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Lowest unemployment, Alabama counties · 2020

Alabama counties ranked by the lowest 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 –

01Coosa County, ALAL10,1612.6%–

02Autauga County, ALAL61,9202.9%–

03Cleburne County, ALAL15,9703.3%–

04Bullock County, ALAL9,7803.4%–

05Chambers County, ALAL34,2533.6%–

06Marshall County, ALAL103,5373.7%–

07Geneva County, ALAL27,5543.7%–

08Lawrence County, ALAL33,8433.8%–

09Shelby County, ALAL238,5523.8%–

10Baldwin County, ALAL267,7613.9%–

11Colbert County, ALAL59,4744.0%–

12Crenshaw County, ALAL13,1754.0%–

13Elmore County, ALAL91,5774.1%–

14Randolph County, ALAL23,1634.1%–

15Cherokee County, ALAL26,4134.1%–

16DeKalb County, ALAL74,0854.5%–

17Madison County, ALAL433,5164.5%–

18Lauderdale County, ALAL97,1354.7%–

19Lee County, ALAL189,8814.7%–

20Morgan County, ALAL126,4834.8%–

21Franklin County, ALAL32,4494.8%–

22Pike County, ALAL33,6884.9%–

23Cullman County, ALAL94,0095.0%–

24Limestone County, ALAL122,9285.1%–

25Lamar County, ALAL13,5875.1%–

26Jackson County, ALAL54,2815.2%–

27Blount County, ALAL60,1565.2%–

28St. Clair County, ALAL98,2065.2%–

29Clay County, ALAL14,2075.4%–

30Winston County, ALAL23,8295.4%–

31Henry County, ALAL18,3945.5%–

32Coffee County, ALAL56,9535.5%–

33Russell County, ALAL58,8985.6%–

34Houston County, ALAL110,3185.6%–

35Mobile County, ALAL411,6585.6%–

36Etowah County, ALAL103,8865.7%–

37Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,3686.0%–

38Chilton County, ALAL47,7086.1%–

39Marion County, ALAL29,0976.2%–

40Jefferson County, ALAL665,7426.3%–

41Montgomery County, ALAL225,8916.4%–

42Choctaw County, ALAL11,9046.5%–

43Butler County, ALAL18,1006.5%–

44Washington County, ALAL14,8226.8%–

45Barbour County, ALAL24,6076.9%–

46Marengo County, ALAL18,3116.9%–

47Talladega County, ALAL81,6037.1%–

48Calhoun County, ALAL115,8347.3%–

49Walker County, ALAL65,1407.3%–

50Bibb County, ALAL22,2627.4%–

51Covington County, ALAL37,9477.7%–

52Conecuh County, ALAL10,8997.9%–

53Fayette County, ALAL15,8728.0%–

54Sumter County, ALAL11,5888.0%–

55Pickens County, ALAL18,2218.5%–

56Dale County, ALAL49,9129.0%–

57Hale County, ALAL15,1949.1%–

58Escambia County, ALAL36,66510.1%–

59Dallas County, ALAL35,14010.4%–

60Lowndes County, ALAL9,35910.5%–

61Macon County, ALAL18,13210.9%–

62Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,95311.0%–

63Perry County, ALAL7,42511.5%–

64Clarke County, ALAL22,01411.6%–

65Greene County, ALAL7,06712.7%–

66Wilcox County, ALAL9,66613.0%–

67Monroe County, ALAL18,96513.5%–

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