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Highest unemployment, Alabama counties · 2020

Alabama counties ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2020 ACS). This list covers the 67 counties in Alabama that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 67 is 5.6%.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS –

01Monroe County, ALAL18,96513.5%–

02Wilcox County, ALAL9,66613.0%–

03Greene County, ALAL7,06712.7%–

04Clarke County, ALAL22,01411.6%–

05Perry County, ALAL7,42511.5%–

06Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,95311.0%–

07Macon County, ALAL18,13210.9%–

08Lowndes County, ALAL9,35910.5%–

09Dallas County, ALAL35,14010.4%–

10Escambia County, ALAL36,66510.1%–

11Hale County, ALAL15,1949.1%–

12Dale County, ALAL49,9129.0%–

13Pickens County, ALAL18,2218.5%–

14Sumter County, ALAL11,5888.0%–

15Fayette County, ALAL15,8728.0%–

16Conecuh County, ALAL10,8997.9%–

17Covington County, ALAL37,9477.7%–

18Bibb County, ALAL22,2627.4%–

19Walker County, ALAL65,1407.3%–

20Calhoun County, ALAL115,8347.3%–

21Talladega County, ALAL81,6037.1%–

22Marengo County, ALAL18,3116.9%–

23Barbour County, ALAL24,6076.9%–

24Washington County, ALAL14,8226.8%–

25Butler County, ALAL18,1006.5%–

26Choctaw County, ALAL11,9046.5%–

27Montgomery County, ALAL225,8916.4%–

28Jefferson County, ALAL665,7426.3%–

29Marion County, ALAL29,0976.2%–

30Chilton County, ALAL47,7086.1%–

31Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,3686.0%–

32Etowah County, ALAL103,8865.7%–

33Mobile County, ALAL411,6585.6%–

34Houston County, ALAL110,3185.6%–

35Russell County, ALAL58,8985.6%–

36Coffee County, ALAL56,9535.5%–

37Henry County, ALAL18,3945.5%–

38Winston County, ALAL23,8295.4%–

39Clay County, ALAL14,2075.4%–

40St. Clair County, ALAL98,2065.2%–

41Blount County, ALAL60,1565.2%–

42Jackson County, ALAL54,2815.2%–

43Lamar County, ALAL13,5875.1%–

44Limestone County, ALAL122,9285.1%–

45Cullman County, ALAL94,0095.0%–

46Pike County, ALAL33,6884.9%–

47Franklin County, ALAL32,4494.8%–

48Morgan County, ALAL126,4834.8%–

49Lee County, ALAL189,8814.7%–

50Lauderdale County, ALAL97,1354.7%–

51Madison County, ALAL433,5164.5%–

52DeKalb County, ALAL74,0854.5%–

53Cherokee County, ALAL26,4134.1%–

54Randolph County, ALAL23,1634.1%–

55Elmore County, ALAL91,5774.1%–

56Crenshaw County, ALAL13,1754.0%–

57Colbert County, ALAL59,4744.0%–

58Baldwin County, ALAL267,7613.9%–

59Shelby County, ALAL238,5523.8%–

60Lawrence County, ALAL33,8433.8%–

61Geneva County, ALAL27,5543.7%–

62Marshall County, ALAL103,5373.7%–

63Chambers County, ALAL34,2533.6%–

64Bullock County, ALAL9,7803.4%–

65Cleburne County, ALAL15,9703.3%–

66Autauga County, ALAL61,9202.9%–

67Coosa County, ALAL10,1612.6%–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS