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Highest unemployment, Alabama counties · 2020

Alabama counties ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2023 ACS). This list covers the 67 counties in Alabama that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2000

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 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES