Counties in Alabama’s Black Belt led the state in carbon ... Autauga—all fall within or near the Black Belt. [Can’t see the map? Click here.] However, those counties are also some of the ...

Alabama’s major metro areas all grew last year, along with the beaches and the Wiregrass, while the sparsely populated Black Belt continued to lose people. Limestone County, part of the ...

The Black Belt region of Alabama was originally named for its dark, fertile topsoil, which gave rise to a prosperous antebellum economy. Now, the region is characterized by high poverty, low ...