Unemployment Rate in Alabama, by County

Unemployment Rate for every county in Alabama, ranked. The highest is Perry County at 16.5% and the lowest is Lawrence County at 2.0%.

Alabama: 4.7% · United States: 5.2% · median county in Alabama: 5.0%

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Small populations produce wide margins: Perry County is 16.5% with a margin of error of ±7.5%; Lawrence County is 2.0% with a margin of error of ±0.7%. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.

Share of the civilian labour force who are out of work and looking. People not looking for work are excluded from the denominator.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Alabama ranks 32nd of 52 states for unemployment rate.