County · Alabama

Lamar County, Alabama

Lamar County, Alabama has a quality-of-life score of 22 out of 100 (low), ranking #2,459 of 3,143 US counties. Within Alabama it ranks #20 of 67 counties. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), job growth (high) and cost of buying a home today (low). It ranks worst on bachelor's degree or higher (low), mental health providers (low) and new homes permitted (low).

22Low

Quality-of-life score: #2,459 of 3,143 counties
Alabama: #20 of 67 in AL
Population: 13,587 (2025)
Land area: 605 mi²
Density: 22.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 01075

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety40#1,854/3,096
Economy27#2,292/3,143
Housing68#1,000/3,140
Health16#2,627/3,144
Healthcare19#2,550/3,143
Environment60#1,239/3,108
Education12#2,764/3,144
Infrastructure6#2,957/3,144
Community21#2,469/3,144
Leisure & amenities46#1,682/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Lamar County, Alabama ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Effective property tax rate · low0.24%
99/100Alabama 0.37%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Job growth · high5.1%
94/100Alabama 0.7%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Cost of buying a home today · low20.7%
85/100Alabama 26.3%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Property crime rate · low368 /100k
84/100Alabama 1,462 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Public libraries · high3.0 /10k
83/100Alabama 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services
Gyms and fitness centers · high1.5 /10k
83/100Alabama 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Weaknesses

Bachelor's degree or higher · low12.1%
4/100Alabama 28.4%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Mental health providers · low22 /100k
5/100Alabama 156 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
New homes permitted · low0.0 /1k
6/100Alabama 4.2 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Homicide rate · high8.5 /100k
6/100Alabama 9.8 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Access to exercise opportunities · low23.2%
6/100Alabama 61.4%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Broadband subscriptions · low77.7%
8/100Alabama 87.5%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.7 /10k (2020) → 1.5 /10k (2025)
+105%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
19.9 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
7.1% (2010 & 2021) → 23.2% (2022 & 2024)
+16 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 16% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+16 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
62.9% (2015-2019) → 77.7% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Violent crime rateWorsening
75 /100k (2020) → 123 /100k (2025)
+64%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Lamar County, Alabama improved on 9 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 20 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved9

Broadband+15 points62.9% → 77.7%
Property crime−59%899 /100k → 368 /100k
Students / teacher−1.2×17.2× → 16.0×
Uninsured−1.9 points11.9% → 10.0%
Household income+28%$42,686 → $54,598

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Lamar County, Alabama between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.2 /10k2020	2.2 /10k2025	+2.6%	Within the margin of error	45%
Average commute time	27.8 min2015-2019	25.4 min2020-2024	−2.3 min	Within the margin of error	91%
Average weekly wage	$8182020	$1,0112025	+24%	Improved	48%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%2015-2019	12.1%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Broadband subscriptions	62.9%2015-2019	77.7%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	79%
Child poverty rate	21.6%2019	22.3%2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Distance to an airport	80 mi2020	80 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	13.9 /100k2020	0.0 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−100%	Within the margin of error	97%
Effective property tax rate	0.21%2015-2019	0.24%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Grocery stores	2.9 /10k2020	2.9 /10k2025	+2.6%	Within the margin of error	65%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.7 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+105%	Within the margin of error	96%
High school diploma or higher	82.3%2015-2019	83.5%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	75%
Income adjusted for local prices	$40,9882019	$53,9292024	+32%	Improved	49%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4722015-2019	0.4392020-2024	−0.033	Within the margin of error	90%
Median household income	$42,6862019	$54,5982024	+28%	Improved	66%
New business applications	6.7 /1k2020	7.8 /1k2025	+17%	Improved	19%
Pharmacies	3.6 /10k2020	2.2 /10k2025	−38%	Within the margin of error	10%
Poverty rate	15.3%2019	18.1%2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Property crime rate	899 /100k2020	368 /100k2025	−59%	Improved	86%
Public libraries	2.9 /10k2019	3.0 /10k2024	+1.9%	Within the margin of error	68%
Rent as share of income	33.2%2015-2019	31.0%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Rent-burdened households	55.2%2015-2019	51.8%2020-2024	−3.4 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Restaurants and bars	5.7 /10k2020	4.4 /10k2025	−23%	Within the margin of error	11%
Students per teacher	17.2×2019	16.0×2024	−1.2×	Improved	70%
Suicide rate	15.5 /100k2020	14.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−5.2%	Within the margin of error	68%
Traffic deaths	31.7 /100k2015-2019	23.4 /100k2020-2024	−26%	Within the margin of error	84%
Unemployment rate	5.7%2020	3.2%2025	−2.5 points	Improved	49%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.9%2019	10.0%2024	−1.9 points	Improved	68%
Violent crime rate	75 /100k2020	123 /100k2025	+64%	Within the margin of error	7%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Lamar County, Alabama five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lamar County, Alabama in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Lamar County, Alabama itself moved +0.9 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

13,693 residents

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

5,086 households (±257)

Lamar County, Alabama
Alabama share

Under $25k27%1,395
$25k–50k23%1,148
$50k–75k18%898

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

5,086 households (±257)

Lamar County, Alabama
Alabama share

Own76%3,849
Rent24%1,237

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

5,159 workers (±305)

Lamar County, Alabama
Alabama share

Drive alone81%4,171
Carpool11%†580
Public transit0.0%0

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Lamar County has 243 employer establishments, 178 for every 10,000 residents (0.72× the US rate of 248; 0.86× Alabama's), with 3,201 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,754. The Census Bureau also counts 909 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 243; 909 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 178; US 248 · Alabama 207
Paid employees: 3,201
Average annual pay: $46,754; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Lamar County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	17	12.5	0.68×Fewer than typical	153	$15,203	10
Truck transportation	16	11.7	2.32×More than typical	178	$50,354	73
Specialty trade contractors	14	10.3	0.66×Fewer than typical	55	$48,982	115
Ambulatory health care services	13	9.5	0.46×Fewer than typical	77	$40,571	26
Religious organizations	12	8.8	1.59×More than typical	34	$22,618	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	9	6.6	1.62×Too few to compare	28	$26,393	8
Automotive repair and maintenance	9	6.6	1.31×Too few to compare	11	$37,545	33
Building equipment contractors	9	6.6	1.10×Too few to compare	28	$50,893	18
General merchandise stores	9	6.6	3.74×Too few to compare	54	$23,870	6
Gasoline stations	8	5.9	1.81×Too few to compare	28	$46,250	7
Full-service restaurants	7	5.1	0.67×Too few to compare	23	$27,957	3
Banks and credit unions	6	4.4	1.36×Too few to compare	78	$44,000	—

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 13,622 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $0 on contracts performed in Lamar County, Alabama: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

1.5MFY2017
44.3KFY2018
108.7KFY2019
212.3KFY2020
-64.7KFY2021
4.5KFY2023

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $96.4M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Lamar County, Alabama: $7,093 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $96.4M; −18% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,093; US $12,955
Loan face value: $3.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.9%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$58.6M61%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$13.8M14%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$9.4M9.7%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$6.2M6.4%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$3.9M4.0%
14.872 · Public Housing Capital Fund$992.6K1.0%
14.850 · Public Housing Operating Fund$904K0.9%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$797.1K0.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF VERNON$1M1.1%
VERNON, AL
THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF SULLIGENT$723.5K0.8%
SULLIGENT, AL
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE TOWN OF MILLPORT$247.2K0.3%
MILLPORT, AL
MILLPORT PROP LTD$212.9K0.2%
TUSCALOOSA, AL
BLUE PLAINS TECHNOLOGY, LLC

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$82.6M86%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$10.8M11%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$1.9M2.0%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Railroad Retirement Board$797.1K0.8%
Farm Service Agency$692.6K

Assistance by fiscal year

96.7MFY2021
94.2MFY2022
97.2MFY2023
108.2MFY2024
117.2MFY2025
96.4MFY2026

County aggregates

98%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Lamar County, Alabama compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Lamar County, Alabama
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lamar County, Alabama and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lamar County, Alabama	United States
FY2017	$106	$1,436
FY2018	$3.19	$1,552
FY2019	$7.87	$1,654
FY2020	$15.22	$1,880
FY2021	-$4.72	$1,810
FY2022	$0	$1,917
FY2023	$0.33	$2,079
FY2024	$0	$2,047
FY2025	$0	$2,165
FY2026	$0 (partial year)	$1,911

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lamar County, Alabama and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lamar County, Alabama	United States
FY2021	$654	$5,748
FY2022	$451	$5,221
FY2023	$378	$5,364
FY2024	$707	$5,501
FY2025	$1,145	$5,732
FY2026	$61.02

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lamar County, Alabama and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lamar County, Alabama	United States
FY2021	$525	$298
FY2022	$300	$357
FY2023	$69.35	$301
FY2024	$533	$319
FY2025	$970	$360
FY2026	-$78.57

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lamar County, Alabama and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lamar County, Alabama	United States
FY2021	$168	$239
FY2022	$171	$185
FY2023	$364	$229
FY2024	$219	$229
FY2025	$207	$249
FY2026	$168

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lamar County, Alabama and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lamar County, Alabama	United States
FY2021	$516	$1,186
FY2022	$91.90	$465
FY2023	-$13.57	$76.52
FY2024	$0	$120
FY2025	$0	$148
FY2026	$0

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Lamar County, Alabama
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Lamar County, Alabama and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Lamar County, Alabama	United States
2014	−2.4%	2.0%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Housing assistance · FY2023

$364 per resident in FY2023, against an earlier average of $169 (2.1× that).

Compared with 10 similar counties

Lamar County, Alabama
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/01075

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Lamar County, Alabama is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Robert B. AderholtR-AL-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 3.0%

Senate

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Cities and towns in Lamar County

Places whose residents live mostly in Lamar County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/01075

Calendar years	Lamar County, Alabama	United States
2014	−1.7%	−4.2%
2015	−1.0%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.4%	+3.3%
2018	+8.6%	+6.8%
2019	+11.7%	+10.5%
2020	+15.4%	+19.4%
2021	+18.2%	+26.1%
2022	+26.7%	+30.6%
2023	+31.9%	+35.0%
2024	+37.9%	+41.0%
2025	+42.6%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Lamar County, Alabama	United States
2014	−5.2%	−5.5%
2015	−1.1%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.5%	+4.1%
2018	+4.0%	+8.9%
2019	+9.2%	+13.5%
2020	+17.4%	+20.8%
2021	+27.4%	+32.1%
2022	+28.0%	+35.4%
2023	+34.4%	+42.9%
2024	+43.1%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Lamar County, Alabama	United States
2014	0.0/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.0/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.0/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.3/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.0/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.1/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.0/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.0/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.0/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.0/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.0/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.0/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Lamar County, Alabama	United States
2014	−9.9%	−6.9%
2015	−4.8%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.7%	+4.7%
2018	+6.7%	+7.5%
2019	+11.3%	+14.0%
2020	+4.8%	+16.9%
2021	+15.4%	+21.0%
2022	+34.3%	+29.7%
2023	+32.8%	+34.9%
2024	+42.3%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Lamar County, Alabama	United States
2014	−6.7% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−6.4% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+1.8% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+1.7% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+14.4% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+28.9% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+56.6% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+56.7% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+47.2% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+46.6% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+32.3% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Lamar County, Alabama	United States
2014	6.9%	6.2%
2015	6.3%	5.3%
2016	5.9%	4.9%
2017	4.6%	4.4%
2018	4.0%	3.9%
2019	3.5%	3.7%
2020	5.7%	8.1%
2021	3.2%	5.4%
2022	2.8%	3.7%
2023	2.9%	3.6%
2024	3.3%	4.0%
2025	3.2%	4.3%

Calendar years	Lamar County, Alabama	United States
2014	20.6%	15.5%
2015	24.7%	14.7%
2016	18.6%	14.0%
2017	18.7%	13.4%
2018	17.4%	13.1%
2019	15.3%	12.3%
2020	17.4%	11.9%
2021	17.0%	12.8%
2022	18.1%	12.6%
2023	16.4%	12.5%
2024	18.1%	12.1%

Calendar years	Lamar County, Alabama	United States
2014	14.0%	13.5%
2015	12.6%	10.9%
2016	11.1%	10.0%
2017	11.5%	10.2%
2018	11.9%	10.4%
2019	11.9%	10.8%
2020	12.1%	10.4%
2021	11.9%	10.2%
2022	11.1%	9.5%
2023	10.3%	9.5%
2024	10.0%	9.8%

Calendar years	Lamar County, Alabama	United States
2014	3.8/1k	8.5/1k
2015	2.9/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.3/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.2/1k	9.8/1k
2018	4.0/1k	10.7/1k
2019	4.1/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.7/1k	13.1/1k
2021	6.4/1k	16.2/1k
2022	7.4/1k	15.1/1k
2023	8.3/1k	16.2/1k
2024	7.8/1k	15.4/1k
2025	7.8/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Lamar County, Alabama	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−17.7%	−16.7%	−19.2% to −15.5%
Year −2	−0.1%	−2.9%	−8.4% to +0.8%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	−6.1%	+0.3%	−4.4% to +8.6%
Year +1	−6.5%	+3.8%	−1.9% to +11.7%
Year +2	−15.6%	+0.8%	−6.0% to +6.8%

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