BLACK BELT MISSIONS
Midway, AL (Bullock County)
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Midway is a town located in eastern Bullock County, Alabama. The median income for a household in the town was $12,143 and the median income for a family was $19,063. Midway has a population of 465 in 2017. About 38.1% of families and 42.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 52.4% of those under age 18 and 45.0% of those age 65 or over.
Hursboro, AL (Russell County
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Hursboro is a town in Russell County, Alabama. The census puts the population at 580. About 28.4% of families and 32.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 46.3% of those under age 18 and 28.5% of those age 65 or over.
Union Town, AL (Perry County)​
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Union Town is a city in Perry County, Alabama. The census put the population of the city at 2116 up from 1775 in 2010. The per capita income for the city was $9,452. About 43.1% of the families and 45.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 55.2% of those under age 18 and 51.5% of those age 65 or over.
Clayton, AL (Barbour County)
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Clayton is a city in and the county seat of Barbour County, Alabama. The population was 2871 in 2017, down form 3008 at the 2010 census. The per capita income for the town was $11,288. About 2704% of families and 29.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 30.6% of those under age 18 and 26.3% of those age 65 or over.
Selma, AL (Dallas, County)
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Selma is a city in and the county seat of Dallas County, in the Black Belt region of south central Alabama and extending to the west. Located on the banks of the Alabama River, the city has a population of 17,971 as of the 2020 census. About 80% of the population is African-American.
Fort Deposit, AL (Lowndes County)
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Fort Deposit is a city in Lowndes County, Alabama. Since 1890, it has been the largest town in Lowndes County. In 2017 the population was 1186 down from 1344 in 2010. The per capita income for the town was $12,584; about 29.8% of families and 35.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 42.8% of those under age 18 and 34.2% of those age 65 or over.​
Gees Bend, AL (Wilcox County)
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Boykin, also known as "Gee's Bend is an African American majority community and census-designated place in a large bend of the Alabama River in Wilcox County, Alabama. The last census, it population was 275. Many families at Gee's Bend bought their farms from the government for an average of $1400 each.
Camden, AL (Wilcox County)
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​Camden is a city in the county seat of Wilcox County, Alabama. The population was 1845 in 2017 down from 2257 in 2000. The per capita income for the town was $14,272. About 31.4% of families and 33.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 43.3% of those under age 18 and 29.6% of those age 65 or over.
Clio, AL (Barbour County)
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Clio, is a city in Barbour County, Alabama. The population was 1,399 at last census, down from 2,206. The per capita income for the town was $8722. About 28.3% of the families and 28.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 33.1% of those under age 18 and 19.1% of those age 65 or over.
Coy, AL (Wilcox County)
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​Coy is an unincorporated community in Wilcox County, Alabama. Coy is located in a bend of the Alabama River and is home to several historic plantations.
A Promise To Help serves a small isolated group of residents who live in Coy.
Vredenburgh, AL (Monroe County)
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Vrendenburgh, is a town in Monroe County, Alabama. At the last census the population was 312. The per capita income for the town was $5,892, about 27.7% of families and 31.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 35.3% of those under age 18 and 30.4% of those under age 18 and 30.4% of those age 65 or over.
Elba, AL (Coffee County)
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Elba, is a city in Coffee County, Alabama. In 2017 the estimate population was 3,940. The median income for a household is $28,975. 27% of the population are below the poverty line. Native American (Machis Lower Creek Indians) average about .66% of the population and African Americans/Blacks average about 32% of the population
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