Rank	County	County Fit Score	baseline CountyScore	Delta
1	Lamar County, AL	62.5	66.4	-3.9
2	Perry County, AL	62.4	67.7	-5.3
3	Clay County, AL	61.7	60.8	+0.9
4	Washington County, AL	60.7	65.1	-4.4
5	Hale County, AL	60.3	66.7	-6.4
6	Morgan County, AL	59.5	63.4	-3.9
7	Coosa County, AL	59.3	56.4	+2.9
8	Lawrence County, AL	58.2	58.9	-0.7
9	Madison County, AL	58.2	61.6	-3.4
10	Pickens County, AL	57.7	66.1	-8.4
11	Winston County, AL	56.5	59.9	-3.4
12	DeKalb County, AL	54.4	61.9	-7.5
13	Shelby County, AL	54.1	58.6	-4.5
14	Crenshaw County, AL	53.8	55.8	-2
15	Jackson County, AL	53.8	61.7	-7.9
16	Geneva County, AL	53.7	61.5	-7.8
17	Greene County, AL	53.7	55.5	-1.8
18	Wilcox County, AL	53.7	57.7	-4
19	Bullock County, AL	53.3	53.5	-0.2
20	Cleburne County, AL	53.2	57.5	-4.3
21	Sumter County, AL	52.7	60.3	-7.6
22	Conecuh County, AL	52.6	57.7	-5.1
23	Randolph County, AL	52.2	55.9	-3.7
24	Henry County, AL	51.7	56.2	-4.5
25	Elmore County, AL	51.6	51.7	-0.1
26	Marshall County, AL	51.6	54.5	-2.9
27	Bibb County, AL	51	51.2	-0.2
28	Marion County, AL	50.6	58	-7.4
29	St. Clair County, AL	50.4	49.4	+1
30	Macon County, AL	50.2	55.3	-5.1
31	Fayette County, AL	50.1	53.9	-3.8
32	Franklin County, AL	49.7	55.8	-6.1
33	Blount County, AL	49.5	52.4	-2.9
34	Choctaw County, AL	48.8	55.3	-6.5
35	Chilton County, AL	48.5	46.2	+2.3
36	Russell County, AL	48.2	55.7	-7.5
37	Lowndes County, AL	47.9	55.3	-7.4
38	Monroe County, AL	47.4	53.2	-5.8
39	Tallapoosa County, AL	46.9	50.3	-3.4
40	Covington County, AL	46.7	55.9	-9.2
41	Lauderdale County, AL	46.5	53.4	-6.9
42	Limestone County, AL	46.5	42.4	+4.1
43	Cherokee County, AL	46.3	49.9	-3.6
44	Baldwin County, AL	45.6	48.5	-2.9
45	Colbert County, AL	44.7	51.8	-7.1
46	Barbour County, AL	44.3	45.8	-1.5
47	Cullman County, AL	44.2	49.7	-5.5
48	Houston County, AL	44.2	53.5	-9.3
49	Walker County, AL	44	47.2	-3.2
50	Autauga County, AL	43.7	41.6	+2.1
51	Montgomery County, AL	43.6	48.3	-4.7
52	Marengo County, AL	43.3	48.3	-5
53	Butler County, AL	42.9	44.8	-1.9
54	Dallas County, AL	42.8	50	-7.2
55	Clarke County, AL	42.7	48.3	-5.6
56	Chambers County, AL	42.5	45.2	-2.7
57	Talladega County, AL	41.8	47.3	-5.5
58	Escambia County, AL	39.9	45.7	-5.8
59	Pike County, AL	39.3	47.1	-7.8
60	Coffee County, AL	39.2	43.8	-4.6
61	Etowah County, AL	38.6	46.8	-8.2
62	Calhoun County, AL	38.4	44.2	-5.8
63	Lee County, AL	38	42.3	-4.3
64	Dale County, AL	37.5	45.5	-8
65	Tuscaloosa County, AL	36.6	39.8	-3.2
66	Jefferson County, AL	31.5	34.6	-3.1
67	Mobile County, AL	28	33	-5

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