The median income of Jefferson County residents was $29,369 per year, adjusted for inflation. It had 261,231 households with a population of 659,680.
The county with the highest median resident income in the state was Shelby County with $38,053 per year after adjusting for inflation – $8,684 more than Jefferson 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 – $14,091 less than Jefferson County. It had 5,202 households with a population of 12,797.
Alabama counties by earnings per resident (2019)
| Rank | County | Earnings per resident |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shelby County | $38,053 |
| 2 | Madison County | $32,588 |
| 3 | Elmore County | $29,988 |
| 4 | Baldwin County | $29,802 |
| 5 | Autauga County | $29,725 |
| 6 | Jefferson County | $29,369 |
| 7 | St. Clair County | $28,940 |
| 8 | Limestone County | $28,473 |
| 9 | Coffee County | $28,172 |
| 10 | Blount County | $26,976 |
| 11 | Morgan County | $26,510 |
| 12 | Montgomery County | $26,487 |
| 13 | Lauderdale County | $26,007 |
| 14 | Mobile County | $25,908 |
| 15 | Lee County | $25,439 |
| 16 | Colbert County | $25,308 |
| 17 | Tuscaloosa County | $25,278 |
| 18 | Houston County | $25,191 |
| 19 | Dale County | $24,767 |
| 20 | Russell County | $24,726 |
| 21 | Lawrence County | $24,698 |
| 22 | Covington County | $24,623 |
| 23 | Marshall County | $24,278 |
| 24 | Franklin County | $24,210 |
| 25 | Cullman County | $24,163 |
| 26 | Chilton County | $24,132 |
| 27 | Randolph County | $24,128 |
| 28 | Walker County | $24,078 |
| 29 | Calhoun County | $24,069 |
| 30 | Jackson County | $24,004 |
| 31 | Henry County | $23,973 |
| 32 | Etowah County | $23,677 |
| 33 | Cleburne County | $23,433 |
| 34 | Cherokee County | $23,121 |
| 35 | Escambia County | $22,986 |
| 36 | Chambers County | $22,754 |
| 37 | Marengo County | $22,415 |
| 38 | Clay County | $22,404 |
| 39 | Geneva County | $22,376 |
| 40 | Talladega County | $22,313 |
| 41 | Bibb County | $21,958 |
| 42 | DeKalb County | $21,951 |
| 43 | Clarke County | $21,613 |
| 44 | Fayette County | $21,529 |
| 45 | Crenshaw County | $21,337 |
| 46 | Pike County | $20,958 |
| 47 | Winston County | $20,905 |
| 48 | Monroe County | $20,706 |
| 49 | Dallas County | $20,682 |
| 50 | Choctaw County | $20,652 |
| 51 | Marion County | $20,344 |
| 52 | Pickens County | $20,311 |
| 53 | Coosa County | $20,110 |
| 54 | Hale County | $19,167 |
| 55 | Barbour County | $17,963 |
| 56 | Macon County | $17,540 |
| 57 | Sumter County | $15,278 |
* All values are inflation-adjusted
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