ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Dallas County | 23,412 | 4.6 | Dem | 28.3% | 33.8% | $672 | 25.1% | 4 |
| 02 | Pickens County | 7,677 | 4.4 | Rep | 40.4% | 30.6% | $576 | 30.5% | 9 |
| 03 | Perry County | 4,684 | 4.4 | Dem | 37.6% | 30.4% | $531 | 33.5% | 2 |
| 04 | Bullock County | 3,830 | 4.2 | Dem | 44.6% | 25.1% | $529 | 25.3% | 3 |
| 05 | Butler County | 9,298 | 4.0 | Rep | 50.8% | 27.3% | $615 | 24.7% | 3 |
| 06 | Pike County | 20,783 | 4.0 | Rep | 41.2% | 31.8% | $859 | 19.0% | 4 |
| 07 | Escambia County | 18,630 | 4.0 | Rep | 40.6% | 24.0% | $738 | 28.5% | 6 |
| 08 | Conecuh County | 3,853 | 4.0 | Rep | 33.9% | 40.9% | $824 | 28.4% | 3 |
| 09 | Dale County | 30,840 | 4.0 | Rep | 43.1% | 29.6% | $862 | 20.1% | 10 |
| 10 | Wilcox County | 2,974 | 3.9 | Dem | 33.3% | 38.7% | $635 | 35.0% | 7 |
| 11 | Macon County | 11,596 | 3.9 | Dem | 34.9% | 29.1% | $807 | 23.9% | 5 |
| 12 | Colbert County | 38,351 | 3.9 | Rep | 34.8% | 31.4% | $785 | 18.8% | 6 |
| 13 | Lamar County | 5,586 | 3.9 | Rep | 37.0% | 31.5% | $530 | 24.7% | 6 |
| 14 | Sumter County | 8,066 | 3.9 | Dem | 30.7% | 35.3% | $694 | 30.8% | 8 |
| 15 | Lowndes County | 4,329 | 3.8 | Dem | 35.7% | 35.0% | $656 | 35.8% | 7 |
| 16 | Barbour County | 17,163 | 3.8 | Rep | 33.8% | 25.9% | $631 | 21.6% | 6 |
| 17 | Coffee County | 35,107 | 3.8 | Rep | 29.3% | 24.0% | $771 | 21.7% | 4 |
| 18 | Bibb County | 9,350 | 3.8 | Rep | 29.3% | 28.8% | $717 | 21.8% | 5 |
| 19 | Jefferson County | 628,196 | 3.8 | Dem | 28.6% | 31.7% | $1,190 | 15.5% | 42 |
| 20 | Clarke County | 11,637 | 3.8 | Rep | 32.4% | 27.7% | $797 | 20.2% | 8 |
| 21 | Covington County | 21,101 | 3.7 | Rep | 27.6% | 31.6% | $706 | 21.7% | 14 |
| 22 | Russell County | 42,266 | 3.7 | Dem | 40.9% | 31.8% | $807 | 17.4% | 3 |
| 23 | Madison County | 318,977 | 3.7 | Rep | 27.1% | 29.7% | $1,207 | 8.7% | 12 |
| 24 | Talladega County | 43,792 | 3.7 | Rep | 27.1% | 31.7% | $825 | 20.6% | 10 |
| 25 | Chilton County | 15,319 | 3.7 | Rep | 31.4% | 20.7% | $993 | 13.3% | 4 |
| 26 | Houston County | 87,462 | 3.7 | Rep | 26.7% | 32.2% | $866 | 17.2% | 12 |
| 27 | Walker County | 25,435 | 3.7 | Rep | 32.8% | 28.9% | $717 | 20.3% | 10 |
| 28 | Greene County | 3,912 | 3.6 | Dem | 45.6% | 22.0% | $458 | 41.9% | 5 |
| 29 | Mobile County | 296,265 | 3.6 | Rep | 30.9% | 30.2% | $1,073 | 19.8% | 19 |
| 30 | Lawrence County | 9,023 | 3.6 | Rep | 29.8% | 23.4% | $653 | 16.7% | 7 |
| 31 | Lee County | 118,910 | 3.6 | Rep | 31.0% | 33.5% | $1,020 | 18.6% | 3 |
| 32 | Jackson County | 26,890 | 3.6 | Rep | 25.0% | 28.8% | $732 | 18.0% | 12 |
| 33 | Tuscaloosa County | 165,994 | 3.6 | Rep | 23.2% | 31.0% | $1,158 | 13.9% | 11 |
| 34 | Crenshaw County | 4,350 | 3.6 | Rep | 48.0% | 22.1% | $637 | 16.6% | 6 |
| 35 | Limestone County | 30,831 | 3.6 | Rep | 30.4% | 30.3% | $684 | 15.3% | 4 |
| 36 | Blount County | 21,286 | 3.5 | Rep | 21.2% | 27.7% | $827 | 16.0% | 14 |
| 37 | Hale County | 2,703 | 3.5 | Dem | 21.6% | 34.0% | $723 | 20.6% | 3 |
| 38 | Henry County | 8,691 | 3.5 | Rep | 22.2% | 31.7% | $719 | 18.3% | 4 |
| 39 | Cullman County | 33,061 | 3.5 | Rep | 24.6% | 27.2% | $855 | 16.9% | 14 |
| 40 | Winston County | 7,340 | 3.5 | Rep | 30.3% | 27.5% | $715 | 24.4% | 6 |
| 41 | Marion County | 19,235 | 3.5 | Rep | 22.5% | 28.3% | $648 | 18.2% | 8 |
| 42 | Elmore County | 50,578 | 3.5 | Rep | 21.3% | 30.5% | $1,023 | 12.0% | 12 |
| 43 | Fayette County | 6,002 | 3.5 | Rep | 27.9% | 20.6% | $641 | 15.2% | 5 |
| 44 | Geneva County | 13,779 | 3.5 | Rep | 26.0% | 26.5% | $781 | 21.5% | 9 |
| 45 | Montgomery County | 208,068 | 3.5 | Dem | 30.1% | 32.8% | $1,371 | 12.8% | 2 |
| 46 | DeKalb County | 35,426 | 3.5 | Rep | 26.6% | 29.1% | $702 | 19.9% | 17 |
| 47 | Baldwin County | 149,307 | 3.5 | Rep | 23.4% | 29.9% | $1,100 | 10.6% | 20 |
| 48 | Monroe County | 8,253 | 3.5 | Rep | 35.5% | 31.8% | $676 | 34.9% | 8 |
| 49 | Shelby County | 169,468 | 3.5 | Rep | 18.8% | 28.2% | $1,328 | 9.6% | 23 |
| 50 | Tallapoosa County | 21,918 | 3.5 | Rep | 18.5% | 23.1% | $795 | 19.2% | 8 |
| 51 | Marengo County | 10,376 | 3.4 | IND | 29.2% | 28.2% | $723 | 21.9% | 10 |
| 52 | Clay County | 5,541 | 3.4 | Rep | 30.3% | 35.9% | $574 | 25.3% | 6 |
| 53 | Franklin County | 15,805 | 3.4 | Rep | 29.6% | 27.7% | $642 | 19.3% | 7 |
| 54 | Randolph County | 8,249 | 3.4 | Rep | 34.4% | 25.6% | $654 | 17.5% | 7 |
| 55 | Calhoun County | 89,603 | 3.4 | Rep | 25.7% | 24.7% | $824 | 15.0% | 13 |
| 56 | Marshall County | 56,681 | 3.4 | Rep | 24.8% | 29.2% | $764 | 15.5% | 11 |
| 57 | Chambers County | 23,638 | 3.4 | Rep | 26.9% | 31.7% | $877 | 23.0% | 11 |
| 58 | Coosa County | 5,709 | 3.4 | Rep | 21.7% | 32.9% | $753 | 17.5% | 10 |
| 59 | Lauderdale County | 49,069 | 3.4 | Rep | 26.6% | 23.5% | $797 | 13.6% | 8 |
| 60 | St. Clair County | 55,101 | 3.4 | Rep | 18.1% | 30.3% | $1,079 | 12.1% | 10 |
| 61 | Autauga County | 46,146 | 3.4 | Rep | 16.6% | 28.6% | $858 | 13.1% | 5 |
| 62 | Cherokee County | 8,389 | 3.3 | Rep | 21.3% | 28.3% | $710 | 15.2% | 7 |
| 63 | Washington County | 4,265 | 3.3 | Rep | 30.8% | 19.5% | $688 | 29.9% | 15 |
| 64 | Morgan County | 84,351 | 3.3 | Rep | 24.1% | 24.8% | $892 | 11.1% | 8 |
| 65 | Cleburne County | 5,600 | 3.3 | Rep | 23.5% | 23.4% | $872 | 11.0% | 5 |
| 66 | Etowah County | 83,531 | 3.3 | Rep | 20.2% | 31.6% | $853 | 16.7% | 19 |
| 67 | Choctaw County | 4,908 | 3.3 | Rep | 16.0% | 23.9% | $765 | 23.3% | 8 |
Understanding county eviction risk in Alabama
Alabama's 67 counties span eviction-risk scores from 3.3 in Choctaw County to 4.6 in Dallas County , a 1.3-point gap that captures how unevenly rent burdens, renter populations, and local tenant politics are distributed across the state. The statewide average sits at 3.6/10 (Low), but that single figure hides far more than it reveals, the table above scores every county on the same 1–10 scale so you can see exactly where landlord exposure concentrates.
The counties carrying the most eviction risk, Dallas County, Pickens County, Perry County, are Alabama's denser, higher-cost markets. In Conecuh County, renters spend an average of 41% of household income on rent, and 34% of its homes are renter-occupied, the cost pressure that pushes filings up and pulls tenant-protection ordinances into local politics. Larger metros also concentrate the legal-aid networks and renter-organizing capacity that lift a county's score above the rural baseline.
At the other end of the table, Choctaw County, Etowah County, Cleburne County score lowest. These tend to be smaller, more rural counties where homeownership is the norm, rent-to-income ratios run lower, and local rent-control or just-cause ordinances are rare or state-preempted. Evictions still happen there, but the structural pressure that drives a high score (heavy rent burden, a large renter majority, organized tenant advocacy) is simply weaker.
Each county score is a population-weighted aggregate of every city scored inside it, so a county with one expensive urban core and a dozen quiet suburbs lands somewhere in between. Click any county row to drill into its cities ranked one by one, a zoomed heat map, and a full breakdown of rent burden, renter share, poverty rate, and political margin. For the statutes that apply statewide regardless of county, notice periods, security-deposit caps, just-cause and rent-control rules, see the Alabama state overview.