Unemployment Rate in Jackson County, AL
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.5%
Rank #1,642/3,222 · #24 in AL
49th
Jackson 4.5%
AL 4.7% -4.3%
US 5.3% -15.8%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Jackson 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 Jackson County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,639 | Moore County, NC | 4.5% |
| #1,640 | Baker County, FL | 4.5% |
| #1,641 | Yuma County, CO | 4.5% |
| #1,642 | Jackson County, AL | 4.5% |
| #1,643 | Johnston County, OK | 4.5% |
| #1,644 | Holmes County, FL | 4.5% |
| #1,645 | Guayama Municipio, PR | 4.5% |
About Unemployment Rate
Jackson County, Alabama has a unemployment rate of 4.5%, ranking #1,642 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 15.8% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Alabama, it ranks #24 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.