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BLS Open Data · April 2026

Alabama Unemployment Rate by County

Statewide rate: 2.8% (April 2026)

Unemployment Rate in Alabama and Neighbouring States

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Unemployment Rate by County

Butler County, Alabama: $3.2Coffee County, Alabama: $2.3Morgan County, Alabama: $2.1Baldwin County, Alabama: $2.2Lowndes County, Alabama: $4.3Fayette County, Alabama: $2.7Winston County, Alabama: $2.5Chilton County, Alabama: $2.1Jefferson County, Alabama: $2.7Clay County, Alabama: $2.7Chambers County, Alabama: $2.1St. Clair County, Alabama: $2.3Lauderdale County, Alabama: $2.6DeKalb County, Alabama: $2.2Greene County, Alabama: $5.5Cherokee County, Alabama: $2.5Colbert County, Alabama: $2.7Montgomery County, Alabama: $2.9Etowah County, Alabama: $2.6Franklin County, Alabama: $2.2Elmore County, Alabama: $2Perry County, Alabama: $5.3Calhoun County, Alabama: $2.8Dallas County, Alabama: $4.2Conecuh County, Alabama: $3.6Choctaw County, Alabama: $3.9Sumter County, Alabama: $3.3Randolph County, Alabama: $2.8Limestone County, Alabama: $2.1Marshall County, Alabama: $2.1Bullock County, Alabama: $2.8Russell County, Alabama: $3Shelby County, Alabama: $2Clarke County, Alabama: $4.3Marengo County, Alabama: $3.4Hale County, Alabama: $3.9Lamar County, Alabama: $2.8Pickens County, Alabama: $3.1Coosa County, Alabama: $2.7Walker County, Alabama: $2.5Washington County, Alabama: $2.8Crenshaw County, Alabama: $2.6Dale County, Alabama: $2.9Lee County, Alabama: $2.1Autauga County, Alabama: $2.2Barbour County, Alabama: $3.3Mobile County, Alabama: $3.3Bibb County, Alabama: $2.3Pike County, Alabama: $3Geneva County, Alabama: $2.4Houston County, Alabama: $2.6Marion County, Alabama: $2.8Cleburne County, Alabama: $2.2Madison County, Alabama: $2.2Wilcox County, Alabama: $4.9Blount County, Alabama: $2.1Lawrence County, Alabama: $2.2Tuscaloosa County, Alabama: $2.5Macon County, Alabama: $3.3Tallapoosa County, Alabama: $2.9Jackson County, Alabama: $2.6Covington County, Alabama: $2.5Monroe County, Alabama: $5.3Talladega County, Alabama: $3.1Henry County, Alabama: $2.3Escambia County, Alabama: $3.4Cullman County, Alabama: $2.3

How Alabama Compares to Other States

Average county unemployment rate ranked against all states with BLS data.

Lower unemployment than 87% of states · 8th of 52

Lowest: North Dakota(2.4%)
Highest: Alaska(7.1%)
#StateValue
1South Dakota1.9%
2Iowa2.4%
3North Dakota2.4%
… 4 more …
8Alabama(you are here)2.9%
… 41 more …
50California6.0%
51Puerto Rico6.5%
52Alaska7.1%

Highest & Lowest Unemployment Rate by County

#CountyValue
1Greene County5.5%
2Monroe County5.3%
3Perry County5.3%
65Morgan County2.1%
66Elmore County2.0%
67Shelby County2.0%

Counties in Alabama (67)

CountyUnemployment Rate
Autauga County, Alabama2.2%
Baldwin County, Alabama2.2%
Barbour County, Alabama3.3%
Bibb County, Alabama2.3%
Blount County, Alabama2.1%
Bullock County, Alabama2.8%
Butler County, Alabama3.2%
Calhoun County, Alabama2.8%
Chambers County, Alabama2.1%
Cherokee County, Alabama2.5%
Chilton County, Alabama2.1%
Choctaw County, Alabama3.9%
Clarke County, Alabama4.3%
Clay County, Alabama2.7%
Cleburne County, Alabama2.2%
Coffee County, Alabama2.3%
Colbert County, Alabama2.7%
Conecuh County, Alabama3.6%
Coosa County, Alabama2.7%
Covington County, Alabama2.5%
Crenshaw County, Alabama2.6%
Cullman County, Alabama2.3%
Dale County, Alabama2.9%
Dallas County, Alabama4.2%
DeKalb County, Alabama2.2%
Elmore County, Alabama2%
Escambia County, Alabama3.4%
Etowah County, Alabama2.6%
Fayette County, Alabama2.7%
Franklin County, Alabama2.2%
Geneva County, Alabama2.4%
Greene County, Alabama5.5%
Hale County, Alabama3.9%
Henry County, Alabama2.3%
Houston County, Alabama2.6%
Jackson County, Alabama2.6%
Jefferson County, Alabama2.7%
Lamar County, Alabama2.8%
Lauderdale County, Alabama2.6%
Lawrence County, Alabama2.2%
Lee County, Alabama2.1%
Limestone County, Alabama2.1%
Lowndes County, Alabama4.3%
Macon County, Alabama3.3%
Madison County, Alabama2.2%
Marengo County, Alabama3.4%
Marion County, Alabama2.8%
Marshall County, Alabama2.1%
Mobile County, Alabama3.3%
Monroe County, Alabama5.3%
Montgomery County, Alabama2.9%
Morgan County, Alabama2.1%
Perry County, Alabama5.3%
Pickens County, Alabama3.1%
Pike County, Alabama3%
Randolph County, Alabama2.8%
Russell County, Alabama3%
Shelby County, Alabama2%
St. Clair County, Alabama2.3%
Sumter County, Alabama3.3%
Talladega County, Alabama3.1%
Tallapoosa County, Alabama2.9%
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama2.5%
Walker County, Alabama2.5%
Washington County, Alabama2.8%
Wilcox County, Alabama4.9%
Winston County, Alabama2.5%

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Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (LAUS), public domain. Reference month: April 2026.