Baldwin County jobless rate: 3.2%

Limestone County’s 3.2 percent tied with Baldwin County for the third lowest unemployment rate in May.

Alabama’s unemployment rate jumped sharply in May to 4.7 percent, up from 4 percent in April and 3.5 percent in May 2007. Madison County’s jobless rate of 3.1 percent was the second lowest in the state, trailing only Shelby County’s 2.7 percent.

The U.S. unemployment rate is 5.5 percent and it has been seven years since Alabama’s jobless rate was higher than the national rate.

Baldwin County jobless rate:  3.2%