Unemployment Rate in Sumter County, AL
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Sumter County Compares
National Distribution
Where Sumter County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Sumter County: 12.0%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #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% |
Unemployment Rate in Sumter County, Alabama
Sumter County, Alabama has a unemployment rate of 12.0%, which ranks #3,154 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 126.7% above the national value of 5.3%.
Within Alabama, Sumter County ranks #65 of 67 out of 67 counties. This places it in the 2th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.
About this data
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.