Rank	County	Score	Property Tax	Cost of Living	Income & Jobs	Health	Disaster Risk
1	Coosa County	77.1	94.6	87.5	20.6	61.7	85.5
2	Lamar County	76.8	96.2	91.3	14.4	61.7	68.6
3	Clay County	76.5	95.9	90.2	17.2	59.6	73.3
4	Randolph County	75.5	96	88.3	17	59.5	69.4
5	Washington County	75.2	95.7	89.3	22.9	60.4	54.4
6	Cleburne County	74.5	94.1	85.6	18.2	59.4	72.5
7	Fayette County	74.2	94.2	89.6	16.5	57	61.9
8	Bibb County	74	96.5	85.4	16.8	59.8	60.9
9	Crenshaw County	74	93.3	89.1	15.4	56.9	65.6
10	Pickens County	73.7	94.1	89.3	14.1	58.5	55.3
11	Perry County	73.2	91.8	91.3	5.8	50.2	81.2
12	Conecuh County	73	93.2	87.5	11	55.6	68.9
13	Henry County	72.9	92.6	84.4	22.6	59.8	58
14	Marion County	72.7	94	90.1	16.5	61	30.9
15	Greene County	72.6	88.5	94.1	4	51.4	70.7
16	Macon County	72.6	88.5	86.4	13.4	56.8	76.2
17	Butler County	72.3	92.6	86.7	12.7	58.3	54.9
18	Choctaw County	72.3	97.3	89.8	12.4	58.4	29.4
19	Hale County	72.3	93.2	87.3	10.4	55.7	60.9
20	Pike County	72.3	94.7	81.7	14.7	62	56
21	Chilton County	72.2	92.8	83.1	23.8	62.3	45.3
22	Geneva County	72.1	93.3	86.4	16.7	58.9	46.6
23	Winston County	72.1	93	86.1	14.7	62.1	40.8
24	Monroe County	71.6	93.4	87.1	9.7	56.6	51.4
25	Bullock County	71.5	91.3	88.6	7.4	49	74.8
26	Cherokee County	71.5	91.4	86	16.5	62.1	36.7
27	Tallapoosa County	71.4	93.5	85.5	20.7	60.4	32.5
28	Barbour County	71.3	91.6	87.4	12.3	55.5	51.9
29	Marengo County	71.3	91.5	87	12.3	57.8	47.9
30	Autauga County	71.1	94.3	72	29	70.4	42.4
31	Lawrence County	71.1	93.7	86.2	22.6	58	30.7
32	Limestone County	71.1	93.6	76	37.9	70	20
33	Lowndes County	71.1	90.8	86.2	6.4	52.7	71
34	Blount County	71	93.8	83.8	23.3	60.4	31.5
35	Clarke County	71	93.6	85.4	15.5	55.8	46.6
36	Dale County	71	93	83.9	18.6	62.1	32.3
37	Elmore County	70.9	94.9	75.1	32.7	68.5	27.8
38	Covington County	70.8	95.2	86.9	16.6	60.6	17.6
39	Franklin County	70.5	92.8	87.9	17	55.6	32.3
40	Lauderdale County	70.5	91.7	83.2	22	67.2	14.5
41	Chambers County	70.4	91.5	83.7	15.6	55.7	52.8
42	Wilcox County	70.4	91.9	88.1	11	47.3	63.3
43	St. Clair County	70	93.7	73.5	34.9	67.3	27.9
44	Sumter County	70	92.3	85.1	8.2	56	47
45	Cullman County	69.9	95.1	81.5	23.2	61.9	18.1
46	Colbert County	69.3	91.8	81.6	20.4	63.2	19.3
47	Jackson County	69.3	93.6	85.7	15.7	57.1	21
48	Coffee County	68.9	92.7	77.6	25.6	65.2	16.6
49	Walker County	68.9	94.6	86.1	19	54.2	17.4
50	Marshall County	68.8	91.6	82.7	23.2	61.4	12.7
51	DeKalb County	68.5	92.8	87.5	16.8	52.6	19.6
52	Russell County	68.5	90.6	80	16.1	56.2	45.3
53	Talladega County	68.5	91.9	83.2	20.1	59.5	15.3
54	Morgan County	68.4	92.4	80.9	25.7	61.2	11.2
55	Etowah County	68.3	92	83.4	18	59.8	12.7
56	Escambia County	68.2	91.2	87.8	12.4	55.4	15
57	Madison County	68.2	90.9	71.4	37.9	72.3	5.4
58	Calhoun County	68.1	90.8	83.1	19.8	60.3	11.5
59	Dallas County	68.1	90.3	86.9	7.4	53.9	29.2
60	Houston County	68.1	93.8	79.1	20.9	62	12.2
61	Lee County	67.7	88.3	74.4	23.3	68.8	20.3
62	Shelby County	67.5	89.6	63.6	44.4	77.5	9.7
63	Tuscaloosa County	67.3	93.2	73.5	25.1	66.4	9.2
64	Baldwin County	67.2	93.6	69.6	32.4	70.6	3.3
65	Montgomery County	65	91.8	74	21.4	59.5	8.2
66	Mobile County	63.8	88.7	74.8	21.3	59	2
67	Jefferson County	63.7	85.5	70.9	25.6	65.3	2.4

Data: U.S. Census Bureau ACS, FBI UCR, CDC, FEMA NRI, NCES, EPA SDWIS. Scores are 0-100 (higher is better). Rankings are based on available data dimensions and may change as new data sources are added. This information is for research purposes only and should not be the sole factor in relocation decisions.

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