Unemployed people in Alabama

as of September, 2021:

68,544

Note: Seasonally adjusted value

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Unemployment Rate

3.1%

Labor Force

2,207,637

Employment

2,139,093

Employment-Population Ratio

54.8%

Labor Force Participation Rate

56.6%

Employment Indicators by County

County Employment Unemployment Unemployment Rate Labor Force
Autauga 24,670 640 2.5 25,310
Baldwin 97,690 2,450 2.4 100,140
Barbour 6,658 409 5.8 7,067
Bibb 8,348 260 3.0 8,608
Blount 24,491 520 2.1 25,011
Bullock 4,496 164 3.5 4,660
Butler 8,380 404 4.6 8,784
Calhoun 43,998 1,666 3.6 45,664
Chambers 15,059 479 3.1 15,538
Cherokee 11,280 261 2.3 11,541
Chilton 19,272 476 2.4 19,748
Choctaw 4,533 176 3.7 4,709
Clarke 7,183 405 5.3 7,588
Clay 5,901 139 2.3 6,040
Cleburne 5,686 129 2.2 5,815
Coffee 20,697 527 2.5 21,224
Colbert 22,582 800 3.4 23,382
Conecuh 4,189 179 4.1 4,368
Coosa 4,163 116 2.7 4,279
Covington 14,771 401 2.6 15,172
Crenshaw 5,989 175 2.8 6,164
Cullman 37,873 784 2.0 38,657
Dale 20,199 581 2.8 20,780
Dallas 12,728 981 7.2 13,709
DeKalb 30,333 679 2.2 31,012
Elmore 34,966 869 2.4 35,835
Escambia 13,433 484 3.5 13,917
Etowah 37,657 1,385 3.5 39,042
Fayette 6,421 179 2.7 6,600
Franklin 14,092 320 2.2 14,412
Geneva 10,700 265 2.4 10,965
Greene 2,656 175 6.2 2,831
Hale 5,617 285 4.8 5,902
Henry 6,676 184 2.7 6,860
Houston 45,068 1,339 2.9 46,407
Jackson 22,018 563 2.5 22,581
Jefferson 306,550 9,778 3.1 316,328
Lamar 5,588 150 2.6 5,738
Lauderdale 40,663 1,154 2.8 41,817
Lawrence 13,872 372 2.6 14,244
Lee 74,166 1,901 2.5 76,067
Limestone 44,244 972 2.1 45,216
Lowndes 3,185 271 7.8 3,456
Macon 7,387 430 5.5 7,817
Madison 184,909 4,346 2.3 189,255
Marengo 7,361 291 3.8 7,652
Marion 13,059 317 2.4 13,376
Marshall 43,878 935 2.1 44,813
Mobile 177,395 7,549 4.1 184,944
Monroe 6,930 338 4.7 7,268
Montgomery 98,995 4,488 4.3 103,483
Morgan 57,073 1,319 2.3 58,392
Perry 2,997 242 7.5 3,239
Pickens 7,300 272 3.6 7,572
Pike 15,488 457 2.9 15,945
Randolph 9,072 231 2.5 9,303
Russell 22,262 595 2.6 22,857
Shelby 113,457 2,115 1.8 115,572
St. Clair 39,479 932 2.3 40,411
Sumter 4,384 179 3.9 4,563
Talladega 33,683 1,333 3.8 35,016
Tallapoosa 17,155 625 3.5 17,780
Tuscaloosa 97,166 3,069 3.1 100,235
Walker 24,259 750 3.0 25,009
Washington 6,264 271 4.1 6,535
Wilcox 2,372 257 9.8 2,629
Winston 9,940 244 2.4 10,184