Alabama’s unemployment rate in May stood at 9.6 percent, slightly higher than a year earlier and well above the national rate of 9.1 percent. Seven counties had unemployment rates of more than 15 percent, the highest being Wilcox County at 21.7 percent. More than 206,000 Alabamians currently are without jobs, and the 1.8 million people on nonfarm payrolls this May…