The Local Area Unemployment Statistics release include monthly and annual-average estimates of civilian labor force, employed people, unemployed people, and unemployment rates for different geographies. These data are based on the Current Population Survey (CPS), the household survey that is the source of the national unemployment rate. For more details, see the frequently asked questions here: https://www.bls.gov/lau/laufaq.htm.


   

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    Jan 1976    
 
 
    May 2026
Persons
Name May 2026 Apr 2026 May 2025
Alabama
79,318 60,330 59,355
Autauga County
882 636 625
Baldwin County
3,604 2,628 2,698
Barbour County
369 282 260
Bibb County
288 201 215
Blount County
771 553 567
Bullock County
143 112 118
Butler County
311 260 240
Calhoun County
1,793 1,378 1,351
Chambers County
536 391 422
Cherokee County
357 259 260
Chilton County
613 430 468
Choctaw County
202 164 157
Clarke County
410 343 321
Clay County
216 159 158
Cleburne County
199 147 153
Coffee County
756 556 586
Colbert County
911 692 769
Conecuh County
193 149 135
Coosa County
152 115 117
Covington County
518 396 396
Crenshaw County
200 142 145
Cullman County
1,252 912 902
Dale County
747 545 539
Dallas County
741 621 593
DeKalb County
997 725 712
Elmore County
1,190 862 885
Escambia County
550 445 381
Etowah County
1,477 1,079 1,152
Fayette County
250 178 165
Franklin County
428 306 325
Geneva County
390 276 278
Greene County
140 123 131
Hale County
270 223 210
Henry County
250 184 196
Houston County
1,643 1,275 1,208
Jackson County
758 545 612
Jefferson County
10,867 8,543 8,102
Lamar County
197 145 149
Lauderdale County
1,571 1,152 1,173
Lawrence County
487 352 352
Lee County
2,809 1,952 2,072
Limestone County
1,679 1,224 1,240
Lowndes County
184 164 154
Macon County
355 252 274
Madison County
6,548 4,953 4,806
Marengo County
319 262 238
Marion County
428 331 338
Marshall County
1,303 947 965
Mobile County
7,369 6,091 5,744
Monroe County
405 353 285
Montgomery County
3,754 3,017 2,830
Morgan County
1,763 1,294 1,267
Perry County
143 123 120
Pickens County
282 211 225
Pike County
583 458 420
Randolph County
325 242 249
Russell County
928 687 681
Shelby County
3,322 2,427 2,453
St. Clair County
1,353 1,037 941
Sumter County
208 147 160
Talladega County
1,300 1,050 996
Tallapoosa County
633 479 456
Tuscaloosa County
3,988 2,850 2,906
Walker County
891 665 664
Washington County
260 211 220
Wilcox County
196 171 161
Winston County
361 249 265
   

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