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Highest unemployment, Alabama counties

Alabama counties ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2024 ACS). This list covers the 67 counties in Alabama that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020

01Perry County, ALAL7,42516.5%+5.0 pts

02Sumter County, ALAL11,58812.1%+4.1 pts

03Bibb County, ALAL22,26212.1%+4.6 pts

04Wilcox County, ALAL9,66611.8%−1.2 pts

05Dallas County, ALAL35,14011.0%+0.6 pts

06Monroe County, ALAL18,96510.4%−3.1 pts

07Escambia County, ALAL36,66510.1%−0.0 pts

08Clarke County, ALAL22,0149.2%−2.4 pts

09Conecuh County, ALAL10,8998.7%+0.8 pts

10Fayette County, ALAL15,8728.4%+0.5 pts

11Macon County, ALAL18,1328.3%−2.6 pts

12Barbour County, ALAL24,6077.8%+0.9 pts

13Bullock County, ALAL9,7807.2%+3.9 pts

14Lowndes County, ALAL9,3596.8%−3.6 pts

15Talladega County, ALAL81,6036.8%−0.2 pts

16Dale County, ALAL49,9126.6%−2.4 pts

17Butler County, ALAL18,1006.5%+0.0 pts

18Russell County, ALAL58,8986.2%+0.7 pts

19Coosa County, ALAL10,1616.2%+3.7 pts

20Hale County, ALAL15,1946.0%−3.1 pts

21Calhoun County, ALAL115,8346.0%−1.3 pts

22Etowah County, ALAL103,8865.9%+0.2 pts

23Montgomery County, ALAL225,8915.9%−0.5 pts

24Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,3685.8%−0.1 pts

25Geneva County, ALAL27,5545.6%+2.0 pts

26Chilton County, ALAL47,7085.5%−0.6 pts

27Lamar County, ALAL13,5875.5%+0.4 pts

28Crenshaw County, ALAL13,1755.4%+1.4 pts

29Mobile County, ALAL411,6585.3%−0.4 pts

30Covington County, ALAL37,9475.2%−2.5 pts

31Chambers County, ALAL34,2535.1%+1.6 pts

32Coffee County, ALAL56,9535.1%−0.4 pts

33Choctaw County, ALAL11,9045.0%−1.4 pts

34Marion County, ALAL29,0975.0%−1.1 pts

35Blount County, ALAL60,1565.0%−0.2 pts

36Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,9534.9%−6.0 pts

37Walker County, ALAL65,1404.9%−2.4 pts

38Washington County, ALAL14,8224.9%−1.9 pts

39Jefferson County, ALAL665,7424.7%−1.5 pts

40Pickens County, ALAL18,2214.7%−3.7 pts

41Elmore County, ALAL91,5774.6%+0.6 pts

42St. Clair County, ALAL98,2064.6%−0.6 pts

43Houston County, ALAL110,3184.5%−1.1 pts

44Jackson County, ALAL54,2814.5%−0.7 pts

45DeKalb County, ALAL74,0854.1%−0.3 pts

46Marengo County, ALAL18,3114.1%−2.8 pts

47Lauderdale County, ALAL97,1354.1%−0.6 pts

48Greene County, ALAL7,0674.0%−8.6 pts

49Marshall County, ALAL103,5373.9%+0.3 pts

50Cherokee County, ALAL26,4133.9%−0.2 pts

51Cullman County, ALAL94,0093.8%−1.2 pts

52Randolph County, ALAL23,1633.8%−0.3 pts

53Morgan County, ALAL126,4833.7%−1.1 pts

54Pike County, ALAL33,6883.7%−1.2 pts

55Franklin County, ALAL32,4493.6%−1.2 pts

56Henry County, ALAL18,3943.6%−1.8 pts

57Madison County, ALAL433,5163.6%−0.9 pts

58Winston County, ALAL23,8293.6%−1.8 pts

59Lee County, ALAL189,8813.5%−1.1 pts

60Limestone County, ALAL122,9283.3%−1.8 pts

61Colbert County, ALAL59,4743.1%−0.9 pts

62Baldwin County, ALAL267,7613.0%−0.9 pts

63Shelby County, ALAL238,5522.9%−0.9 pts

64Cleburne County, ALAL15,9702.6%−0.7 pts

65Clay County, ALAL14,2072.4%−3.0 pts

66Autauga County, ALAL61,9202.4%−0.5 pts

67Lawrence County, ALAL33,8432.0%−1.8 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES