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Coordinates: 32°36′41.82″N 87°34′39.05″W. Map of Alabama's Black Belt region. Counties highlighted in red are historically considered part of the Black Belt region. Counties highlighted in pink are sometimes considered part of the region. The Black Belt is a region of the U.S. state of Alabama.
Jul 25, 2023 · Traditionally, 17 Alabama counties— Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Crenshaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Montgomery, Perry, Pike, Russell, Sumter, and Wilcox —were included in the region.
Nine out of the 10 poorest counties in Alabama are in the Black Belt. The area is typified by declining populations, a primarily agricultural landscape with low-density settlement, high unemployment, poor access to education and medical care, substandard housing and high rates of crime.
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Mar 30, 2022 · The center defines the Black Belt as consisting of 25 counties in the southern central and western areas, which includes all of Alabama’s majority minority counties. All 19 persistent poverty counties statewide are in the Black Belt.
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Apr 27, 2022 · Historically and culturally, there are 18 Alabama counties in the Black Belt: Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Crenshaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Montgomery, Perry,...
May 13, 2021 · Earler today, House Rep. Terri Sewell and Sens. Richard Shelby and Tommy Tuberville introduced legislation that would create an Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area across 19 counties in the state, preserving much of this history through innovative public-private partnerships overseen by the National Park Service.
The Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area is a National Heritage Area encompassing Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Monroe, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Sumter, Washington, and Wilcox counties in the Black Belt region of Alabama.
