County · Alabama

Madison County, Alabama

Madison County, Alabama has a quality-of-life score of 74 out of 100 (high), ranking #825 of 3,143 US counties. Within Alabama it ranks #2 of 67 counties. It ranks best on child care cost burden (low), unemployment rate (low) and mental health care shortage (low). It ranks worst on students per teacher (high), homicide rate (high) and public libraries (low).

74High

Quality-of-life score: #825 of 3,143 counties
Alabama: #2 of 67 in AL
Population: 433,516 (2025)
Land area: 802 mi²
Density: 540.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 01089

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 80 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.

Safety12#2,711/3,096
Economy95#148/3,143
Housing77#713/3,140
Health73#859/3,144
Healthcare85#475/3,143
Environment46#1,679/3,108
Education75#783/3,144
Infrastructure89#339/3,144
Community32#2,129/3,144
Leisure & amenities71#919/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Child care cost burden · low17.3%
98/100Alabama 25.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Unemployment rate · low2.4%
97/100Alabama 2.8%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
96/100Alabama 14.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Gyms and fitness centers · high2.3 /10k
96/100Alabama 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Average weekly wage · high$1,529
96/100Alabama $1,240United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bachelor's degree or higher · high46.4%
96/100Alabama 28.4%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Weaknesses

Students per teacher · high17.8×
8/100Alabama 17.4×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics
Homicide rate · high6.3 /100k
9/100Alabama 9.8 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Public libraries · low0.3 /10k
9/100Alabama 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services
Time spent in the emergency room · high200 min
10/100Alabama 155 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Property crime rate · high1,771 /100k
12/100Alabama 1,462 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2024Federal Bureau of Investigation
Firearm deaths · high17.0 /100k
15/100Alabama 21.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data

Trends

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

PopulationRising
390,515 (2020) → 433,516 (2025)
+11%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 43% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+43 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
31.3 /100k (2021) → 11.1 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−65%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
68.1% (2010 & 2021) → 78.2% (2022 & 2024)
+10 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Violent crime rateImproving
646 /100k (2019) → 354 /100k (2024)
−45%5 yearsUS 369 /100k → 363 /100k
Preventable hospital staysImproving
4,296 /100k (2019) → 2,555 /100k (2023)
−41%4 yearsUS 3,767 /100k → 2,769 /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, Madison County, Alabama improved on 12 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 15 moved within the margin of error and 3 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 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Child poverty−5 points16.8% → 11.8%
Arts & recreation+32%3.3 /10k → 4.3 /10k
Restaurants+19%7.0 /10k → 8.3 /10k
Poverty−1.9 points11.5% → 9.6%
Overdose deaths−56%25.1 /100k → 11.1 /100k

Declined1

Price / income+0.6×2.8× → 3.5×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Madison County, Alabama between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.3 /10k2020	4.3 /10k2025	+32%	Improved	83%
Average commute time	21.5 min2015-2019	22.1 min2020-2024	+0.6 min	Within the margin of error	44%
Average weekly wage	$1,3102020	$1,5292025	+17%	Improved	10%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.8%2015-2019	46.4%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Improved	66%
Broadband subscriptions	86.4%2015-2019	92.3%2020-2024	+5.9 points	Improved	15%
Child poverty rate	16.8%2019	11.8%2024	−5 points	Improved	89%
Distance to an airport	13 mi2020	13 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	25.1 /100k2020	11.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−56%	Improved	82%
Effective property tax rate	0.45%2015-2019	0.39%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	35%
Firearm deaths	13.8 /100k2020	17.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+23%	Within the margin of error	20%
Grocery stores	1.2 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	+16%	Within the margin of error	84%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.9 /10k2020	2.3 /10k2025	+18%	Within the margin of error	70%
High school diploma or higher	91.7%2015-2019	92.8%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	28%
Homicide rate	5.9 /100k2020	6.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+6.8%	Within the margin of error	16%
Income adjusted for local prices	$57,7152019	$74,1772024	+29%	Improved	29%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4622015-2019	0.4642020-2024	+0.002	Within the margin of error	52%
Median household income	$68,6092019	$89,1972024	+30%	Improved	76%
New business applications	12.8 /1k2020	14.3 /1k2025	+12%	Improved	15%
Pharmacies	2.1 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	−18%	Within the margin of error	28%
Poverty rate	11.5%2019	9.6%2024	−1.9 points	Improved	83%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	−25%	Within the margin of error	3%
Public transit commuters	0.2%2015-2019	0.2%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Rent as share of income	27.9%2015-2019	27.5%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	45.2%2015-2019	44.2%2020-2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Restaurants and bars	7.0 /10k2020	8.3 /10k2025	+19%	Improved	84%
Students per teacher	18.3×2019	17.8×2024	−0.5×	Little change	44%
Suicide rate	13.8 /100k2020	15.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+14%	Within the margin of error	28%
Traffic deaths	10.9 /100k2015-2019	11.2 /100k2020-2024	+3%	Within the margin of error	52%
Unemployment rate	4.9%2020	2.4%2025	−2.5 points	Improved	50%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.2%2019	8.3%2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	46%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 1857 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; 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 Madison County, Alabama five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Madison 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, Madison County, Alabama itself moved +2.5 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

405,718 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (−1.2 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

405,718 residents

Madison County, Alabama
Alabama share

White62%250,071
Black24%95,562
Hispanic or Latino6.8%27,577
Asian2.5%10,152
American Indian and Alaska Native0.4%1,459
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.1%†228
Other or two or more races5.1%20,669

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−3.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

278,833 residents (±66)

Madison County, Alabama
Alabama share

No high school diploma7.2%20,076
High school or GED19%53,397
Some college19%54,097
Associate degree7.8%21,819
Bachelor's degree28%77,118
Graduate degree19%52,326

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Graduate degree (+2.0 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

165,031 households (±1,056)

Madison County, Alabama
Alabama share

Under $25k13%21,388
$25k–50k16%27,228
$50k–75k15%25,056
$75k–100k12%19,822
$100k–150k19%31,153
$150k–200k11%17,459
$200k or more14%22,925

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+6.3 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

165,031 households (±1,056)

Madison County, Alabama
Alabama share

Own68%112,734
Rent32%52,297

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+1.5 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

50,215 households (±1,753)

Madison County, Alabama
Alabama share

Under $75011%5,622
$750–1,00021%10,689
$1,000–1,50040%20,198

Home values

112,734 homes (±1,610)

Madison County, Alabama
Alabama share

Under $150k16%17,769
$150k–250k23%25,838
$250k–400k33%37,100

Age of homes

178,607 homes (±187)

Madison County, Alabama
Alabama share

2010 or later21%37,062
2000–200918%32,368
1980–199929%51,556

Size of homes

178,607 homes (±187)

Madison County, Alabama
Alabama share

Studio1.7%3,074
1 bedroom8.8%15,776
2 bedrooms17%30,029

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

201,016 workers (±2,264)

Madison County, Alabama
Alabama share

Drive alone76%152,148
Carpool6.7%13,497
Public transit0.2%†321
Walk1.1%2,128
Bike0.0%†85
Work from home15%30,262
Other1.3%2,575

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−12.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

170,754 workers (±2,366)

Madison County, Alabama
Alabama share

Under 15 min25%43,008
15–29 min47%80,609
30–44 min21%35,563

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Huntsville, AL

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.

Madison County has 9,295 employer establishments, 225 for every 10,000 residents (0.91× the US rate of 248; 1.09× Alabama's), with 191,024 paid employees at an average annual pay of $67,688. The Census Bureau also counts 33,169 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 9,295; 33,169 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 225; US 248 · Alabama 207
Paid employees: 191,024
Average annual pay: $67,688; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	858	20.8	1.00×About typical	10,498	$71,447	1,473
Restaurants and other eating places	746	18	0.98×About typical	16,710	$21,892	150
Lessors of real estate	514	12.4	1.01×About typical	1,632	$59,070	3,864
Specialty trade contractors	425	10.3	0.66×Fewer than typical	4,625	$58,358	1,684
Limited-service restaurants	404	9.8	1.22×About typical	8,411	$19,624	66
Architectural, engineering and related services	357	8.6	2.48×More than typical	19,373	$118,479	385
Offices of physicians	318	7.7	1.19×About typical	4,659	$97,618	355
Religious organizations	279	6.7	1.22×About typical	3,252	$24,127	—
Computer systems design and related services	270	6.5	1.51×More than typical	10,780	$108,391	397
Services to buildings and dwellings	260	6.3	0.93×About typical	2,339	$36,060	2,360
Full-service restaurants	247	6	0.78×Fewer than typical	6,991	$25,203	51
Management, scientific and technical consulting	247	6	0.89×About typical	3,633	$101,533	1,343

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 413,411 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 $10.9B on contracts performed in Madison County, Alabama: $25,120 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $10.9B; −15% vs FY2025
Per resident: $25,120; US $1,994
Sole-source: 25%; US 30%
Single offer: 13%; 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

Department of the Army$3.5B32%
Missile Defense Agency$3B28%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$2.8B26%
Department of the Air Force$475.7M4.4%
Federal Acquisition Service$465.9M4.3%
Defense Logistics Agency$171.7M1.6%
Department of the Navy$86.7M0.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs$80.3M0.7%

Top recipients

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$1.5B13%
THE BOEING COMPANY$1.2B11%
DYNETICS, INC.$1B9.5%
BLUE ORIGIN, LLC$660M6.1%
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$591M5.4%

Spending by fiscal year

7.5BFY2017
9.7BFY2018
10.6BFY2019
9.8BFY2020
10.6BFY2021
9.3BFY2022
10.7BFY2023
11.5B

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$4.7B43%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$3.5B33%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$1.1B10%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$507.6M4.7%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$345.6M3.2%

Largest awards

PROVIDE DEVELOPMENTAL HARDWARE AND TEST ARTICLES, AND MANUFACTURE AND ASSEMBLE ARES I UPPER STAGES. THE UPPER STAGE (US) ELEMENT IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE ARES I LAUNCH VEHICLE AND PROVIDES THE SECOND STAGE OF FLIGHT. THE US ELEMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ROLL CONTROL DURING THE FIRST STAGE BURN AND SEPARATION; AND WILL PROVIDE THE GUIDANCE AND NAVIGATION, COMMAND AND DATA HANDLING, AND OTHER AVIONICS FUNCTIONS FOR THE ARES I DURING ALL PHASES OF THE ASCENT FLIGHT. THE US ELEMENT IS A NEW DESIGN THAT EMPHASIZES SAFETY, OPERABILITY, AND MINIMUM LIFE CYCLE COST. THE OVERALL DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION (DDT&E), PRODUCTION, AND SUSTAINING ENGINEERING EFFORTS INCLUDE ACTIVITIES PERFORMED BY THREE ORGANIZATIONS; THE NASA DESIGN TEAM (NDT), THE UPPER STAGE PRODUCTION CONTRACTOR (USPC) AND THE INSTRUMENT UNIT PRODUCTION CONTRACTOR (IUPC). FOR CLARITY, THE USPC WILL BE REFERRED TO AS THE CONTRACTOR THROUGHOUT THIS DOCUMENT. NASA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INTEGRATION OF THE PRIMARY ELEMENTS OF THE ARES I LAUNCH VEHICLE INCLUDING: THE FIRST STAGE, US INCLUDING INSTRUMENT UNIT (IU), AND US ENGINE; AND WILL ALSO INTEGRATE THE ARES I LAUNCH VEHICLE AT THE LAUNCH SITE. NASA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DDT&E, INCLUDING TECHNICAL AND PROGRAMMATIC INTEGRATION OF THE US SUBSYSTEMS AND GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED PROPERTY. NASA WILL LEAD THE EFFORT TO DEVELOP THE REQUIREMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS OF THE US ELEMENT, THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND TESTING REQUIREMENTS, AND ALL DESIGN DOCUMENTATION, INITIAL MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY PROCESS PLANNING, LOGISTICS PLANNING, AND OPERATIONS SUPPORT PLANNING. DEVELOPMENT, QUALIFICATION, AND ACCEPTANCE TESTING WILL BE CONDUCTED BY NASA AND THE CONTRACTOR TO SATISFY REQUIREMENTS AND FOR RISK MITIGATION. NASA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERALL UPPER STAGE VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION PROCESS AND WILL REQUIRE SUPPORT FROM THE CONTRACTOR. THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANUFACTURE AND ASSEMBLY OF THE UPPER STAGE TEST FLIGHT AND OPERATIONAL UPPER STAGE UNITS INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF UPPER STAGE INSTRUMENT UNIT, THE GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED US ENGINE, BOOSTER SEPARATION MOTORS, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED PROPERTY. A DESCRIPTION OF THE NASA MANAGED AND PERFORMED EFFORTS IS CONTAINED IN THE US WORK PACKAGES AND WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE CONTRACTOR TO ENSURE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE NDT, IUPC, AND CONTRACTOR DURING THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATION OF THE US ELEMENT. THE US CONCEPTUAL DESIGN DESCRIBED IN THE USO-CLV-SE-25704 US DESIGN DEFINITION DOCUMENT (DDD) IS THE BASELINE DESIGN FOR THIS CONTRACT. THE CONTRACTORS EARLY ROLE WILL BE TO PROVIDE PRODUCIBILITY ENGINEERING SUPPORT TO NASA VIA THE ESTABLISHED US OFFICE STRUCTURE AND TO PROVIDE INPUTS INTO THE FINAL DESIGN CONFIGURATION, SPECIFICATIONS, AND STANDARDS. NASA WILL TRANSITION THE MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY, LOGISTICS SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, AND THE SUSTAINING ENGINEERING FUNCTIONS TO THE CONTRACTOR AT THE KEY POINTS DURING THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM CURRENTLY PLANNED TO OCCUR NO LATER THAN 90 DAYS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE FOLLOWING MAJOR MILESTONES: MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY US PRELIMINARY DESIGN REVIEW (PDR) LOGISTICS SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE US PDR CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT US CRITICAL DESIGN REVIEW CDR) SUSTAINING ENGINEERING US DESIGN CERTIFICATION REVIEW (DCR) AFTER THE COMPLETION OF AN ORDERLY TRANSITION OF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE CONTRACTOR, NASA WILL ASSUME AN INSIGHT ROLE INTO THE CONTRACTORS PRODUCTION, SUSTAINING ENGINEERING, AND OPERATIONS SUPPORT OF THE ARES I US TEST PROGRAM AND FLIGHT HARDWARE. AFTER DCR, THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUSTAINING ENGINEERING PER SOW SECTION 4.7, AS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN AND SUPPORT THE US CONFIGURATION AND FOR PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS SUPPORT.

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 $2.8B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Madison County, Alabama: $6,557 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $2.8B; +1.1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,557; US $12,955
Loan face value: $387.2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1.5B53%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$658.2M23%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$175.8M6.2%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$136.5M4.8%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$50.5M1.8%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$47M1.7%
64.028 · Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance$24.9M0.9%
43.001 · Science$24.3M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE$54.7M1.9%
HUNTSVILLE, AL
HUNTSVILLE HOUSING AUTHORITY$35.8M1.3%
HUNTSVILLE, AL
ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$31.1M1.1%
MONTGOMERY, AL
ALABAMA A&M UNIVERSITY$30M1.1%
NORMAL, AL
ALABAMA A & M UNIVERSITY

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$1.9B66%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$731.9M26%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$69.6M2.4%
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$36M1.3%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Highway Administration$31.8M

Assistance by fiscal year

2.2BFY2021
2.1BFY2022
2.4BFY2023
2.6BFY2024
2.8BFY2025
2.8BFY2026

County aggregates

92%

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 Madison 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.

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

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Madison County, Alabama and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Madison County, Alabama	United States
FY2017	$20,728	$1,436
FY2018	$26,340	$1,552
FY2019	$28,411	$1,654
FY2020	$25,220	$1,880
FY2021	$26,744	$1,810
FY2022	$23,128	$1,917
FY2023	$25,864	$2,079
FY2024	$27,083	$2,047
FY2025	$29,474	$2,165
FY2026	$25,120 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Madison County, Alabama and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Madison County, Alabama	United States
FY2017	$703	$93.28
FY2018	$721	$105
FY2019	$1,490	$128
FY2020	$1,284	$145
FY2021	$930	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Madison County, Alabama and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Madison County, Alabama	United States
FY2021	$27,555	$5,748
FY2022	$23,552	$5,221
FY2023	$26,502	$5,364
FY2024	$27,630	$5,501
FY2025	$29,866	$5,732
FY2026	$25,474

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Madison County, Alabama and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Madison County, Alabama	United States
FY2021	$90.45	$298
FY2022	$125	$357
FY2023	$320	$301
FY2024	$147	$319
FY2025	$66.60	$360
FY2026	$90.60

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Madison County, Alabama and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Madison County, Alabama	United States
FY2021	$93.57	$239
FY2022	$88.93	$185
FY2023	$101	$229
FY2024	$215	$229
FY2025	$108	$249
FY2026	$98.53

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Madison County, Alabama and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Madison County, Alabama	United States
FY2021	$52.67	$2,304
FY2022	$5.68	$2,197
FY2023	$7.14	$2,274
FY2024	$11.86	$2,267
FY2025	$18.93	$2,397
FY2026	$28.33

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Madison County, Alabama and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Madison County, Alabama	United States
FY2021	$776	$1,186
FY2022	$218	$465
FY2023	$46.25	$76.52
FY2024	$66.06	$120
FY2025	$73.94	$148
FY2026	$71.83

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.

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

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Madison County, Alabama and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Madison County, Alabama	United States
2014	0.6%

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.

Construction contracts · FY2019

$1,490 per resident in FY2019, against an earlier average of $712 (2.1× that).

Compared with 5 similar counties

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

Job growth: change since 2018points

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/01089

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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.

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

House

Dale W. StrongR-AL-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 2.5%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area Madison County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Huntsville, AL72Central county

Cities and towns in Madison County

Places whose residents live mostly in Madison 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
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
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/01089

Calendar years	Madison County, Alabama	United States
2014	−2.1%	−4.2%
2015	−0.7%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.3%	+3.3%
2018	+5.5%	+6.8%
2019	+10.4%	+10.5%
2020	+21.0%	+19.4%
2021	+22.7%	+26.1%
2022	+27.1%	+30.6%
2023	+32.2%	+35.0%
2024	+36.8%	+41.0%
2025	+41.2%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Madison County, Alabama	United States
2014	−5.4%	−5.5%
2015	−2.3%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.6%	+4.1%
2018	+6.5%	+8.9%
2019	+11.7%	+13.5%
2020	+19.1%	+20.8%
2021	+28.8%	+32.1%
2022	+32.7%	+35.4%
2023	+40.2%	+42.9%
2024	+46.5%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Madison County, Alabama	United States
2014	7.6/1k	3.3/1k
2015	7.1/1k	3.7/1k
2016	8.1/1k	3.7/1k
2017	7.7/1k	3.9/1k
2018	7.6/1k	4.1/1k
2019	8.8/1k	4.2/1k
2020	10.0/1k	4.4/1k
2021	14.0/1k	5.2/1k
2022	7.9/1k	5.0/1k
2023	13.2/1k	4.5/1k
2024	11.1/1k	4.3/1k
2025	9.4/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Madison County, Alabama	United States
2014	−3.9%	−6.9%
2015	−3.4%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.5%	+4.7%
2018	+4.2%	+7.5%
2019	+12.1%	+14.0%
2020	+10.8%	+16.9%
2021	+28.1%	+21.0%
2022	+31.4%	+29.7%
2023	+40.8%	+34.9%
2024	+45.8%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Madison County, Alabama	United States
2014	14.2%	15.5%
2015	13.3%	14.7%
2016	13.5%	14.0%
2017	12.8%	13.4%
2018	11.9%	13.1%
2019	11.5%	12.3%
2020	10.5%	11.9%
2021	10.2%	12.8%
2022	11.3%	12.6%
2023	10.5%	12.5%
2024	9.6%	12.1%

Calendar years	Madison County, Alabama	United States
2014	6.2%	6.2%
2015	5.5%	5.3%
2016	4.9%	4.9%
2017	3.9%	4.4%
2018	3.4%	3.9%
2019	2.7%	3.7%
2020	4.9%	8.1%
2021	2.5%	5.4%
2022	2.1%	3.7%
2023	2.0%	3.6%
2024	2.5%	4.0%
2025	2.4%	4.3%

Calendar years	Madison County, Alabama	United States
2014	−4.7% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−3.2% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.9% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+8.6% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+17.1% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+33.5% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+62.5% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+77.1% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+78.0% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+77.0% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+77.3% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Madison County, Alabama	United States
2015	−2.2% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.1% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+12.0% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+21.5% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+37.6% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+60.5% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+66.6% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+72.1% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+72.6% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+74.2% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Madison County, Alabama	United States
2014	7.4/1k	8.5/1k
2015	7.6/1k	8.7/1k
2016	8.7/1k	9.1/1k
2017	9.9/1k	9.8/1k
2018	11.3/1k	10.7/1k
2019	10.5/1k	10.6/1k
2020	12.8/1k	13.1/1k
2021	15.8/1k	16.2/1k
2022	15.1/1k	15.1/1k
2023	14.5/1k	16.2/1k
2024	12.9/1k	15.4/1k
2025	14.3/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Madison County, Alabama	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+0.3 points	+0.2 points	−2.3 points to +2.1 points
Year −2	−0.3 points	+0.0 points	−1.2 points to +1.3 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+0.5 points	+0.6 points	−0.1 points to +1.6 points
Year +1	−4.1 points	−4.1 points	−7.0 points to −1.1 points
Year +2	+1.3 points	+2.5 points	−0.4 points to +5.0 points

Year	Madison County, Alabama	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−8.7%	−9.8%	−11.2% to −7.9%
Year −2	−0.5%	−3.1%	−4.7% to −1.3%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	−0.5%	+1.9%	+0.4% to +3.7%
Year +1	−0.4%	+2.8%	−0.4% to +7.6%

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

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What changed in five years

Improved12

Declined1

Counties like Madison County, Alabama five years ago that improved

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