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Counties in Alabama ranked

5.8%of income goes to home energy in Perry County, the highest of 67 Alabama counties

Madison County is lowest at 1.9%, a gap of 3.1 times. The median Alabama county sits at 3.5%, against 3.3% for the median U.S. county. Source for Alabama: DOE LEAD 2022.

Alabama county map

Alabama counties, shaded by quintile of the selected measurePerry County: 5.8%Lowndes County: 5.0%Pike County: 3.0%Houston County: 2.4%Pickens County: 4.2%Randolph County: 3.9%Butler County: 3.8%Lamar County: 3.8%Clay County: 3.9%Coffee County: 2.7%Henry County: 3.1%Dale County: 3.1%Blount County: 3.7%Colbert County: 3.5%Calhoun County: 3.5%Tallapoosa County: 3.7%Fayette County: 4.2%Etowah County: 3.8%Conecuh County: 4.4%Morgan County: 2.7%Monroe County: 4.1%Lauderdale County: 2.8%Russell County: 3.4%Baldwin County: 2.0%Cleburne County: 4.1%Dallas County: 5.1%DeKalb County: 3.4%Cherokee County: 3.8%Macon County: 4.8%Bibb County: 4.2%Franklin County: 3.9%Limestone County: 2.0%Barbour County: 4.0%Walker County: 3.9%Marengo County: 3.8%Elmore County: 2.8%Chilton County: 3.2%Washington County: 2.6%Madison County: 1.9%Crenshaw County: 3.1%Lee County: 2.5%Montgomery County: 3.0%Bullock County: 4.7%Cullman County: 2.9%Coosa County: 3.6%Geneva County: 3.5%Shelby County: 2.2%Escambia County: 3.6%Hale County: 4.6%Winston County: 3.7%Clarke County: 3.5%Jackson County: 3.4%Jefferson County: 2.7%Autauga County: 2.7%Mobile County: 3.3%Lawrence County: 3.5%Talladega County: 4.0%Wilcox County: 4.7%Tuscaloosa County: 2.8%St. Clair County: 3.2%Chambers County: 3.7%Sumter County: 5.2%Marshall County: 2.6%Covington County: 3.2%Marion County: 3.8%Greene County: 4.6%Choctaw County: 3.4%
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Alabama counties, darker = higher. Click one for its page.

Highest energy burden in Alabama

Perry County leads Alabama on burden at 5.8% of income and Sumter County follows at 5.2%. For lower-income homes the top is Lowndes County: 16.4% of income, against 11.6% in the median Alabama county.

home energy burden, % of income, top 10 Alabama counties

  • Perry County5.8
  • Sumter County5.2
  • Dallas County5.1
  • Lowndes County5.0
  • Macon County4.8
  • Wilcox County4.7
  • Bullock County4.7
  • Greene County4.6
  • Hale County4.6
  • Conecuh County4.4
  • Alabama median county3.5
Alabama counties with the lowest home energy burden
Lowest burden in AlabamaShare of income (AL)Residents (AL)
Madison County1.9%397,135
Limestone County2.0%107,577
Baldwin County2.0%239,945
Shelby County2.2%226,955
Houston County2.4%107,628

Storm reports and FEMA risk in Alabama

NOAA logged 743 damaging-wind, tornado, tropical, ice, winter and heat reports in Colbert County from 2015 to 2025, 1,289 for every 100,000 residents: the most in Alabama. FEMA scores Mobile County highest at 98.0 (relatively high). In Alabama these are weather reports and an index, not outage counts.

Alabama top 5: Storm reports per 100,000 residents
Top 5 in Alabamareports 2015-2025 (AL)Residents (AL)Rank (AL)
Colbert County1,28957,6481st
Lauderdale County1,07295,0372nd
Jackson County90852,8393rd
Clarke County76722,8024th
Geneva County75226,7265th
Alabama top 5: FEMA risk score
Top 5 in Alabamascore 0-100 (AL)Residents (AL)Rank (AL)
Mobile County98.0413,1621st
Jefferson County97.6669,7442nd
Baldwin County96.7239,9453rd
Madison County94.6397,1354th
Montgomery County91.8227,1975th

Flood claims and flood insurance in Alabama

Baldwin County has the most NFIP flood claims per 1,000 homes in Alabama: 34.7 from 2015 to 2025, against 1.0 in the median Alabama county. Baldwin County has the highest share of homes with flood insurance (9.2%, median county 0.4%). Claims are a record of insured losses, not outage counts.

Alabama top 5: Flood claims per 1,000 homes
Top 5 in Alabamaclaims 2015-2025 (AL)Residents (AL)Rank (AL)
Baldwin County34.7239,9451st
Greene County8.07,5892nd
Mobile County5.3413,1623rd
Pickens County4.618,8434th
Escambia County3.136,6955th
Alabama top 5: Flood insurance penetration
Top 5 in Alabama% of homes insured (AL)Residents (AL)Rank (AL)
Baldwin County9.2%239,9451st
Mobile County3.6%413,1622nd
Madison County2.2%397,1353rd
Greene County1.8%7,5894th
Lowndes County1.6%10,0085th

FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP, as of 8 Sep 2026. Flood claims by county.

Outliers: Alabama counties far from the state median

10 county-measure pairs sit 3 or more scaled median-absolute-deviation units from the Alabama median. Most extreme: Baldwin County, flood claims per 1,000 homes 34.7 against a median of 1.0.

Alabama outliers by deviation from the state median
CountyMeasureValueAlabama medianDeviations
Baldwin CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes34.71.0+61.6
Baldwin CountyFlood insurance penetration9.2%0.4%+24.9
Greene CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes8.01.0+12.9
Mobile CountyFlood insurance penetration3.6%0.4%+9.1
Mobile CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes5.31.0+8.0
Pickens CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes4.61.0+6.7
Madison CountyFlood insurance penetration2.2%0.4%+5.2
Colbert CountyStorm reports per 100,000 residents1,289287+4.8
Shelby CountyHomes built before 198017%45%-4.3
Greene CountyFlood insurance penetration1.8%0.4%+3.9

Old homes, electric heat and utilities in Alabama

Dallas County has the oldest stock: 60% of homes date from before 1980. Electric heat is most common in Houston County at 92% of homes, and Marshall County lists 8 utilities, the most in Alabama.

Alabama top 5: Homes built before 1980
Top 5 in Alabama% of homes (AL)Residents (AL)Rank (AL)
Dallas County60%37,5361st
Jefferson County58%669,7442nd
Etowah County58%103,2083rd
Lamar County55%13,8094th
Marion County54%29,1905th
Alabama top 5: Homes heated by electricity
Top 5 in Alabama% of homes (AL)Residents (AL)Rank (AL)
Houston County92%107,6281st
Geneva County89%26,7262nd
Henry County89%17,4503rd
Dale County88%49,5164th
Baldwin County87%239,9455th

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All 67 Alabama counties, sortable

67 Alabama counties, all measures
Autauga County59,2852.7%11.9%10157.634%60%20.90.9%60
Baldwin County239,9452.0%9.4%7496.719%87%434.79.2%177
Barbour County24,7574.0%12.4%24648.146%85%41.00.3%61
Bibb County22,1524.2%13.0%20839.141%69%2no data0.2%46
Blount County59,2923.7%11.8%20168.538%74%10.30.1%119
Bullock County10,1574.7%14.0%40425.339%64%3no data0.1%41
Butler County18,8073.8%11.7%28745.251%70%2no data0.0%54
Calhoun County116,1413.5%11.7%7788.552%65%30.60.6%89
Chambers County34,4503.7%10.6%16047.252%71%30.70.2%55
Cherokee County25,2243.8%10.9%42463.339%67%21.31.3%107
Chilton County45,5003.2%9.8%13454.742%76%2no data0.1%61
Choctaw County12,5253.4%11.6%46370.646%75%21.20.4%58
Clarke County22,8023.5%12.6%76753.446%63%31.00.3%175
Clay County14,1883.9%12.3%32426.746%59%3no datano data46
Cleburne County15,2544.1%11.1%22327.541%61%2no data0.1%34
Coffee County54,2312.7%10.0%54883.442%87%52.50.6%297
Colbert County57,6483.5%11.9%1,28980.750%63%41.60.3%743
Conecuh County11,4114.4%13.5%42131.140%68%2no data0.1%48
Coosa County10,3233.6%9.9%38714.643%72%2no data0.3%40
Covington County37,6473.2%10.4%20582.449%77%50.30.5%77
Crenshaw County13,1443.1%10.5%72334.448%70%3no data0.0%95
Cullman County89,4632.9%9.4%36281.943%75%40.50.2%324
Dale County49,5163.1%10.1%48567.746%88%60.30.3%240
Dallas County37,5365.1%14.8%14770.860%49%31.01.1%55
DeKalb County71,9463.4%9.7%42580.445%69%40.30.2%306
Elmore County88,6692.8%10.7%13172.229%73%20.71.1%116
Escambia County36,6953.6%10.7%21585.041%85%33.10.5%79
Etowah County103,2083.8%11.4%9387.358%60%40.60.5%96
Fayette County16,1734.2%13.8%35238.250%67%1no data0.2%57
Franklin County31,9783.9%11.6%51067.746%58%3no data0.1%163
Geneva County26,7263.5%9.9%75253.449%89%30.70.4%201
Greene County7,5894.6%12.4%54029.347%64%28.01.8%41
Hale County14,7494.6%14.5%46839.142%75%22.91.0%69
Henry County17,4503.1%11.4%74542.048%89%30.60.3%130
Houston County107,6282.4%8.6%23487.844%92%31.10.7%252
Jackson County52,8393.4%10.1%90879.046%73%30.50.5%480
Jefferson County669,7442.7%12.3%3797.658%48%31.80.5%250
Lamar County13,8093.8%11.2%50731.455%63%1no data0.2%70
Lauderdale County95,0372.8%9.9%1,07285.551%68%10.50.3%1,019
Lawrence County33,1823.5%11.7%63369.336%73%41.30.4%210
Lee County177,6632.5%10.9%5079.724%79%40.50.5%88
Limestone County107,5772.0%8.8%25780.028%78%10.30.6%276
Lowndes County10,0085.0%16.4%32029.134%65%4no data1.6%32
Macon County18,9514.8%15.6%20623.952%50%2no data0.2%39
Madison County397,1351.9%8.8%15794.633%75%11.22.2%622
Marengo County19,0273.8%13.9%29452.245%71%20.80.8%56
Marion County29,1903.8%10.8%31969.154%56%1no data0.2%93
Marshall County98,7122.6%9.2%24687.341%68%80.60.2%243
Mobile County413,1623.3%11.8%5598.051%63%25.33.6%228
Monroe County19,5804.1%13.0%24048.743%79%4no data0.1%47
Montgomery County227,1973.0%12.2%3091.852%51%31.10.9%68
Morgan County123,7422.7%9.5%35088.845%73%41.20.9%433
Perry County8,2315.8%11.8%43718.840%63%3no data0.1%36
Pickens County18,8434.2%13.0%29744.748%65%24.60.9%56
Pike County32,9533.0%9.9%20344.038%78%3no data0.1%67
Randolph County22,3103.9%12.1%26930.640%61%2no data0.1%60
Russell County58,8583.4%11.5%8554.746%76%21.50.3%50
Shelby County226,9552.2%11.9%6390.317%57%22.80.7%143
St. Clair County92,9033.2%10.9%10472.124%67%20.60.9%97
Sumter County12,0205.2%13.0%54153.050%67%20.80.6%65
Talladega County81,1704.0%13.1%10384.746%66%31.00.9%84
Tallapoosa County41,0703.7%12.7%22267.543%74%4no data0.4%91
Tuscaloosa County234,0362.8%11.0%4990.834%70%21.20.8%114
Walker County64,8863.9%12.5%14682.646%80%10.80.2%95
Washington County15,2702.6%11.3%41945.646%76%4no data0.1%64
Wilcox County10,3474.7%12.8%38736.741%65%3no data0.8%40
Winston County23,6373.7%11.2%30959.241%65%20.60.2%73

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Alabama: click a header to sort. Per-capita storm rates start at 5,000 residents.

Sources

Alabama sources with periods and retrieval dates
SourcePeriodRetrieved
DOE LEAD (AL)20222 Oct 2026
FEMA NRI (AL)Dec 20252 Oct 2026
NOAA Storm Events (AL)2015 to 20252 Oct 2026
Census ACS (AL)2019 to 20232 Oct 2026
EIA-861 (AL)20241 Oct 2026

Alabama LEAD figures are group estimates, not bills. Methodology.

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Questions

Which Alabama county has the highest home energy burden?

Perry County: 5.8% of income, against 3.5% for the median Alabama county (DOE LEAD 2022).

Which Alabama county has the lowest energy burden?

Madison County at 1.9% of income.

How does Alabama compare with the whole country?

The median Alabama county has a burden of 3.5% and the median U.S. county 3.3%, across 67 Alabama counties and 3,053 U.S. counties with data.

Where do storms cause the most trouble in Alabama?

Colbert County has the most NOAA storm reports per 100,000 residents: 1,289 between 2015 and 2025.

Which Alabama county has the highest FEMA risk score?

Mobile County: 98.0, rated relatively high by FEMA (Dec 2025).

Where are the oldest homes in Alabama?

Dallas County: 60% of homes were built before 1980; the median Alabama county is at 45% (Census ACS 2023).

Which Alabama county relies most on electric heat?

Houston County: 92% of homes heat with electricity, against 69% in the median county.

Which Alabama county has the most flood claims per home?

Baldwin County: 34.7 NFIP claims per 1,000 homes from 2015 to 2025; the median Alabama county has 1.0 (FEMA OpenFEMA).

Are storm reports the same as power outages in Alabama?

No: in Alabama they are weather reports, not outage counts.

Where can Alabama households get help with bills?

See the Alabama help page. Highest burden: Perry County.

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5.8% of income goes to home energy in Perry County, the highest of 67 Alabama counties