Alabama Counties by Unemployment Rate

The unemployment rate is the share of the labor force that is jobless and actively seeking work — the standard measure of labor market health.

All 67 counties ranked by Unemployment Rate, from lowest to highest. Click the column header to reverse sort order. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates, 2023.

States Counties Cities Metros ZIPs

#	Counties	Unemployment Rate ↑
1	Coosa County, Alabama	0.0%
2	Lawrence County, Alabama	0.8%
3	Marshall County, Alabama	1.4%
4	Bibb County, Alabama	1.6%
5	Jefferson County, Alabama	1.7%
6	Coffee County, Alabama	2.2%
7	Bullock County, Alabama	2.2%
8	Barbour County, Alabama	2.3%
9	Jackson County, Alabama	2.3%
10	Marengo County, Alabama	2.4%
11	Randolph County, Alabama	2.8%
12	Shelby County, Alabama	2.9%
13	Cleburne County, Alabama	3.0%
14	Henry County, Alabama	3.3%
15	Cherokee County, Alabama	3.4%
16	Colbert County, Alabama	3.4%
17	Lamar County, Alabama	3.4%
18	Lauderdale County, Alabama	3.5%
19	Franklin County, Alabama	3.6%
20	Conecuh County, Alabama	3.6%
21	Lee County, Alabama	3.8%
22	Elmore County, Alabama	3.9%
23	Washington County, Alabama	4.0%
24	Lowndes County, Alabama	4.0%
25	Winston County, Alabama	4.2%
26	Cullman County, Alabama	4.2%
27	DeKalb County, Alabama	4.2%
28	Houston County, Alabama	4.2%
29	Walker County, Alabama	4.4%
30	St. Clair County, Alabama	4.5%
31	Crenshaw County, Alabama	4.9%
32	Geneva County, Alabama	4.9%
33	Chambers County, Alabama	5.0%
34	Covington County, Alabama	5.0%
35	Sumter County, Alabama	5.1%
36	Marion County, Alabama	5.1%
37	Autauga County, Alabama	5.2%
38	Mobile County, Alabama	5.3%
39	Clay County, Alabama	5.3%
40	Chilton County, Alabama	5.4%
41	Tuscaloosa County, Alabama	5.4%
42	Choctaw County, Alabama	5.5%
43	Madison County, Alabama	5.6%
44	Hale County, Alabama	5.9%
45	Montgomery County, Alabama	6.0%
46	Etowah County, Alabama	6.3%
47	Calhoun County, Alabama	6.4%
48	Russell County, Alabama	6.6%
49	Butler County, Alabama	6.8%
50	Dale County, Alabama	6.8%
51	Morgan County, Alabama	7.0%
52	Tallapoosa County, Alabama	7.5%
53	Talladega County, Alabama	8.1%
54	Pike County, Alabama	8.5%
55	Blount County, Alabama	8.9%
56	Fayette County, Alabama	9.2%
57	Escambia County, Alabama	10.0%
58	Macon County, Alabama	10.7%
59	Dallas County, Alabama	10.9%
60	Limestone County, Alabama	11.8%
61	Monroe County, Alabama	11.9%
62	Greene County, Alabama	11.9%
63	Wilcox County, Alabama	12.1%
64	Clarke County, Alabama	13.2%
65	Pickens County, Alabama	13.4%
66	Perry County, Alabama	14.8%
67	Baldwin County, Alabama	17.8%