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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%+44%

02Sumter County, ALAL11,58812.1%+52%

03Bibb County, ALAL22,26212.1%+62%

04Wilcox County, ALAL9,66611.8%−9%

05Dallas County, ALAL35,14011.0%+6%

06Monroe County, ALAL18,96510.4%−23%

07Escambia County, ALAL36,66510.1%−0%

08Clarke County, ALAL22,0149.2%−21%

09Conecuh County, ALAL10,8998.7%+11%

10Fayette County, ALAL15,8728.4%+6%

11Macon County, ALAL18,1328.3%−24%

12Barbour County, ALAL24,6077.8%+12%

13Bullock County, ALAL9,7807.2%+115%

14Lowndes County, ALAL9,3596.8%−35%

15Talladega County, ALAL81,6036.8%−3%

16Dale County, ALAL49,9126.6%−27%

17Butler County, ALAL18,1006.5%+0%

18Russell County, ALAL58,8986.2%+12%

19Coosa County, ALAL10,1616.2%+143%

20Hale County, ALAL15,1946.0%−34%

21Calhoun County, ALAL115,8346.0%−18%

22Etowah County, ALAL103,8865.9%+4%

23Montgomery County, ALAL225,8915.9%−9%

24Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,3685.8%−2%

25Geneva County, ALAL27,5545.6%+54%

26Chilton County, ALAL47,7085.5%−10%

27Lamar County, ALAL13,5875.5%+7%

28Crenshaw County, ALAL13,1755.4%+34%

29Mobile County, ALAL411,6585.3%−6%

30Covington County, ALAL37,9475.2%−33%

31Chambers County, ALAL34,2535.1%+43%

32Coffee County, ALAL56,9535.1%−7%

33Choctaw County, ALAL11,9045.0%−22%

34Marion County, ALAL29,0975.0%−19%

35Blount County, ALAL60,1565.0%−4%

36Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,9534.9%−55%

37Walker County, ALAL65,1404.9%−33%

38Washington County, ALAL14,8224.9%−28%

39Jefferson County, ALAL665,7424.7%−24%

40Pickens County, ALAL18,2214.7%−44%

41Elmore County, ALAL91,5774.6%+14%

42St. Clair County, ALAL98,2064.6%−12%

43Houston County, ALAL110,3184.5%−20%

44Jackson County, ALAL54,2814.5%−14%

45DeKalb County, ALAL74,0854.1%−7%

46Marengo County, ALAL18,3114.1%−41%

47Lauderdale County, ALAL97,1354.1%−13%

48Greene County, ALAL7,0674.0%−68%

49Marshall County, ALAL103,5373.9%+7%

50Cherokee County, ALAL26,4133.9%−6%

51Cullman County, ALAL94,0093.8%−25%

52Randolph County, ALAL23,1633.8%−8%

53Morgan County, ALAL126,4833.7%−23%

54Pike County, ALAL33,6883.7%−25%

55Franklin County, ALAL32,4493.6%−25%

56Henry County, ALAL18,3943.6%−34%

57Madison County, ALAL433,5163.6%−19%

58Winston County, ALAL23,8293.6%−34%

59Lee County, ALAL189,8813.5%−24%

60Limestone County, ALAL122,9283.3%−35%

61Colbert County, ALAL59,4743.1%−21%

62Baldwin County, ALAL267,7613.0%−23%

63Shelby County, ALAL238,5522.9%−24%

64Cleburne County, ALAL15,9702.6%−22%

65Clay County, ALAL14,2072.4%−55%

66Autauga County, ALAL61,9202.4%−18%

67Lawrence County, ALAL33,8432.0%−48%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES