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Workforce in Chambers County, Alabama

Chambers County has seen a boom in jobs created in the past five years as well as increasing the populations to nearly 90%!  In addition, Chambers County saw a 1.6% population increase in the 2020 Census. We are only one of a few rural counties that saw a population increase.

Current Workforce Stats (June 2021)

Area Labor Force Employment Unemployment Unemployment Rate
Alabama 2,212,718 2,138,949 73,769 3.3%
Chambers 15,246 14,639 607 4.0%

YTD Average Workforce Stats (January – June 2021)

Area Labor Force Employment Unemployment Unemployment Rate
Alabama  2,235,514 2,151,853 83,661 3.7%
Chambers 15,690 15,091 600 3.8%

Regional Workforce 2020

Area Labor Force Employment Unemployment Unemployment Rate
Chambers County 15,690 15,091 600 3.8%
Tallapoosa County 17,877 17,142 734 4.1%
Randolph County 9,233 8,991 242 2.6%
Lee County 75,678 73,579 2,099 2.8%
Area Average: 29,619 28,701 919 3.3%
*Regional labor numbers are the average of the first 6 months (January – June) of 2021
*Source for the above information is Alabama Department of Revenue, Labor Market Information