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Cities in Alabama by unemployed people

Mobile, AL had the highest unemployed people of 30 cities in 2024, at 3,585. Fairhope, AL had the lowest, at 291. The median was 447. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest3,585Mobile, AL
Lowest291Fairhope, AL
Median44730 cities

All cities, 2024

Mobile, AL: 3,585 personsMobile, AL3,585Birmingham, AL: 3,402 personsBirmingham, AL3,402Huntsville, AL: 3,177 personsHuntsville, AL3,177Montgomery, AL: 2,994 personsMontgomery, AL2,994Tuscaloosa, AL: 1,800 personsTuscaloosa, AL1,800Auburn, AL: 1,130 personsAuburn, AL1,130Hoover, AL: 1,104 personsHoover, AL1,104Dothan, AL: 980 personsDothan, AL980Madison, AL: 752 personsMadison, AL752Decatur, AL: 732 personsDecatur, AL732Florence, AL: 599 personsFlorence, AL599Phenix City, AL: 509 personsPhenix City, AL509Prattville, AL: 490 personsPrattville, AL490Gadsden, AL: 479 personsGadsden, AL479Opelika, AL: 477 personsOpelika, AL477Alabaster, AL: 417 personsAlabaster, AL417Bessemer, AL: 413 personsBessemer, AL413Vestavia Hills, AL: 411 personsVestavia Hills, AL411Prichard, AL: 410 personsPrichard, AL410Daphne, AL: 393 personsDaphne, AL393Northport, AL: 388 personsNorthport, AL388Athens, AL: 378 personsAthens, AL378Enterprise, AL: 375 personsEnterprise, AL375Selma, AL: 359 personsSelma, AL359Foley, AL: 343 personsFoley, AL343Homewood, AL: 329 personsHomewood, AL329Anniston, AL: 317 personsAnniston, AL317Pelham, AL: 304 personsPelham, AL304Trussville, AL: 298 personsTrussville, AL298Fairhope, AL: 291 personsFairhope, AL291Mobile, AL: 3,585 personsMobile, AL3,585Birmingham, AL: 3,402 personsBirmingham, AL3,402Huntsville, AL: 3,177 personsHuntsville, AL3,177Montgomery, AL: 2,994 personsMontgomery, AL2,994Tuscaloosa, AL: 1,800 personsTuscaloosa, AL1,800Auburn, AL: 1,130 personsAuburn, AL1,130Hoover, AL: 1,104 personsHoover, AL1,104Dothan, AL: 980 personsDothan, AL980Madison, AL: 752 personsMadison, AL752Decatur, AL: 732 personsDecatur, AL732Florence, AL: 599 personsFlorence, AL599Phenix City, AL: 509 personsPhenix City, AL509Prattville, AL: 490 personsPrattville, AL490Gadsden, AL: 479 personsGadsden, AL479Opelika, AL: 477 personsOpelika, AL477Alabaster, AL: 417 personsAlabaster, AL417Bessemer, AL: 413 personsBessemer, AL413Vestavia Hills, AL: 411 personsVestavia Hills, AL411Prichard, AL: 410 personsPrichard, AL410Daphne, AL: 393 personsDaphne, AL393Northport, AL: 388 personsNorthport, AL388Athens, AL: 378 personsAthens, AL378Enterprise, AL: 375 personsEnterprise, AL375Selma, AL: 359 personsSelma, AL359Foley, AL: 343 personsFoley, AL343Homewood, AL: 329 personsHomewood, AL329Anniston, AL: 317 personsAnniston, AL317Pelham, AL: 304 personsPelham, AL304Trussville, AL: 298 personsTrussville, AL298Fairhope, AL: 291 personsFairhope, AL291
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Mobile, AL3,585+20%
2Birmingham, AL3,402+20.8%
3Huntsville, AL3,177+25.1%
4Montgomery, AL2,994+13.8%
5Tuscaloosa, AL1,800+24.1%
6Auburn, AL1,130+28.3%
7Hoover, AL1,104+25%
8Dothan, AL980+18.6%
9Madison, AL752+36.7%
10Decatur, AL732+20.8%
11Florence, AL599+22.2%
12Phenix City, AL509+26.6%
13Prattville, AL490+26.3%
14Gadsden, AL479+22.8%
15Opelika, AL477+31%
16Alabaster, AL417+29.1%
17Bessemer, AL413+10.1%
18Vestavia Hills, AL411+26.1%
19Prichard, AL410+10.8%
20Daphne, AL393+29.3%
21Northport, AL388+30.2%
22Athens, AL378+29.9%
23Enterprise, AL375+31.6%
24Selma, AL359+1.7%
25Foley, AL343+31.9%
26Homewood, AL329+24.6%
27Anniston, AL317+21%
28Pelham, AL304+23.1%
29Trussville, AL298+29%
30Fairhope, AL291+30.5%

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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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, 2024 [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=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Mobile, AL, with 3,585 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Fairhope, AL, with 291 in 2024.

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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