Alabama jobless rate drops to 3.6 percent

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Alabama's unemployment rate has dropped to a record low 3.6 percent.

Posted: Nov 17, 2017 11:44 AM

Posted By: Zac Carlisle

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama's unemployment rate has dropped to a record low 3.6 percent.

The governor's office says the rate announced Friday is down from the September rate of 3.8 percent, and it's the lowest ever recorded in Alabama.

Last month's rate is well below the state's October 2016 rate of 6.1 percent. And it's three-tenths of a percent better than that rate of 4.1 percent, which was the lowest in almost 17 years.

The state rate represents about 77,000 unemployed people in October compared to about 83,000 jobless people in September.

Statistics show annual growth is strongest in the leisure and hospitality sector, with 7,100 jobs added.

Shelby County in metro Birmingham has the state's lowest jobless rate at 2.6 percent, and Wilcox County in western Alabama is highest at 8.9 percent.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Cases: 512632

Reported Deaths: 10262

County	Cases	Deaths
Harrison	34853	555
DeSoto	33162	432
Hinds	32556	641
Jackson	24830	389
Rankin	22442	402
Lee	16238	242
Madison	14874	283
Jones	14086	247
Forrest	13741	259
Lauderdale	12249	324
Lowndes	11286	193
Lamar	10644	140
Pearl River	9707	244
Lafayette	8827	143
Hancock	7835	132
Washington	7550	169
Oktibbeha	7204	138
Monroe	6989	179
Pontotoc	6970	109
Warren	6849	178
Panola	6746	134
Neshoba	6726	210
Marshall	6653	141
Bolivar	6440	151
Union	6338	97
Pike	5924	156
Alcorn	5862	107
Lincoln	5525	136
George	5101	80
Prentiss	5008	84
Tippah	4902	82
Itawamba	4829	107
Scott	4774	99
Adams	4766	125
Tate	4748	116
Leflore	4723	144
Copiah	4558	95
Yazoo	4555	91
Simpson	4543	117
Wayne	4427	72
Covington	4328	95
Sunflower	4299	106
Marion	4265	112
Coahoma	4227	109
Leake	4137	90
Newton	3955	81
Tishomingo	3817	93
Grenada	3775	109
Stone	3656	66
Jasper	3401	66
Attala	3377	90
Winston	3177	92
Chickasaw	3133	67
Clay	3118	78
Clarke	3011	95
Calhoun	2844	49
Holmes	2712	89
Smith	2689	52
Yalobusha	2437	47
Tallahatchie	2314	53
Greene	2247	49
Walthall	2213	66
Lawrence	2178	40
Perry	2133	56
Amite	2095	57
Webster	2051	48
Noxubee	1886	42
Montgomery	1815	57
Carroll	1744	41
Jefferson Davis	1736	43
Tunica	1632	39
Benton	1526	39
Kemper	1449	41
Choctaw	1365	27
Claiborne	1342	38
Humphreys	1311	39
Franklin	1249	29
Quitman	1075	28
Wilkinson	1059	39
Jefferson	968	34
Sharkey	651	21
Issaquena	195	7
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Cases: 845108

Reported Deaths: 16115

County	Cases	Deaths
Jefferson	116124	2006
Mobile	74196	1379
Madison	53291	732
Shelby	38328	368
Baldwin	38074	589
Tuscaloosa	36017	641
Montgomery	34483	781
Lee	25557	263
Calhoun	22585	518
Morgan	22454	406
Etowah	20016	517
Marshall	18781	316
Houston	17729	425
St. Clair	16880	358
Limestone	16138	218
Cullman	16050	303
Elmore	15904	294
Lauderdale	14984	306
Talladega	14191	299
DeKalb	12971	269
Walker	12029	380
Blount	10715	192
Autauga	10517	157
Jackson	10161	194
Coffee	9415	192
Colbert	9341	208
Dale	9018	191
Tallapoosa	7255	201
Russell	7078	65
Chilton	7018	170
Escambia	6955	143
Covington	6933	195
Franklin	6342	108
Chambers	5784	142
Marion	5403	130
Dallas	5285	209
Pike	5118	109
Clarke	4849	86
Lawrence	4826	129
Winston	4780	110
Geneva	4642	136
Bibb	4340	94
Barbour	3694	80
Butler	3434	100
Marengo	3423	93
Monroe	3370	66
Randolph	3343	67
Pickens	3331	88
Fayette	3300	85
Henry	3206	66
Hale	3183	89
Cherokee	3177	63
Crenshaw	2604	77
Washington	2570	52
Cleburne	2544	60
Lamar	2514	53
Clay	2508	69
Macon	2447	64
Conecuh	1928	62
Coosa	1850	47
Lowndes	1781	68
Wilcox	1774	38
Bullock	1526	45
Perry	1418	40
Sumter	1392	41
Greene	1302	45
Choctaw	932	28
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0

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