Unemployment Rate in Mobile County, AL
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.2%
Rank #2,147/3,222 · #39 in AL
33th
Mobile 5.2%
AL 4.7% +12.2%
US 5.3% -1.2%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Mobile County's unemployment rate of 5.2% 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 Mobile County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,144 | Clarke County, GA | 5.2% |
| #2,145 | Sampson County, NC | 5.2% |
| #2,146 | Santa Fe County, NM | 5.2% |
| #2,147 | Mobile County, AL | 5.2% |
| #2,148 | Telfair County, GA | 5.2% |
| #2,149 | Dutchess County, NY | 5.2% |
| #2,150 | Roosevelt County, NM | 5.2% |
About Unemployment Rate
Mobile County, Alabama has a unemployment rate of 5.2%, ranking #2,147 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 1.2% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Alabama, it ranks #39 of 67. This places it in the 33th 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.