Every county in Alabama
66 countiesRanked by units under contract. 65 of 66 publish a wait figure; the rest are suppressed (fewer than 11 families), missing, or non-reporting, and are shown as "no data" rather than as a zero.
| County | Units | Households | Wait (mo, those admitted) | ELI need met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson County | 19,203 | 16,940 | 25 | 51.1% |
| Mobile County | 12,501 | 10,281 | 15 | 53% |
| Montgomery County | 5,154 | 5,009 | 41 | 38.1% |
| Tuscaloosa County | 4,905 | 3,983 | 25 | 33.7% |
| Madison County | 4,442 | 4,009 | 24 | 27.4% |
| Houston County | 2,217 | 1,979 | 22 | 48.7% |
| Calhoun County | 2,164 | 1,999 | 11 | 38.9% |
| Etowah County | 2,117 | 1,903 | 6 | 49.1% |
| Marshall County | 2,099 | 1,933 | 7 | 52.6% |
| Dallas County | 2,089 | 1,599 | 19 | 66.7% |
| Lee County | 1,999 | 1,674 | 25 | 14.6% |
| Morgan County | 1,936 | 1,377 | 21 | 34.4% |
| Lauderdale County | 1,931 | 1,613 | 7 | 43.9% |
| Russell County | 1,854 | 1,464 | 10 | 43.7% |
| Talladega County | 1,769 | 1,679 | 4 | 51.1% |
| Walker County | 1,539 | 1,126 | 6 | 54.1% |
| Colbert County | 1,297 | 1,107 | 9 | 50.6% |
| Pike County | 1,040 | 803 | 18 | 44.3% |
| Dale County | 1,016 | 819 | 18 | 33.3% |
| Tallapoosa County | 1,001 | 968 | 11 | 47.3% |
| DeKalb County | 989 | 949 | 6 | 40.1% |
| Limestone County | 968 | 776 | 37 | 30.2% |
| Marion County | 953 | 932 | 4 | 87% |
| Barbour County | 889 | 804 | 6 | 43.4% |
| Baldwin County | 864 | 788 | 10 | 15.1% |
| Coffee County | 812 | 721 | 18 | 32.3% |
| Macon County | 777 | 634 | 6 | 58.2% |
| Cullman County | 773 | 696 | 8 | 26.6% |
| Franklin County | 759 | 707 | 3 | 78.4% |
| Jackson County | 706 | 655 | 8 | 29.6% |
| Chambers County | 632 | 585 | 19 | 69.3% |
| Covington County | 631 | 603 | 10 | 34.4% |
| Shelby County | 575 | 545 | 12 | 13.1% |
| Sumter County | 518 | 441 | 11 | 43.8% |
| Butler County | 507 | 403 | 8 | 55.3% |
| Lamar County | 474 | 441 | 6 | 57.2% |
| Bullock County | 469 | 291 | 5 | 37.3% |
| Winston County | 463 | 446 | 3 | 49.6% |
| Blount County | 458 | 444 | 8 | 21.7% |
| Marengo County | 399 | 366 | 9 | 44.7% |
| Clay County | 396 | 337 | 6 | 51.7% |
| Pickens County | 389 | 358 | 5 | 47.7% |
| Escambia County | 383 | 343 | 16 | 13.2% |
| Crenshaw County | 375 | 322 | 5 | 67.5% |
| Fayette County | 363 | 347 | 8 | 56.6% |
| Lowndes County | 352 | 219 | 5 | 49.2% |
| Geneva County | 345 | 331 | 11 | 26.4% |
| St. Clair County | 324 | 310 | 32 | 16.9% |
| Perry County | 320 | 288 | 5 | 87.7% |
| Monroe County | 319 | 292 | 7 | 29.6% |
| Greene County | 302 | 278 | 50 | 44.3% |
| Cherokee County | 270 | 263 | 11 | 33.4% |
| Conecuh County | 262 | 246 | 2 | 91.4% |
| Autauga County | 261 | 255 | 29 | 20.9% |
| Elmore County | 253 | 211 | 13 | 14% |
| Lawrence County | 247 | 232 | 55 | 29.6% |
| Henry County | 246 | 228 | 17 | 43.6% |
| Randolph County | 218 | 200 | 9 | 17.2% |
| Chilton County | 190 | 186 | 15 | 16.4% |
| Hale County | 180 | 156 | 6 | 25.4% |
| Wilcox County | 161 | 151 | no data | 40.6% |
| Bibb County | 119 | 112 | 2 | 10.8% |
| Cleburne County | 106 | 100 | 11 | 20% |
| Clarke County | 103 | 83 | 12 | 11.2% |
| Coosa County | 49 | 48 | 11 | 31.3% |
| Washington County | 31 | 31 | 11 | 19.1% |
The wait is the time households who were admitted spent waiting. Everyone still on a list is absent from HUD's file entirely, so the real wait is longer than any figure here. Need is from HUD CHAS (2017-2021 ACS); supply is from the HUD Picture file (2025). See the methodology.
Generated 2026-07-13 02:52 UTC
Source: HUD Picture of Subsidized Households (2025 snapshot, 2009-2025 trend) joined to HUD CHAS 2017-2021 ACS for the eligible-household denominator