Disaster payments in Alabama totaled $51.1 million in 2016
Counties in Alabama Receiving Total Disaster Programs payments, 2016
| Rank |
County |
Total Disaster Programs
2016 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Houston County, Alabama | $17,239,564 | 33.8% | 33.8% |
| 2 | DeKalb County, Alabama | $2,793,122 | 5.5% | 39.2% |
| 3 | Coffee County, Alabama | $1,966,207 | 3.9% | 43.1% |
| 4 | Marshall County, Alabama | $1,762,796 | 3.5% | 46.5% |
| 5 | Jackson County, Alabama | $1,480,514 | 2.9% | 49.4% |
| 6 | Randolph County, Alabama | $1,402,476 | 2.7% | 52.2% |
| 7 | Henry County, Alabama | $1,095,836 | 2.1% | 54.3% |
| 8 | Morgan County, Alabama | $1,034,272 | 2.0% | 56.4% |
| 9 | Dale County, Alabama | $1,027,550 | 2.0% | 58.4% |
| 10 | Pike County, Alabama | $1,022,358 | 2.0% | 60.4% |
| 11 | Franklin County, Alabama | $1,017,322 | 2.0% | 62.4% |
| 12 | Clay County, Alabama | $956,517 | 1.9% | 64.2% |
| 13 | Marion County, Alabama | $906,508 | 1.8% | 66.0% |
| 14 | Geneva County, Alabama | $860,428 | 1.7% | 67.7% |
| 15 | Etowah County, Alabama | $836,507 | 1.6% | 69.3% |
| 16 | Limestone County, Alabama | $803,704 | 1.6% | 70.9% |
| 17 | Cherokee County, Alabama | $795,031 | 1.6% | 72.5% |
| 18 | Lawrence County, Alabama | $783,204 | 1.5% | 74.0% |
| 19 | Calhoun County, Alabama | $773,433 | 1.5% | 75.5% |
| 20 | Talladega County, Alabama | $759,089 | 1.5% | 77.0% |
| 21 | Saint Clair County, Alabama | $693,947 | 1.4% | 78.4% |
| 22 | Dallas County, Alabama | $669,098 | 1.3% | 79.7% |
| 23 | Chambers County, Alabama | $663,228 | 1.3% | 81.0% |
| 24 | Covington County, Alabama | $627,646 | 1.2% | 82.2% |
| 25 | Montgomery County, Alabama | $617,209 | 1.2% | 83.4% |
| 26 | Cleburne County, Alabama | $616,001 | 1.2% | 84.6% |
| 27 | Blount County, Alabama | $615,808 | 1.2% | 85.8% |
| 28 | Barbour County, Alabama | $602,376 | 1.2% | 87.0% |
| 29 | Lauderdale County, Alabama | $567,516 | 1.1% | 88.1% |
| 30 | Madison County, Alabama | $514,797 | 1.0% | 89.1% |
| 31 | Lowndes County, Alabama | $482,087 | 0.9% | 90.1% |
| 32 | Lee County, Alabama | $434,985 | 0.9% | 90.9% |
| 33 | Elmore County, Alabama | $386,911 | 0.8% | 91.7% |
| 34 | Autauga County, Alabama | $382,918 | 0.7% | 92.4% |
| 35 | Winston County, Alabama | $372,717 | 0.7% | 93.2% |
| 36 | Shelby County, Alabama | $370,611 | 0.7% | 93.9% |
| 37 | Bullock County, Alabama | $342,339 | 0.7% | 94.5% |
| 38 | Colbert County, Alabama | $310,137 | 0.6% | 95.2% |
| 39 | Tallapoosa County, Alabama | $280,576 | 0.5% | 95.7% |
| 40 | Fayette County, Alabama | $269,109 | 0.5% | 96.2% |
| 41 | Chilton County, Alabama | $218,016 | 0.4% | 96.7% |
| 42 | Russell County, Alabama | $209,348 | 0.4% | 97.1% |
| 43 | Butler County, Alabama | $204,713 | 0.4% | 97.5% |
| 44 | Lamar County, Alabama | $185,218 | 0.4% | 97.8% |
| 45 | Coosa County, Alabama | $162,293 | 0.3% | 98.1% |
| 46 | Cullman County, Alabama | $158,991 | 0.3% | 98.5% |
| 47 | Macon County, Alabama | $136,600 | 0.3% | 98.7% |
| 48 | Escambia County, Alabama | $124,520 | 0.2% | 99.0% |
| 49 | Pickens County, Alabama | $111,303 | 0.2% | 99.2% |
| 50 | Bibb County, Alabama | $91,027 | 0.2% | 99.4% |
| 51 | Monroe County, Alabama | $83,243 | 0.2% | 99.5% |
| 52 | Jefferson County, Alabama | $50,573 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 53 | Baldwin County, Alabama | $43,384 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 54 | Walker County, Alabama | $39,552 | 0.1% | 99.8% |
| 55 | Washington County, Alabama | $35,454 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 56 | Conecuh County, Alabama | $27,445 | 0.1% | 99.9% |
| 57 | Sumter County, Alabama | $11,707 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 58 | Clarke County, Alabama | $10,356 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 59 | Crenshaw County, Alabama | $8,939 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 60 | Marengo County, Alabama | $6,489 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 61 | Greene County, Alabama | $2,614 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 62 | Choctaw County, Alabama | $1,790 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 63 | Tuscaloosa County, Alabama | $1,409 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 64 | Wilcox County, Alabama | $-205 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.
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