Unemployment Rate in Sumter County, AL
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
12.0%
Rank #3,154/3,222 · #65 in AL
2th
Sumter 12.0%
AL 4.7% +157.4%
US 5.3% +126.7%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Sumter County's unemployment rate of 12.0% 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 Sumter County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,151 | Yauco Municipio, PR | 11.8% |
| #3,152 | Greene County, MS | 11.9% |
| #3,153 | Highland County, VA | 11.9% |
| #3,154 | Sumter County, AL | 12.0% |
| #3,155 | Bibb County, AL | 12.1% |
| #3,156 | Maunabo Municipio, PR | 12.1% |
| #3,157 | Santa Cruz County, AZ | 12.2% |
About Unemployment Rate
Sumter County, Alabama has a unemployment rate of 12.0%, ranking #3,154 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 126.7% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Alabama, it ranks #65 of 67. This places it in the 2th 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.