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: 161516

Reported Deaths: 3916

County	Cases	Deaths
DeSoto	10708	104
Hinds	10519	205
Harrison	7555	113
Jackson	6708	128
Rankin	6130	112
Lee	5476	97
Madison	5202	110
Forrest	4001	87
Jones	3821	89
Lauderdale	3727	147
Lafayette	3440	57
Washington	3367	108
Lamar	3075	50
Lowndes	2611	67
Oktibbeha	2599	62
Bolivar	2501	85
Panola	2402	53
Neshoba	2311	122
Marshall	2271	51
Leflore	2139	91
Monroe	2122	78
Pontotoc	2112	31
Lincoln	2008	67
Sunflower	1955	55
Warren	1849	58
Tate	1840	51
Union	1768	26
Copiah	1725	40
Pike	1683	60
Pearl River	1638	70
Yazoo	1629	40
Scott	1627	30
Itawamba	1626	37
Alcorn	1604	28
Coahoma	1578	44
Prentiss	1567	32
Simpson	1551	53
Adams	1483	52
Grenada	1471	45
Leake	1433	44
Holmes	1357	61
Covington	1355	41
Tippah	1325	30
George	1317	25
Winston	1317	26
Hancock	1309	42
Wayne	1249	24
Attala	1247	35
Marion	1242	48
Tishomingo	1148	44
Chickasaw	1121	32
Newton	1121	29
Tallahatchie	1007	27
Clay	971	27
Clarke	956	53
Jasper	885	23
Stone	831	15
Calhoun	815	13
Walthall	799	30
Montgomery	788	26
Carroll	763	15
Smith	757	16
Lawrence	752	14
Yalobusha	744	28
Noxubee	742	17
Perry	693	26
Tunica	635	19
Greene	630	22
Jefferson Davis	602	17
Amite	593	15
Claiborne	593	16
Humphreys	557	19
Quitman	511	7
Benton	505	18
Kemper	493	18
Webster	479	14
Wilkinson	413	22
Jefferson	387	12
Franklin	372	6
Choctaw	369	7
Sharkey	331	17
Issaquena	123	4
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Cases: 260359

Reported Deaths: 3776

County	Cases	Deaths
Jefferson	34716	513
Mobile	20452	370
Madison	14215	153
Tuscaloosa	13755	173
Montgomery	12731	243
Shelby	11102	78
Baldwin	9341	137
Lee	8015	66
Morgan	7228	55
Etowah	6921	70
Calhoun	6809	121
Marshall	6750	58
Houston	5527	39
DeKalb	5129	40
Cullman	4802	46
St. Clair	4603	57
Limestone	4550	46
Lauderdale	4433	57
Elmore	4325	67
Walker	3861	112
Talladega	3811	57
Jackson	3616	23
Colbert	3415	46
Blount	3158	45
Autauga	2893	42
Franklin	2626	34
Coffee	2577	17
Dale	2444	54
Dallas	2349	32
Chilton	2336	41
Covington	2324	34
Russell	2315	3
Escambia	2069	32
Tallapoosa	1902	91
Chambers	1875	51
Clarke	1641	20
Pike	1638	14
Marion	1482	36
Winston	1447	25
Lawrence	1373	36
Pickens	1297	20
Geneva	1281	8
Marengo	1267	24
Bibb	1252	38
Barbour	1214	29
Butler	1200	42
Randolph	1070	22
Cherokee	1067	24
Hale	1014	32
Fayette	999	16
Clay	948	25
Washington	939	21
Henry	899	6
Monroe	846	11
Lowndes	826	29
Cleburne	807	14
Macon	771	22
Crenshaw	733	30
Conecuh	729	14
Lamar	725	8
Bullock	709	19
Perry	698	7
Wilcox	655	18
Sumter	595	22
Greene	445	18
Choctaw	435	19
Coosa	382	4
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0