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Walker County ranked 28th in Alabama for resident earnings in 2019

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Walker County ranked 28th among counties in Alabama by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The median income of Walker County residents was $24,078 per year, adjusted for inflation. It had 25,019 households with a population of 64,110.

The county with the highest median resident income in the state was Shelby County with $38,053 per year after adjusting for inflation – $13,975 more than Walker County. It had 79,630 households with a population of 213,432.

The county with the lowest median resident income in the state was Sumter County with $15,278 per year after adjusting for inflation – $8,800 less than Walker County. It had 5,202 households with a population of 12,797.

Alabama counties by earnings per resident (2019)

RankCountyEarnings per resident
1Shelby County$38,053
2Madison County$32,588
3Elmore County$29,988
4Baldwin County$29,802
5Autauga County$29,725
6Jefferson County$29,369
7St. Clair County$28,940
8Limestone County$28,473
9Coffee County$28,172
10Blount County$26,976
11Morgan County$26,510
12Montgomery County$26,487
13Lauderdale County$26,007
14Mobile County$25,908
15Lee County$25,439
16Colbert County$25,308
17Tuscaloosa County$25,278
18Houston County$25,191
19Dale County$24,767
20Russell County$24,726
21Lawrence County$24,698
22Covington County$24,623
23Marshall County$24,278
24Franklin County$24,210
25Cullman County$24,163
26Chilton County$24,132
27Randolph County$24,128
28Walker County$24,078
29Calhoun County$24,069
30Jackson County$24,004
31Henry County$23,973
32Etowah County$23,677
33Cleburne County$23,433
34Cherokee County$23,121
35Escambia County$22,986
36Chambers County$22,754
37Marengo County$22,415
38Clay County$22,404
39Geneva County$22,376
40Talladega County$22,313
41Bibb County$21,958
42DeKalb County$21,951
43Clarke County$21,613
44Fayette County$21,529
45Crenshaw County$21,337
46Pike County$20,958
47Winston County$20,905
48Monroe County$20,706
49Dallas County$20,682
50Choctaw County$20,652
51Marion County$20,344
52Pickens County$20,311
53Coosa County$20,110
54Hale County$19,167
55Barbour County$17,963
56Macon County$17,540
57Sumter County$15,278

* All values are inflation-adjusted

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