ALABAMA UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND NUMBER UNEMPLOYED

May 2016 Preliminary

State Rate Seasonally Adjusted: 6.1%
State Rate Not Seasonally Adjusted: 5.7%
Counties Not Seasonally Adjusted
Lauderdale
2,720
6.3%
Colbert
1,614
6.8%
Franklin
793
5.8%

Lawrence
978
7.0%

Cullman
1,856
5.0%

Pickens
525
6.6%

Greene
284
9.9%

Hale
436
7.2%

Sumter
387
7.8%

Perry
339
9.7%

Choctaw
396
9.2%

Wilcox
380
13.5%
Clarke
842
10.6%

Washington
542
8.1%

Monroe
653
9.1%

Conecuh
374
8.0%

Baldwin
4,633
5.1%

Coosa
261
5.9%

Chilton
1,037
5.4%

Lowndes
409
10.7%

Butler
623
6.8%

Escambia
928
6.3%
Mobile
11,998
6.5%

Talladega
2,229
6.2%

Covington
1,030
6.7%

Randolph
519
5.4%

Chambers
825
5.5%

Tallapoosa
1,039
5.6%

Lee
3,639
5.0%

Macon
584
7.4%

Montgomery
5,857
5.6%

Crenshaw
364
5.8%

Cleburne
340
5.9%

Clay
331
5.9%

Elmore
1,743
4.8%

Autauga
1,274
5.0%
Dallas
1,449
9.2%

Marengo
555
7.4%

Calhoun
2,995
6.5%

St. Clair
1,981
5.1%

Shelby
4,609
4.2%
Bibb
536
6.2%

Cherokee
558
4.9%

Etowah
2,539
5.7%

Blount
1,321
5.3%

Jefferson
17,543
5.6%
Tuscaloosa
5,477
5.5%

De Kalb
1,703
5.9%

Marshall
2,155
5.2%

Walker
1,906
7.3%

Fayette
442
6.8%

Jackson
1,496
6.3%

Madison
8,645
5.0%

Morgan
3,011
5.4%

Winston
703
7.4%

Marion
823
6.5%
Lamar
313
5.6%

Limestone
2,048
5.1%

Russell
1,338
5.5%

Bullock
271
5.9%

Barbour
709
8.3%

Pike
934
6.2%
Dale
1,159
5.8%

Coffee
1,205
5.8%

Henry
438
6.5%
Houston
2,581
5.7%

Geneva
635
5.9%

Legend
Unemployment Rate
6.1% and Below
6.2% - 7.4%

Prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor,

Labor Market Information Division

7.5% and Above