# Counties in Alabama by unemployment rate, August 2026

All 67 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2026-08, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over. EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states and counties. Other countries and the World: ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, aged 15 and over.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/alabama-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/unemployment-rate/alabama-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Perry County | 7 |
| 2 | Greene County | 6.8 |
| 3 | Monroe County | 6.6 |
| 4 | Wilcox County | 6.4 |
| 5 | Clarke County | 6 |
| 6 | Dallas County | 5.6 |
| 6 | Lowndes County | 5.6 |
| 8 | Sumter County | 5.5 |
| 9 | Macon County | 5.2 |
| 10 | Conecuh County | 5.1 |
| 11 | Choctaw County | 5 |
| 11 | Hale County | 5 |
| 13 | Barbour County | 4.7 |
| 13 | Pickens County | 4.7 |
| 15 | Butler County | 4.5 |
| 15 | Escambia County | 4.5 |
| 15 | Marengo County | 4.5 |
| 18 | Mobile County | 4.4 |
| 19 | Russell County | 4.3 |
| 20 | Clay County | 4.2 |
| 20 | Talladega County | 4.2 |
| 22 | Bullock County | 4.1 |
| 22 | Pike County | 4.1 |
| 24 | Calhoun County | 4 |
| 24 | Dale County | 4 |
| 24 | Montgomery County | 4 |
| 27 | Colbert County | 3.9 |
| 27 | Crenshaw County | 3.9 |
| 27 | Lauderdale County | 3.9 |
| 27 | Winston County | 3.9 |
| 31 | Jefferson County | 3.8 |
| 31 | Marion County | 3.8 |
| 31 | Tuscaloosa County | 3.8 |
| 34 | Etowah County | 3.7 |
| 34 | Jackson County | 3.7 |
| 34 | Randolph County | 3.7 |
| 34 | Tallapoosa County | 3.7 |
| 38 | Cherokee County | 3.6 |
| 38 | Covington County | 3.6 |
| 38 | Fayette County | 3.6 |
| 38 | Houston County | 3.6 |
| 38 | Lamar County | 3.6 |
| 43 | Coosa County | 3.5 |
| 43 | Franklin County | 3.5 |
| 43 | Washington County | 3.5 |
| 46 | Geneva County | 3.4 |
| 46 | Walker County | 3.4 |
| 48 | Coffee County | 3.3 |
| 48 | Henry County | 3.3 |
| 50 | Autauga County | 3.2 |
| 50 | Bibb County | 3.2 |
| 50 | DeKalb County | 3.2 |
| 50 | Lawrence County | 3.2 |
| 50 | Lee County | 3.2 |
| 50 | St. Clair County | 3.2 |
| 56 | Baldwin County | 3.1 |
| 56 | Chilton County | 3.1 |
| 56 | Cleburne County | 3.1 |
| 56 | Cullman County | 3.1 |
| 60 | Elmore County | 3 |
| 60 | Madison County | 3 |
| 62 | Blount County | 2.9 |
| 62 | Limestone County | 2.9 |
| 62 | Marshall County | 2.9 |
| 62 | Morgan County | 2.9 |
| 66 | Chambers County | 2.8 |
| 66 | Shelby County | 2.8 |