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Cities in Alabama by unemployed people

Mobile, AL had the highest unemployed people of 30 cities in 2023, at 2,988. Fairhope, AL had the lowest, at 223. The median was 373. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest2,988Mobile, AL
Lowest223Fairhope, AL
Median37330 cities

All cities, 2023

Mobile, AL: 2,988 personsMobile, AL2,988Birmingham, AL: 2,817 personsBirmingham, AL2,817Montgomery, AL: 2,632 personsMontgomery, AL2,632Huntsville, AL: 2,539 personsHuntsville, AL2,539Tuscaloosa, AL: 1,451 personsTuscaloosa, AL1,451Hoover, AL: 883 personsHoover, AL883Auburn, AL: 881 personsAuburn, AL881Dothan, AL: 826 personsDothan, AL826Decatur, AL: 606 personsDecatur, AL606Madison, AL: 550 personsMadison, AL550Florence, AL: 490 personsFlorence, AL490Phenix City, AL: 402 personsPhenix City, AL402Gadsden, AL: 390 personsGadsden, AL390Prattville, AL: 388 personsPrattville, AL388Bessemer, AL: 375 personsBessemer, AL375Prichard, AL: 370 personsPrichard, AL370Opelika, AL: 364 personsOpelika, AL364Selma, AL: 353 personsSelma, AL353Vestavia Hills, AL: 326 personsVestavia Hills, AL326Alabaster, AL: 323 personsAlabaster, AL323Daphne, AL: 304 personsDaphne, AL304Northport, AL: 298 personsNorthport, AL298Athens, AL: 291 personsAthens, AL291Enterprise, AL: 285 personsEnterprise, AL285Homewood, AL: 264 personsHomewood, AL264Anniston, AL: 262 personsAnniston, AL262Foley, AL: 260 personsFoley, AL260Pelham, AL: 247 personsPelham, AL247Trussville, AL: 231 personsTrussville, AL231Fairhope, AL: 223 personsFairhope, AL223Mobile, AL: 2,988 personsMobile, AL2,988Birmingham, AL: 2,817 personsBirmingham, AL2,817Montgomery, AL: 2,632 personsMontgomery, AL2,632Huntsville, AL: 2,539 personsHuntsville, AL2,539Tuscaloosa, AL: 1,451 personsTuscaloosa, AL1,451Hoover, AL: 883 personsHoover, AL883Auburn, AL: 881 personsAuburn, AL881Dothan, AL: 826 personsDothan, AL826Decatur, AL: 606 personsDecatur, AL606Madison, AL: 550 personsMadison, AL550Florence, AL: 490 personsFlorence, AL490Phenix City, AL: 402 personsPhenix City, AL402Gadsden, AL: 390 personsGadsden, AL390Prattville, AL: 388 personsPrattville, AL388Bessemer, AL: 375 personsBessemer, AL375Prichard, AL: 370 personsPrichard, AL370Opelika, AL: 364 personsOpelika, AL364Selma, AL: 353 personsSelma, AL353Vestavia Hills, AL: 326 personsVestavia Hills, AL326Alabaster, AL: 323 personsAlabaster, AL323Daphne, AL: 304 personsDaphne, AL304Northport, AL: 298 personsNorthport, AL298Athens, AL: 291 personsAthens, AL291Enterprise, AL: 285 personsEnterprise, AL285Homewood, AL: 264 personsHomewood, AL264Anniston, AL: 262 personsAnniston, AL262Foley, AL: 260 personsFoley, AL260Pelham, AL: 247 personsPelham, AL247Trussville, AL: 231 personsTrussville, AL231Fairhope, AL: 223 personsFairhope, AL223
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Mobile, AL2,988-5.2%
2Birmingham, AL2,817-4.7%
3Montgomery, AL2,632-8.1%
4Huntsville, AL2,539+3.5%
5Tuscaloosa, AL1,451-1.3%
6Hoover, AL883+2.1%
7Auburn, AL881+4.8%
8Dothan, AL826+0.5%
9Decatur, AL606-2.7%
10Madison, AL550+2.6%
11Florence, AL490-1%
12Phenix City, AL402+12.3%
13Gadsden, AL390-9.7%
14Prattville, AL388-0.8%
15Bessemer, AL375-1.1%
16Prichard, AL370-5.6%
17Opelika, AL364-1.6%
18Selma, AL353+5.4%
19Vestavia Hills, AL326+3.5%
20Alabaster, AL323+4.2%
21Daphne, AL304+0.3%
22Northport, AL298-4.2%
23Athens, AL291+6.6%
24Enterprise, AL285-1%
25Homewood, AL264+5.2%
26Anniston, AL262-14.9%
27Foley, AL260+9.7%
28Pelham, AL247n/a
29Trussville, AL231+4.1%
30Fairhope, AL223+7.7%

Other periods

About this ranking

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Cities in Alabama by unemployed people, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Alabama by unemployed people, 2023. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/alabama-cities?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Cities in Alabama by unemployed people, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/alabama-cities?period=2023.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Alabama by unemployed people, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/alabama-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Mobile, AL, with 2,988 in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Fairhope, AL, with 223 in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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