Alabama has 158 designated opportunity zones, including 153 low-income communities, plus 5 non-low-income contiguous tracts.
Urban vs. Rural
Alabama gave no preference to urban vs. rural when nominating their opportunity zones, keeping the urban-to-rural ratio consistent with the statewide ratio — 73% urban vs. 23% rural.
Alabama Opportunity Zones Map
Analysis of Alabama’s Opportunity Zones
| Characteristics | Designated Opportunity Zones | Eligible, nondesignated | All state tracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Descriptives (N) | |||
| Total number of tracts | 158 | 677 | 1,181 |
| Low-income communities | 153 | 476 | 629 |
| Contiguous | 5 | 200 | 205 |
| Economic (average or average %) | |||
| Median household income | $30,044 | $36,542 | $44,296 |
| Poverty rate | 32.79% | 23.92% | 20.90% |
| Unemployment rate | 12.91% | 10.77% | 9.60% |
| Housing (average or average %) | |||
| Median home value | $99,784 | $98,909 | $125,959 |
| Median rent/month | $624 | $666 | $738 |
| Homeownership | 51.60% | 65.76% | 66.95% |
| Severe rent burden | 24.62% | 21.22% | 20.47% |
| Vacancy rate | 19.26% | 18.67% | 16.59% |
| Demographic (average %) | |||
| White alone | 43.56% | 57.17% | 61.58% |
| Black alone | 49.18% | 36.14% | 31.45% |
| Hispanic | 4.17% | 3.86% | 3.77% |
| Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders alone | 1.03% | 0.77% | 1.10% |
| Younger than 18 | 21.60% | 22.52% | 22.41% |
| Older than 64 | 14.52% | 16.16% | 15.91% |
| Education (average %) | |||
| Age 25+ with high school degree or less | 53.95% | 54.50% | 48.42% |
| Age 25+ with bachelor’s degree or higher | 17.15% | 16.00% | 22.05% |
| Socioeconomic change flag (%) | 1.27% | 0.15% | 0.59% |
| Geography (%) | |||
| In a metro area | 72.78% | 64.11% | 72.90% |
| In a micro area | 9.49% | 19.20% | 14.73% |
| Non-core-based statistical area (not in a metro nor micro area) | 17.72% | 16.69% | 12.36% |
Data Source: Urban Institute
Alabama Counties & Cities
List of counties in Alabama: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Colbert, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dale, Dallas, DeKalb, Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Washington, Wilcox, Winston
List of top 150 cities located in Alabama: Birmingham, Montgomery, Huntsville, Mobile
Census tracts designated as opportunity zones in Alabama
Website: Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs
| County | Census Tract Number | Tract Type | ACS Data Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autauga | 01001020700 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Baldwin | 01003010200 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Baldwin | 01003010400 | Non-LIC Contiguous | 2011-2015 |
| Baldwin | 01003010500 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Baldwin | 01003010600 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Baldwin | 01003011501 | Non-LIC Contiguous | 2011-2015 |
| Baldwin | 01003011502 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Barbour | 01005950100 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Bibb | 01007010002 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Blount | 01009050500 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Bullock | 01011952200 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Butler | 01013952800 | Low-Income Community | 2012-2016 |
| Calhoun | 01015000700 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Calhoun | 01015000800 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Calhoun | 01015002101 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Chambers | 01017954300 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Cherokee | 01019955900 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Chilton | 01021060102 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Choctaw | 01023956800 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Clarke | 01025957902 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Clay | 01027959000 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Cleburne | 01029959600 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Coffee | 01031010900 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Colbert | 01033020200 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Conecuh | 01035960400 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Coosa | 01037961000 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Covington | 01039962000 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Covington | 01039962700 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Crenshaw | 01041963700 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Cullman | 01043964800 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Cullman | 01043965000 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Dale | 01045020700 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Dallas | 01047956500 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| DeKalb | 01049960900 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Elmore | 01051031000 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Elmore | 01051031300 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Escambia | 01053970400 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Etowah | 01055001200 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Fayette | 01057020300 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Franklin | 01059973700 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Geneva | 01061050300 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Greene | 01063060200 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Hale | 01065040400 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Henry | 01067030200 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Houston | 01069041500 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Jackson | 01071950600 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Jefferson | 01073000100 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Jefferson | 01073000300 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Jefferson | 01073000400 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Jefferson | 01073000500 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Jefferson | 01073000700 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Jefferson | 01073000800 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Jefferson | 01073001200 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Jefferson | 01073001400 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Jefferson | 01073001500 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Jefferson | 01073001600 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Jefferson | 01073001902 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Jefferson | 01073002200 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Jefferson | 01073002303 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Jefferson | 01073002400 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Jefferson | 01073002700 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Jefferson | 01073002900 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Jefferson | 01073003001 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Jefferson | 01073003002 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Jefferson | 01073003200 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Jefferson | 01073003900 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Jefferson | 01073004200 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Jefferson | 01073004500 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Jefferson | 01073010200 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Jefferson | 01073011209 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Jefferson | 01073011705 | Non-LIC Contiguous | 2011-2015 |
| Jefferson | 01073012002 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Jefferson | 01073012701 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Jefferson | 01073013100 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Lamar | 01075030100 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Lauderdale | 01077010100 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Lauderdale | 01077010900 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Lawrence | 01079979100 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Lee | 01081040200 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Lee | 01081040300 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Lee | 01081040604 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Lee | 01081040700 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Lee | 01081040800 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Lee | 01081041100 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Lee | 01081041300 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Limestone | 01083020201 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Limestone | 01083020600 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Limestone | 01083020700 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Lowndes | 01085780800 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Macon | 01087231500 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Macon | 01087231603 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Macon | 01087232200 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Madison | 01089000201 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Madison | 01089000202 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Madison | 01089001301 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Madison | 01089001402 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Madison | 01089001500 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Madison | 01089002100 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Madison | 01089002501 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Madison | 01089003000 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Madison | 01089003100 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Madison | 01089010622 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Marengo | 01091972900 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Marion | 01093964400 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Marion | 01093964500 | Non-LIC Contiguous | 2011-2015 |
| Marshall | 01095030100 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Mobile | 01097000200 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Mobile | 01097000401 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Mobile | 01097000600 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Mobile | 01097001002 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Mobile | 01097001200 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Mobile | 01097001302 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Mobile | 01097001400 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Mobile | 01097001501 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Mobile | 01097001502 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Mobile | 01097002600 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Mobile | 01097002800 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Mobile | 01097003402 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Mobile | 01097006403 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Mobile | 01097007400 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Monroe | 01099076000 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Montgomery | 01101000100 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Montgomery | 01101000200 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Montgomery | 01101000300 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Montgomery | 01101000500 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Montgomery | 01101000600 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Montgomery | 01101001000 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Montgomery | 01101001100 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Montgomery | 01101002100 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Montgomery | 01101002900 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Montgomery | 01101005603 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Montgomery | 01101005902 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Montgomery | 01101006000 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Morgan | 01103000100 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Perry | 01105687000 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Pickens | 01107050100 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Pike | 01109189100 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Randolph | 01111000500 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Russell | 01113030200 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| St. Clair | 01115040203 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Shelby | 01117030703 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Sumter | 01119011300 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Talladega | 01121010900 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Tallapoosa | 01123962300 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Tuscaloosa | 01125010403 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Tuscaloosa | 01125010404 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Tuscaloosa | 01125011600 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Tuscaloosa | 01125011701 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Tuscaloosa | 01125011800 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Tuscaloosa | 01125012100 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Tuscaloosa | 01125012303 | Non-LIC Contiguous | 2011-2015 |
| Tuscaloosa | 01125012405 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Tuscaloosa | 01125012600 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Tuscaloosa | 01125012800 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Walker | 01127020400 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Washington | 01129044200 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Wilcox | 01131035100 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Winston | 01133965700 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |