Unemployment Rate in Houston County, AL
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.5%
Rank #1,652/3,222 · #25 in AL
49th
Houston 4.5%
AL 4.7% -4.1%
US 5.3% -15.6%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Houston County's unemployment rate of 4.5% 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 Houston County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,649 | Hillsborough County, FL | 4.5% |
| #1,650 | Tillamook County, OR | 4.5% |
| #1,651 | Okanogan County, WA | 4.5% |
| #1,652 | Houston County, AL | 4.5% |
| #1,653 | Wood County, OH | 4.5% |
| #1,654 | Cooke County, TX | 4.5% |
| #1,655 | York County, PA | 4.5% |
About Unemployment Rate
Houston County, Alabama has a unemployment rate of 4.5%, ranking #1,652 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 15.6% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Alabama, it ranks #25 of 67. This places it in the 49th 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.