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PantryPath Research · Senior Hunger Atlas

Senior Food Insecurity in
Alabama

Alabama's senior poverty rate is 11.4%, and 27.7% of seniors 65+ live alone — across 67 counties. Use the interactive map to see how senior food-insecurity risk varies within the state.

11.4%

Senior poverty (65+)

27.7%

Seniors living alone

34.4%

Senior SNAP take-up

$48,232

Senior median income

Alabama by county

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Alabama at a glance

Seniors in poverty

98K

Ages 65+

Senior poverty rate

11.4%

Ages 65+

Living alone

27.7%

1-person HH, 65+

Senior SNAP

34.4%

HH with 60+ member

Senior median income

$48,232

Householder 65+

Isolation index

0.41

Blended 0–1

County-level hotspots

Top five counties across 67 counties in Alabama.

Highest senior poverty

Ages 65+, rate

  1. 1 Greene 25.5%
  2. 2 Hale 23.0%
  3. 3 Lowndes 22.2%
  4. 4 Bullock 21.7%
  5. 5 Marengo 21.5%

Most seniors living alone

1-person HH, 65+

  1. 1 Hale 40.8%
  2. 2 Dallas 38.3%
  3. 3 Greene 35.4%
  4. 4 Lowndes 35.3%
  5. 5 Cleburne 34.4%

Largest senior population

Absolute count, 65+

  1. 1 Jefferson 107K
  2. 2 Mobile 69K
  3. 3 Madison 60K
  4. 4 Baldwin 50K
  5. 5 Shelby 37K

Every county in Alabama

All 67 counties across the five senior-hunger metrics plus senior population counts.

County Senior poverty Living alone Senior SNAP Senior income Seniors (count) Isolation idx
Autauga 6.2% 30.9% 36.9% $47,114 9,329 0.37
Baldwin 7.2% 24.2% 36.8% $59,198 50,212 0.24
Barbour 13.1% 28.1% 40.2% $40,305 4,611 0.46
Bibb 11.0% 23.8% 26.3% $37,938 3,601 0.31
Blount 14.5% 25.0% 36.6% $44,642 10,762 0.42
Bullock 21.7% 30.7% 33.2% $23,854 1,706 0.71
Butler 11.2% 31.3% 43.3% $41,151 3,888 0.49
Calhoun 11.0% 30.8% 33.3% $44,974 20,430 0.47
Chambers 12.1% 26.7% 40.0% $38,722 6,599 0.40
Cherokee 12.2% 27.8% 35.3% $40,837 5,859 0.43
Chilton 12.6% 28.7% 31.3% $39,259 7,563 0.46
Choctaw 14.5% 29.0% 36.8% $34,474 2,902 0.51
Clarke 12.9% 25.7% 42.3% $44,978 4,521 0.40
Clay 15.2% 23.3% 31.5% $37,131 2,742 0.40
Cleburne 14.3% 34.4% 41.4% $39,967 3,047 0.63
Coffee 11.0% 28.5% 29.9% $48,142 9,012 0.42
Colbert 11.7% 29.0% 41.3% $42,586 11,393 0.45
Conecuh 12.1% 31.9% 27.0% $37,279 2,757 0.52
Coosa 8.4% 23.6% 43.6% $49,405 2,502 0.25
Covington 16.7% 29.3% 39.7% $37,188 8,025 0.57
Crenshaw 13.0% 27.5% 31.5% $37,202 2,458 0.44
Cullman 10.8% 24.6% 34.6% $41,574 16,564 0.33
Dale 12.2% 30.4% 33.1% $47,486 8,674 0.49
Dallas 18.5% 38.3% 43.0% $31,493 7,224 0.81
DeKalb 12.7% 26.0% 33.6% $36,975 12,007 0.40
Elmore 7.1% 24.3% 24.1% $62,021 13,720 0.24
Escambia 15.0% 28.5% 39.9% $41,102 6,663 0.51
Etowah 12.2% 28.0% 31.4% $43,377 19,534 0.44
Fayette 17.9% 29.2% 43.6% $34,450 3,388 0.59
Franklin 8.3% 29.1% 28.1% $38,352 5,332 0.37
Geneva 10.1% 29.3% 41.4% $41,327 5,305 0.42
Greene 25.5% 35.4% 64.7% $29,327 1,765 0.89
Hale 23.0% 40.8% 53.7% $28,085 2,812 0.95
Henry 13.8% 29.0% 35.3% $37,227 3,951 0.50
Houston 10.8% 28.2% 35.6% $47,104 19,332 0.41
Jackson 10.6% 28.8% 37.2% $42,868 10,700 0.42
Jefferson 12.7% 29.5% 34.4% $50,883 106,790 0.48
Lamar 14.1% 27.0% 45.3% $35,360 3,004 0.46
Lauderdale 8.2% 27.2% 26.0% $48,680 18,687 0.33
Lawrence 12.7% 30.6% 36.5% $44,627 6,103 0.51
Lee 9.9% 28.2% 34.1% $56,215 22,711 0.39
Limestone 12.3% 25.1% 40.1% $53,103 16,048 0.37
Lowndes 22.2% 35.3% 48.1% $26,951 1,934 0.83
Macon 15.6% 31.3% 48.6% $45,377 3,896 0.59
Madison 8.2% 27.3% 32.3% $64,177 59,989 0.33
Marengo 21.5% 31.2% 46.8% $40,863 3,696 0.72
Marion 16.7% 29.6% 48.7% $33,977 5,876 0.57
Marshall 10.8% 24.9% 30.8% $47,965 16,194 0.33
Mobile 11.2% 26.7% 34.3% $47,721 68,595 0.38
Monroe 12.6% 29.2% 44.4% $35,154 4,004 0.47
Montgomery 12.4% 32.4% 31.3% $54,760 35,020 0.54
Morgan 11.4% 30.5% 30.9% $47,557 21,432 0.47
Perry 8.3% 20.8% 36.7% $35,871 1,605 0.19
Pickens 13.4% 26.2% 41.8% $38,257 3,602 0.42
Pike 12.7% 29.7% 28.2% $48,671 4,915 0.49
Randolph 16.6% 27.7% 37.3% $38,069 4,467 0.53
Russell 18.6% 30.4% 27.2% $30,235 8,757 0.64
Shelby 8.1% 22.7% 28.7% $66,801 36,584 0.22
St. Clair 9.7% 23.4% 31.6% $49,879 15,777 0.27
Sumter 11.2% 28.7% 26.1% $40,528 2,209 0.43
Talladega 11.8% 24.6% 38.5% $43,765 14,948 0.35
Tallapoosa 11.2% 28.1% 27.3% $42,833 8,944 0.42
Tuscaloosa 11.5% 26.8% 28.2% $51,628 31,205 0.39
Walker 12.4% 29.3% 34.5% $37,896 12,329 0.47
Washington 20.6% 18.8% 45.5% $38,728 3,048 0.42
Wilcox 18.7% 25.7% 37.9% $42,057 2,144 0.53
Winston 11.7% 23.1% 37.2% $37,691 4,969 0.31

Senior food help in Alabama

SNAP, CSFP senior boxes, Meals on Wheels, and senior-specific pantry programs.

Seniors Resource Guide

Alabama senior SNAP

Senior-specific SNAP rules, how to apply in Alabama, and benefit amounts.

Alabama SNAP guide

Find a food pantry

Search Alabama's verified pantries — many serve seniors with home delivery or box programs.

Alabama food pantries