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Most unemployed people, Alabama counties · 2020

Alabama counties with the most unemployed people in the civilian labor force, as of the 2020 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of people, not the unemployment rate. This list covers the 67 counties in Alabama that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 67 is 979.

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01Jefferson County, ALAL665,74220,151–

02Mobile County, ALAL411,65810,444–

03Madison County, ALAL433,5168,515–

04Montgomery County, ALAL225,8916,841–

05Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,3686,170–

06Shelby County, ALAL238,5524,238–

07Baldwin County, ALAL267,7614,027–

08Calhoun County, ALAL115,8343,769–

09Lee County, ALAL189,8813,707–

10Houston County, ALAL110,3182,646–

11Morgan County, ALAL126,4832,602–

12Etowah County, ALAL103,8862,601–

13Talladega County, ALAL81,6032,433–

14Limestone County, ALAL122,9282,270–

15St. Clair County, ALAL98,2062,177–

16Lauderdale County, ALAL97,1352,018–

17Walker County, ALAL65,1401,975–

18Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,9531,903–

19Cullman County, ALAL94,0091,866–

20Dale County, ALAL49,9121,714–

21Dallas County, ALAL35,1401,615–

22Marshall County, ALAL103,5371,511–

23Elmore County, ALAL91,5771,481–

24DeKalb County, ALAL74,0851,406–

25Escambia County, ALAL36,6651,405–

26Russell County, ALAL58,8981,366–

27Coffee County, ALAL56,9531,266–

28Blount County, ALAL60,1561,253–

29Covington County, ALAL37,9471,242–

30Chilton County, ALAL47,7081,153–

31Jackson County, ALAL54,2811,082–

32Clarke County, ALAL22,0141,075–

33Monroe County, ALAL18,9651,056–

34Colbert County, ALAL59,474979–

35Macon County, ALAL18,132868–

36Marion County, ALAL29,097778–

37Autauga County, ALAL61,920736–

38Pike County, ALAL33,688721–

39Bibb County, ALAL22,262667–

40Franklin County, ALAL32,449662–

41Barbour County, ALAL24,607649–

42Pickens County, ALAL18,221634–

43Fayette County, ALAL15,872555–

44Butler County, ALAL18,100551–

45Chambers County, ALAL34,253548–

46Winston County, ALAL23,829541–

47Hale County, ALAL15,194528–

48Marengo County, ALAL18,311527–

49Lawrence County, ALAL33,843508–

50Wilcox County, ALAL9,666489–

51Cherokee County, ALAL26,413444–

52Lowndes County, ALAL9,359419–

53Washington County, ALAL14,822410–

54Geneva County, ALAL27,554405–

55Henry County, ALAL18,394401–

56Sumter County, ALAL11,588397–

57Randolph County, ALAL23,163375–

58Greene County, ALAL7,067348–

59Conecuh County, ALAL10,899339–

60Perry County, ALAL7,425308–

61Choctaw County, ALAL11,904306–

62Clay County, ALAL14,207305–

63Lamar County, ALAL13,587284–

64Crenshaw County, ALAL13,175237–

65Cleburne County, ALAL15,970198–

66Bullock County, ALAL9,780139–

67Coosa County, ALAL10,161109–

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