AL.com last week examined extreme poverty through the lens of Wilcox County, the rural Black Belt area the Alabama Gov ... But according to the Census Bureau’s 2012 estimate, Wilcox is dead ...

The specific rank depends on the measure of poverty used, but U.S. Census Bureau estimates rank Wilcox ... county’s percentage of income coming from the federal government is the highest in ...

Newly released Census Bureau ... Limestone County’s $83,534 was enough to raise it three places to No. 2, barely above Madison County, at $83,528 – the latter had Alabama’s second-highest ...

WILCOX COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - Rural Wilcox is considered one of the poorest of Alabama’s 67 counties ... That’s according to the latest U.S. Census data. Among those residents who struggle ...

These are the 10 rural Alabama counties that had the greatest shifts in total population size since the 2010 Census. Perry County was the fastest shrinking county in the state, losing over ...

Board of Education. In the rural community of Wilcox County, Alabama, a Black principal is working to empower students in the segregated public high school. A Black woman is grappling with demons ...

CAMDEN, Ala. — Benjamin Lightner spends a good bit of his summer getting young Wilcox County workers ready for and busy in the real world. As executive director of Wilcox Works, a Camden ...

Wilcox County contains 6 schools and 1,240 students. The district’s minority enrollment is 100%. Also, 59.9% of students are economically disadvantaged. The student body at the schools served by ...