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Lowest unemployment, Alabama counties · 2020

Alabama counties ranked by the lowest 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

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