Unemployment Rate in Fayette County, AL
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
8.4%
Rank #2,989/3,222 · #58 in AL
7th
Fayette 8.4%
AL 4.7% +80.7%
US 5.3% +59.2%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Fayette County's unemployment rate of 8.4% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Fayette County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,986 | Blaine County, OK | 8.4% |
| #2,987 | Hancock County, WV | 8.4% |
| #2,988 | Dimmit County, TX | 8.4% |
| #2,989 | Fayette County, AL | 8.4% |
| #2,990 | De Baca County, NM | 8.4% |
| #2,991 | Franklin County, FL | 8.5% |
| #2,992 | Kent County, TX | 8.5% |
About Unemployment Rate
Fayette County, Alabama has a unemployment rate of 8.4%, ranking #2,989 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 59.2% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Alabama, it ranks #58 of 67. This places it in the 7th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.