Moderate Unemployment Area
Bessemer, AL Current Unemployment - 4.2%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Bessemer, AL Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 2022
5.6%
3.4%
4.0%
2 / 2022
5.5%
3.1%
3.8%
3 / 2022
4.5%
2.5%
3.6%
4 / 2022
3.3%
2.1%
3.6%
5 / 2022
3.7%
2.4%
3.6%
6 / 2022
5.2%
3.3%
3.6%
7 / 2022
4.9%
3.2%
3.5%
8 / 2022
4.2%
2.9%
3.7%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 2021
7.9%
4.0%
6.3%
2 / 2021
7.3%
3.7%
6.2%
3 / 2021
6.4%
3.4%
6.0%
4 / 2021
4.8%
2.9%
6.1%
5 / 2021
5.2%
2.9%
5.8%
6 / 2021
5.9%
3.7%
5.9%
7 / 2021
5.1%
3.8%
5.4%
8 / 2021
6.2%
3.7%
5.2%
9 / 2021
5.6%
3.0%
4.7%
10 / 2021
5.2%
2.9%
4.6%
11 / 2021
5.0%
2.6%
4.2%
12 / 2021
4.8%
2.6%
3.9%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 2020
4.6%
3.2%
3.6%
2 / 2020
3.8%
2.9%
3.5%
3 / 2020
4.0%
3.0%
4.4%
4 / 2020
19.0%
13.3%
14.7%
5 / 2020
14.6%
9.2%
13.3%
6 / 2020
13.0%
7.9%
11.1%
7 / 2020
14.0%
8.4%
10.2%
8 / 2020
10.5%
6.7%
8.4%
9 / 2020
12.5%
6.5%
7.9%
10 / 2020
10.7%
5.5%
6.9%
11 / 2020
7.6%
3.8%
6.7%
12 / 2020
7.0%
3.5%
6.7%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 2019
5.4%
4.2%
4.0%
2 / 2019
4.9%
3.8%
3.8%
3 / 2019
4.5%
3.4%
3.8%
4 / 2019
3.3%
2.6%
3.6%
5 / 2019
3.0%
2.5%
3.6%
6 / 2019
4.4%
3.3%
3.7%
7 / 2019
4.2%
3.1%
3.7%
8 / 2019
4.0%
3.0%
3.7%
9 / 2019
3.7%
2.6%
3.5%
10 / 2019
3.8%
2.5%
3.6%
11 / 2019
3.5%
2.4%
3.5%
12 / 2019
3.7%
2.5%
3.5%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 2018
5.7%
4.3%
4.1%
2 / 2018
5.5%
4.4%
4.1%
3 / 2018
5.2%
4.0%
4.0%
4 / 2018
4.6%
3.5%
3.9%
5 / 2018
4.7%
3.5%
3.8%
6 / 2018
5.9%
4.6%
4.0%
7 / 2018
5.6%
4.2%
3.9%
8 / 2018
5.3%
4.0%
3.8%
9 / 2018
4.9%
3.6%
3.7%
10 / 2018
4.9%
3.6%
3.8%
11 / 2018
4.4%
3.3%
3.7%
12 / 2018
4.7%
3.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 2017
8.9%
6.0%
4.7%
2 / 2017
7.9%
5.6%
4.7%
3 / 2017
6.9%
4.9%
4.4%
4 / 2017
5.9%
4.1%
4.4%
5 / 2017
5.2%
3.9%
4.4%
6 / 2017
6.0%
4.8%
4.3%
7 / 2017
5.9%
4.6%
4.3%
8 / 2017
5.6%
4.3%
4.4%
9 / 2017
5.2%
3.7%
4.2%
10 / 2017
5.1%
3.7%
4.1%
11 / 2017
5.0%
3.6%
4.2%
12 / 2017
5.0%
3.7%
4.1%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 2016
9.5%
6.3%
4.9%
2 / 2016
8.8%
6.2%
4.9%
3 / 2016
8.4%
5.9%
5.0%
4 / 2016
7.7%
5.3%
5.0%
5 / 2016
7.1%
5.3%
4.8%
6 / 2016
8.3%
6.2%
4.9%
7 / 2016
8.6%
6.0%
4.8%
8 / 2016
8.7%
6.0%
4.9%
9 / 2016
9.4%
5.8%
5.0%
10 / 2016
9.2%
5.9%
4.9%
11 / 2016
8.8%
5.4%
4.7%
12 / 2016
8.4%
5.4%
4.7%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 2015
8.7%
6.4%
5.7%
2 / 2015
8.6%
6.3%
5.5%
3 / 2015
8.4%
5.9%
5.4%
4 / 2015
8.2%
5.6%
5.4%
5 / 2015
8.9%
6.0%
5.6%
6 / 2015
9.4%
6.6%
5.3%
7 / 2015
9.0%
6.5%
5.2%
8 / 2015
9.2%
6.4%
5.1%
9 / 2015
8.9%
5.9%
5.0%
10 / 2015
9.0%
5.9%
5.0%
11 / 2015
8.8%
5.7%
5.1%
12 / 2015
8.7%
5.8%
5.0%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 2014
10.2%
7.6%
6.6%
2 / 2014
10.7%
7.8%
6.7%
3 / 2014
10.0%
7.5%
6.7%
4 / 2014
8.8%
6.2%
6.2%
5 / 2014
9.1%
6.6%
6.3%
6 / 2014
9.4%
7.4%
6.1%
7 / 2014
10.1%
7.6%
6.2%
8 / 2014
9.5%
7.2%
6.1%
9 / 2014
8.3%
6.3%
5.9%
10 / 2014
8.0%
6.0%
5.7%
11 / 2014
7.7%
5.8%
5.8%
12 / 2014
7.3%
5.6%
5.6%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 2013
10.8%
8.2%
8.0%
2 / 2013
10.3%
7.9%
7.7%
3 / 2013
9.5%
7.1%
7.5%
4 / 2013
8.4%
6.3%
7.6%
5 / 2013
8.5%
6.7%
7.5%
6 / 2013
10.0%
7.7%
7.5%
7 / 2013
10.0%
7.7%
7.3%
8 / 2013
9.9%
7.6%
7.2%
9 / 2013
10.1%
7.2%
7.2%
10 / 2013
9.8%
7.0%
7.2%
11 / 2013
9.2%
6.7%
6.9%
12 / 2013
9.0%
6.6%
6.7%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 2012
10.8%
8.3%
8.3%
2 / 2012
10.9%
8.4%
8.3%
3 / 2012
10.4%
7.9%
8.2%
4 / 2012
9.1%
7.2%
8.2%
5 / 2012
10.0%
7.8%
8.2%
6 / 2012
11.1%
9.0%
8.2%
7 / 2012
11.6%
9.1%
8.2%
8 / 2012
11.0%
8.6%
8.1%
9 / 2012
10.1%
7.6%
7.8%
10 / 2012
9.8%
7.5%
7.8%
11 / 2012
9.7%
6.9%
7.7%
12 / 2012
9.9%
7.2%
7.9%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 2011
15.1%
11.0%
9.1%
2 / 2011
14.8%
10.5%
9.0%
3 / 2011
13.7%
9.9%
9.0%
4 / 2011
13.5%
9.4%
9.1%
5 / 2011
13.5%
9.6%
9.0%
6 / 2011
14.1%
10.6%
9.1%
7 / 2011
14.7%
10.4%
9.0%
8 / 2011
13.6%
10.0%
9.0%
9 / 2011
13.3%
9.5%
9.0%
10 / 2011
12.5%
8.9%
8.8%
11 / 2011
10.9%
8.0%
8.6%
12 / 2011
10.0%
7.9%
8.5%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 2010
16.7%
12.3%
9.8%
2 / 2010
16.5%
12.1%
9.8%
3 / 2010
15.8%
11.5%
9.9%
4 / 2010
14.6%
10.4%
9.9%
5 / 2010
13.0%
9.9%
9.6%
6 / 2010
14.7%
10.5%
9.4%
7 / 2010
14.0%
10.2%
9.4%
8 / 2010
14.0%
10.1%
9.5%
9 / 2010
14.1%
9.8%
9.5%
10 / 2010
14.2%
9.9%
9.4%
11 / 2010
14.3%
10.0%
9.8%
12 / 2010
13.9%
9.8%
9.3%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 2009
13.9%
9.7%
7.8%
2 / 2009
14.7%
10.5%
8.3%
3 / 2009
14.9%
10.4%
8.7%
4 / 2009
14.9%
9.9%
9.0%
5 / 2009
15.2%
10.6%
9.4%
6 / 2009
17.2%
11.9%
9.5%
7 / 2009
16.4%
11.8%
9.5%
8 / 2009
17.3%
11.9%
9.6%
9 / 2009
16.5%
11.5%
9.8%
10 / 2009
17.1%
11.7%
10.0%
11 / 2009
15.2%
11.1%
9.9%
12 / 2009
15.6%
11.4%
9.9%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 2008
6.7%
4.8%
5.0%
2 / 2008
6.7%
4.9%
4.9%
3 / 2008
6.3%
4.7%
5.1%
4 / 2008
5.7%
4.0%
5.0%
5 / 2008
6.4%
4.9%
5.4%
6 / 2008
7.6%
5.9%
5.6%
7 / 2008
8.0%
6.0%
5.8%
8 / 2008
8.5%
6.2%
6.1%
9 / 2008
8.3%
5.9%
6.1%
10 / 2008
9.4%
6.3%
6.5%
11 / 2008
9.5%
6.7%
6.8%
12 / 2008
10.1%
7.6%
7.3%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 2007
6.0%
4.3%
4.6%
2 / 2007
6.1%
4.2%
4.5%
3 / 2007
6.8%
3.8%
4.4%
4 / 2007
5.2%
3.3%
4.5%
5 / 2007
5.2%
3.3%
4.4%
6 / 2007
6.4%
4.2%
4.6%
7 / 2007
6.3%
4.4%
4.7%
8 / 2007
6.6%
4.3%
4.6%
9 / 2007
6.1%
4.0%
4.7%
10 / 2007
5.6%
3.8%
4.7%
11 / 2007
5.8%
3.9%
4.7%
12 / 2007
6.1%
4.3%
5.0%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 2006
7.1%
4.4%
4.7%
2 / 2006
7.0%
4.5%
4.8%
3 / 2006
6.2%
3.9%
4.7%
4 / 2006
5.7%
3.5%
4.7%
5 / 2006
5.4%
3.6%
4.6%
6 / 2006
6.9%
4.6%
4.6%
7 / 2006
6.9%
4.6%
4.7%
8 / 2006
6.4%
4.4%
4.7%
9 / 2006
5.6%
3.9%
4.5%
10 / 2006
5.3%
3.6%
4.4%
11 / 2006
6.3%
3.7%
4.5%
12 / 2006
5.2%
3.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 2005
8.2%
5.4%
5.3%
2 / 2005
7.8%
5.4%
5.4%
3 / 2005
6.8%
4.6%
5.2%
4 / 2005
6.1%
3.9%
5.2%
5 / 2005
6.0%
4.0%
5.1%
6 / 2005
7.5%
5.0%
5.0%
7 / 2005
7.0%
4.7%
5.0%
8 / 2005
7.1%
4.5%
4.9%
9 / 2005
6.5%
4.3%
5.0%
10 / 2005
6.7%
4.2%
5.0%
11 / 2005
6.7%
4.0%
5.0%
12 / 2005
6.0%
3.9%
4.9%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 2004
11.8%
6.4%
5.7%
2 / 2004
11.5%
6.1%
5.6%
3 / 2004
11.4%
5.9%
5.8%
4 / 2004
10.2%
5.2%
5.6%
5 / 2004
10.5%
5.4%
5.6%
6 / 2004
11.9%
6.1%
5.6%
7 / 2004
11.5%
6.0%
5.5%
8 / 2004
11.7%
5.9%
5.4%
9 / 2004
11.0%
5.6%
5.4%
10 / 2004
11.0%
5.5%
5.5%
11 / 2004
10.3%
5.2%
5.4%
12 / 2004
9.8%
4.9%
5.4%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 2003
11.5%
6.2%
5.8%
2 / 2003
11.4%
6.0%
5.9%
3 / 2003
10.7%
5.6%
5.9%
4 / 2003
10.1%
5.3%
6.0%
5 / 2003
10.8%
5.6%
6.1%
6 / 2003
13.1%
6.9%
6.3%
7 / 2003
11.9%
6.3%
6.2%
8 / 2003
12.2%
6.4%
6.1%
9 / 2003
11.5%
6.0%
6.1%
10 / 2003
11.7%
6.1%
6.0%
11 / 2003
11.6%
6.1%
5.8%
12 / 2003
10.9%
5.7%
5.7%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 2002
11.1%
6.5%
5.7%
2 / 2002
11.3%
6.3%
5.7%
3 / 2002
10.8%
6.0%
5.7%
4 / 2002
9.5%
5.3%
5.9%
5 / 2002
9.4%
5.2%
5.8%
6 / 2002
11.4%
6.3%
5.8%
7 / 2002
11.1%
6.2%
5.8%
8 / 2002
11.6%
6.2%
5.7%
9 / 2002
10.8%
5.7%
5.7%
10 / 2002
10.7%
5.6%
5.7%
11 / 2002
11.0%
5.8%
5.9%
12 / 2002
10.8%
5.7%
6.0%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 2001
8.7%
5.2%
4.2%
2 / 2001
8.6%
5.0%
4.2%
3 / 2001
8.3%
4.7%
4.3%
4 / 2001
7.4%
4.2%
4.4%
5 / 2001
7.0%
4.0%
4.3%
6 / 2001
9.1%
5.2%
4.5%
7 / 2001
8.7%
5.1%
4.6%
8 / 2001
10.1%
5.6%
4.9%
9 / 2001
9.5%
5.3%
5.0%
10 / 2001
10.3%
5.6%
5.3%
11 / 2001
10.7%
5.8%
5.5%
12 / 2001
10.4%
5.8%
5.7%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 2000
9.1%
5.1%
4.0%
2 / 2000
9.1%
5.1%
4.1%
3 / 2000
8.2%
4.5%
4.0%
4 / 2000
7.0%
3.8%
3.8%
5 / 2000
7.6%
4.1%
4.0%
6 / 2000
9.2%
4.9%
4.0%
7 / 2000
8.8%
4.9%
4.0%
8 / 2000
9.3%
5.0%
4.1%
9 / 2000
8.2%
4.5%
3.9%
10 / 2000
8.4%
4.5%
3.9%
11 / 2000
8.0%
4.4%
3.9%
12 / 2000
7.3%
4.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 1999
5.3%
4.7%
4.3%
2 / 1999
5.7%
4.9%
4.4%
3 / 1999
5.3%
4.5%
4.2%
4 / 1999
5.3%
4.3%
4.3%
5 / 1999
5.1%
4.2%
4.2%
6 / 1999
6.2%
5.3%
4.3%
7 / 1999
5.9%
5.1%
4.3%
8 / 1999
6.4%
5.2%
4.2%
9 / 1999
6.2%
5.0%
4.2%
10 / 1999
5.8%
4.7%
4.1%
11 / 1999
5.7%
4.5%
4.1%
12 / 1999
5.2%
4.4%
4.0%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 1998
5.3%
4.5%
4.6%
2 / 1998
5.1%
4.4%
4.6%
3 / 1998
5.1%
4.3%
4.7%
4 / 1998
4.1%
3.5%
4.3%
5 / 1998
4.5%
3.9%
4.4%
6 / 1998
6.1%
5.0%
4.5%
7 / 1998
6.1%
4.9%
4.5%
8 / 1998
6.2%
4.8%
4.5%
9 / 1998
5.8%
4.6%
4.6%
10 / 1998
5.9%
4.6%
4.5%
11 / 1998
5.3%
4.3%
4.4%
12 / 1998
4.9%
4.1%
4.4%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 1997
6.2%
5.6%
5.3%
2 / 1997
6.3%
5.6%
5.2%
3 / 1997
5.9%
5.0%
5.2%
4 / 1997
5.4%
4.5%
5.1%
5 / 1997
5.5%
4.5%
4.9%
6 / 1997
7.1%
5.7%
5.0%
7 / 1997
6.5%
5.5%
4.9%
8 / 1997
7.1%
5.5%
4.8%
9 / 1997
6.5%
5.1%
4.9%
10 / 1997
6.0%
4.7%
4.7%
11 / 1997
5.2%
4.2%
4.6%
12 / 1997
4.6%
4.0%
4.7%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 1996
6.4%
5.7%
5.6%
2 / 1996
6.4%
5.7%
5.5%
3 / 1996
5.9%
5.4%
5.5%
4 / 1996
5.5%
5.0%
5.6%
5 / 1996
5.6%
5.0%
5.6%
6 / 1996
6.3%
5.7%
5.3%
7 / 1996
5.9%
5.6%
5.5%
8 / 1996
5.8%
5.1%
5.1%
9 / 1996
5.8%
4.9%
5.2%
10 / 1996
5.8%
5.0%
5.2%
11 / 1996
5.8%
5.0%
5.4%
12 / 1996
5.2%
4.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 1995
7.8%
6.6%
5.6%
2 / 1995
7.5%
6.3%
5.4%
3 / 1995
7.1%
5.8%
5.4%
4 / 1995
7.1%
5.8%
5.8%
5 / 1995
7.1%
5.8%
5.6%
6 / 1995
8.3%
6.7%
5.6%
7 / 1995
7.3%
6.6%
5.7%
8 / 1995
7.9%
6.4%
5.7%
9 / 1995
7.5%
6.0%
5.6%
10 / 1995
6.6%
5.5%
5.5%
11 / 1995
6.0%
5.2%
5.6%
12 / 1995
5.9%
5.0%
5.6%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 1994
8.6%
7.5%
6.6%
2 / 1994
8.5%
7.3%
6.6%
3 / 1994
7.8%
6.4%
6.5%
4 / 1994
7.2%
5.8%
6.4%
5 / 1994
7.0%
5.6%
6.1%
6 / 1994
8.2%
6.7%
6.1%
7 / 1994
7.5%
6.6%
6.1%
8 / 1994
8.0%
6.4%
6.0%
9 / 1994
7.2%
5.7%
5.9%
10 / 1994
7.1%
5.8%
5.8%
11 / 1994
6.7%
5.5%
5.6%
12 / 1994
6.3%
5.3%
5.5%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 1993
10.3%
8.0%
7.3%
2 / 1993
10.4%
8.0%
7.1%
3 / 1993
9.6%
7.5%
7.0%
4 / 1993
9.7%
7.1%
7.1%
5 / 1993
9.5%
7.2%
7.1%
6 / 1993
10.5%
8.3%
7.0%
7 / 1993
9.4%
8.2%
6.9%
8 / 1993
9.6%
7.5%
6.8%
9 / 1993
9.1%
6.9%
6.7%
10 / 1993
8.5%
6.7%
6.8%
11 / 1993
7.8%
6.4%
6.6%
12 / 1993
7.3%
6.2%
6.5%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 1992
10.4%
8.1%
7.3%
2 / 1992
10.5%
8.4%
7.4%
3 / 1992
9.6%
7.6%
7.4%
4 / 1992
9.2%
7.0%
7.4%
5 / 1992
9.5%
7.3%
7.6%
6 / 1992
11.3%
8.7%
7.8%
7 / 1992
10.7%
8.2%
7.7%
8 / 1992
10.6%
7.7%
7.6%
9 / 1992
9.8%
7.1%
7.6%
10 / 1992
9.2%
6.7%
7.3%
11 / 1992
9.1%
6.9%
7.4%
12 / 1992
9.0%
7.1%
7.4%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 1991
8.2%
7.7%
6.4%
2 / 1991
9.4%
8.3%
6.6%
3 / 1991
8.9%
7.6%
6.8%
4 / 1991
8.0%
6.9%
6.7%
5 / 1991
8.7%
7.1%
6.9%
6 / 1991
9.8%
8.1%
6.9%
7 / 1991
9.1%
7.6%
6.8%
8 / 1991
9.5%
7.4%
6.9%
9 / 1991
9.1%
6.9%
6.9%
10 / 1991
9.2%
6.7%
7.0%
11 / 1991
9.2%
6.7%
7.0%
12 / 1991
9.2%
7.1%
7.3%
Month/Year
Bessemer, AL%
Alabama%
National %
1 / 1990
8.1%
6.9%
5.4%
2 / 1990
8.5%
7.5%
5.3%
3 / 1990
7.6%
6.8%
5.2%
4 / 1990
8.2%
6.3%
5.4%
5 / 1990
8.0%
6.2%
5.4%
6 / 1990
8.8%
6.9%
5.2%
7 / 1990
8.1%
6.9%
5.5%
8 / 1990
9.1%
7.1%
5.7%
9 / 1990
9.0%
6.8%
5.9%
10 / 1990
8.2%
6.6%
5.9%
11 / 1990
7.9%
6.6%
6.2%
12 / 1990
7.8%
6.6%
6.3%