CITY AREAS

JANUARY 2017 UNEMPLOYMENT DATA

Civilian Labor Force Employment Unemployment Unemployment Rate

Jan p Dec r Jan r Jan p Dec r Jan r Jan p Dec r Jan r Jan p Dec r Jan r
Area 2017 2016 2016 2017 2016 2016 2017 2016 2016 2017 2016 2016
ALABASTER CITY 17,469 17,550 17,267 16,612 16,814 16,488 857 736 779 4.9% 4.2% 4.5%
ANNISTON CITY 8,370 8,329 8,339 7,577 7,641 7,587 793 688 752 9.5% 8.3% 9.0%
AUBURN CITY 29,232 29,565 28,437 27,446 27,951 26,769 1,786 1,614 1,668 6.1% 5.5% 5.9%
BESSEMER CITY 10,011 10,042 9,882 9,019 9,127 8,951 992 915 931 9.9% 9.1% 9.4%
BIRMINGHAM CITY 93,036 93,195 91,494 85,678 86,707 85,027 7,358 6,488 6,467 7.9% 7.0% 7.1%
DECATUR CITY 26,512 26,252 26,221 24,927 24,841 24,652 1,585 1,411 1,569 6.0% 5.4% 6.0%
DOTHAN CITY 29,582 29,574 29,039 27,631 27,845 27,213 1,951 1,729 1,826 6.6% 5.8% 6.3%
ENTERPRISE CITY 10,666 10,646 10,526 9,937 10,054 9,858 729 592 668 6.8% 5.6% 6.3%
FLORENCE CITY 18,472 18,523 18,259 17,245 17,453 17,076 1,227 1,070 1,183 6.6% 5.8% 6.5%
GADSDEN CITY 14,092 14,045 13,890 12,992 13,095 12,876 1,100 950 1,014 7.8% 6.8% 7.3%
HOMEWOOD CITY 13,985 14,069 13,844 13,367 13,527 13,265 618 542 579 4.4% 3.9% 4.2%
HOOVER CITY 44,155 44,443 43,642 42,140 42,648 41,822 2,015 1,795 1,820 4.6% 4.0% 4.2%
HUNTSVILLE CITY 93,754 94,275 91,887 88,093 89,276 86,681 5,661 4,999 5,206 6.0% 5.3% 5.7%
MADISON CITY 24,143 24,313 23,640 22,873 23,181 22,504 1,270 1,132 1,136 5.3% 4.7% 4.8%
MOBILE CITY 86,068 86,692 85,545 79,022 80,384 79,166 7,046 6,308 6,379 8.2% 7.3% 7.5%
MONTGOMERY CITY 92,465 92,729 91,108 86,257 87,192 85,452 6,208 5,537 5,656 6.7% 6.0% 6.2%
OPELIKA CITY 13,922 14,070 13,543 13,088 13,329 12,765 834 741 778 6.0% 5.3% 5.7%
PHENIX CITY 15,407 15,518 15,286 14,498 14,727 14,411 909 791 875 5.9% 5.1% 5.7%
PRATTVILLE CITY 16,767 16,835 16,534 15,841 16,030 15,687 926 805 847 5.5% 4.8% 5.1%
PRICHARD CITY 8,227 8,207 8,141 7,249 7,374 7,263 978 833 878 11.9% 10.1% 10.8%
SELMA CITY 6,524 6,510 6,511 5,775 5,862 5,836 749 648 675 11.5% 10.0% 10.4%
TUSCALOOSA CITY 45,563 45,883 44,862 42,260 42,862 41,831 3,303 3,021 3,031 7.2% 6.6% 6.8%
VESTAVIA HILLS CITY 17,388 17,516 17,170 16,652 16,852 16,526 736 664 644 4.2% 3.8% 3.8%
Cities Areas are comparable to the not seasonally adjusted labor force data.
Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on a 2016 benchmark.