Unemployment Rate in Shelby County, AL
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
2.9%
Rank #602/3,222 · #5 in AL
81th
Shelby 2.9%
AL 4.7% -38.6%
US 5.3% -46.0%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Shelby County's unemployment rate of 2.9% 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 Shelby County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #599 | Fauquier County, VA | 2.9% |
| #600 | Lyon County, KY | 2.9% |
| #601 | Ransom County, ND | 2.9% |
| #602 | Shelby County, AL | 2.9% |
| #603 | Ottawa County, KS | 2.9% |
| #604 | Marathon County, WI | 2.9% |
| #605 | Colorado County, TX | 2.9% |
About Unemployment Rate
Shelby County, Alabama has a unemployment rate of 2.9%, ranking #602 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 46.0% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Alabama, it ranks #5 of 67. This places it in the 81th 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.