Texas Counties: Unemployment Rate

Compiled by
The County Information Program, Texas Association of Counties
Data source: Texas Workforce Commission. Labor Force Statistics for Texas Counties 2000-Present. (2023)

The information contained in this report was obtained from The County Information Program's on-line database. The data contained in the database are obtained from official sources and are not the product of the CIP. The CIP, therefore, does not expressly or impliedly warrant the accuracy of the data. Questions regarding the accuracy, methodology, etc. should be directed to the original source of the information. The sources may be obtained from the CIP by contacting the County Information Program, Texas Association of Counties at (512) 478-8753.

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Unemployment Rate
County20192020202120222023
Anderson2.9%5.7%4.9%3.5%3.5%
Andrews2.3%8.2%5.7%3.2%3.0%
Angelina4.0%7.6%6.4%4.6%4.4%
Aransas4.3%8.4%7.2%5.3%4.9%
Archer2.8%5.3%4.3%3.4%3.5%
Armstrong2.7%4.2%3.6%2.8%3.3%
Atascosa3.6%8.6%6.1%4.1%3.8%
Austin3.4%6.7%5.5%4.0%3.7%
Bailey3.7%4.8%5.0%4.3%4.7%
Bandera3.3%5.8%4.8%3.7%3.5%
Bastrop3.1%6.0%4.5%3.4%3.4%
Baylor2.2%3.4%3.4%2.8%2.5%
Bee4.4%9.9%8.5%5.9%5.1%
Bell3.9%7.0%5.8%4.5%4.5%
Bexar3.2%7.6%5.3%3.8%3.7%
Blanco2.4%3.9%3.4%2.8%2.8%
Borden2.5%3.4%2.2%1.9%1.8%
Bosque3.4%5.5%4.6%3.7%3.5%
Bowie4.4%7.4%5.9%4.7%4.2%
Brazoria4.2%8.6%6.8%4.6%4.4%
Brazos2.7%5.3%4.1%3.1%3.1%
Brewster2.9%6.6%4.6%3.5%3.2%
Briscoe3.5%4.7%4.8%3.6%3.8%
Brooks5.1%10.7%9.1%6.1%5.5%
Brown3.7%6.5%5.2%4.4%4.3%
Burleson3.1%6.4%4.9%3.6%3.6%
Burnet2.7%4.8%3.8%3.0%3.1%
Caldwell3.4%6.5%4.9%3.5%3.5%
Calhoun3.2%5.8%4.9%3.7%3.3%
Callahan3.1%5.5%4.7%3.6%3.6%
Cameron5.5%10.1%8.0%5.7%5.4%
Camp4.2%7.4%5.9%4.5%4.4%
Carson2.6%4.2%3.9%3.1%3.0%
Cass4.3%7.9%6.6%4.7%4.7%
Castro2.7%3.6%3.5%3.2%3.1%
Chambers4.5%9.4%8.1%5.4%5.4%
Cherokee3.8%7.9%6.4%4.5%4.4%
Childress2.7%3.7%3.6%2.9%2.8%
Clay3.1%5.5%5.0%3.9%3.7%
Cochran3.4%7.2%6.3%4.8%4.0%
Coke3.3%5.5%4.8%3.5%3.3%
Coleman4.1%7.4%6.0%4.4%4.6%
Collin3.1%6.3%4.4%3.2%3.5%
Collingsworth3.1%4.2%4.4%3.5%3.6%
Colorado3.1%5.6%4.8%3.6%3.5%
Comal3.0%6.1%4.6%3.5%3.6%
Comanche3.2%5.5%4.6%3.5%3.6%
Concho3.2%4.5%4.3%3.2%3.1%
Cooke2.8%7.1%5.1%3.4%3.3%
Coryell4.0%6.6%5.7%4.5%4.5%
Cottle4.2%4.9%4.4%2.8%2.6%
Crane4.0%13.7%9.3%5.0%4.5%
Crockett2.9%8.9%6.6%4.0%3.3%
Crosby4.0%5.3%5.6%4.2%4.2%
Culberson4.2%6.6%4.8%2.8%3.2%
Dallam2.0%2.8%2.7%2.4%2.6%
Dallas3.5%7.8%5.6%3.8%3.8%
Dawson3.9%8.7%6.8%4.4%4.2%
Deaf Smith2.7%3.6%3.7%3.0%3.1%
Delta3.4%5.5%4.9%4.1%4.5%
Denton3.0%6.4%4.4%3.3%3.5%
DeWitt2.6%6.1%4.9%3.5%3.3%
Dickens4.2%6.2%5.2%4.8%5.1%
Dimmit2.5%6.4%5.5%3.9%3.2%
Donley3.4%4.4%4.2%3.6%3.9%
Duval4.5%12.2%8.0%4.5%4.4%
Eastland3.3%6.8%5.7%4.6%4.6%
Ector2.7%11.1%8.0%3.9%3.3%
Edwards2.3%3.6%4.3%2.9%2.5%
Ellis3.1%6.0%4.5%3.5%3.7%
El Paso3.8%8.3%6.2%4.3%4.4%
Erath3.2%5.7%4.5%3.5%3.5%
Falls3.3%6.1%5.3%4.1%4.1%
Fannin2.8%4.7%4.1%3.5%3.4%
Fayette2.6%4.7%4.3%3.5%3.4%
Fisher3.0%4.5%4.3%3.6%3.3%
Floyd4.4%6.2%5.7%4.2%4.3%
Foard3.0%4.0%3.4%3.2%3.3%
Fort Bend3.5%7.6%5.9%4.0%4.0%
Franklin3.6%5.3%4.4%3.3%3.8%
Freestone4.8%8.4%7.2%5.4%5.1%
Frio2.6%5.7%4.8%3.4%3.3%
Gaines2.4%5.6%4.6%3.0%2.9%
Galveston4.1%8.8%6.6%4.4%4.3%
Garza2.6%6.8%4.9%4.2%3.4%
Gillespie2.4%4.8%3.4%2.7%2.6%
Glasscock2.1%3.6%3.1%2.7%2.4%
Goliad3.4%7.8%6.5%4.5%3.7%
Gonzales2.7%5.4%4.3%3.3%3.4%
Gray3.6%8.1%6.6%4.5%4.1%
Grayson3.1%5.9%4.7%3.7%3.7%
Gregg3.8%8.3%6.4%4.3%4.2%
Grimes4.0%8.1%6.6%4.6%4.4%
Guadalupe3.0%6.1%4.5%3.4%3.4%
Hale4.5%6.8%6.1%5.0%4.9%
Hall4.2%5.8%5.5%4.2%4.3%
Hamilton3.0%4.6%4.1%3.5%3.4%
Hansford2.4%3.5%3.1%2.4%2.6%
Hardeman3.0%4.4%4.3%3.6%4.8%
Hardin4.6%8.9%7.8%5.2%4.9%
Harris3.9%9.0%6.4%4.3%4.3%
Harrison4.0%7.9%6.5%4.5%4.7%
Hartley1.7%2.0%2.2%2.0%2.1%
Haskell3.3%4.3%4.0%3.0%3.8%
Hays2.8%6.3%4.1%3.1%3.3%
Hemphill2.6%4.6%4.4%3.4%3.5%
Henderson3.5%6.4%5.2%3.9%4.1%
Hidalgo6.3%11.7%9.1%6.6%6.1%
Hill3.3%6.3%5.0%3.9%4.0%
Hockley3.0%8.0%5.9%3.7%3.6%
Hood3.4%6.6%5.2%3.8%3.7%
Hopkins3.1%5.1%4.4%3.6%3.5%
Houston3.1%5.3%4.9%3.6%3.2%
Howard3.1%8.1%6.4%5.1%4.3%
Hudspeth4.3%8.1%5.7%4.0%3.8%
Hunt3.6%6.6%5.2%4.0%4.1%
Hutchinson4.4%7.2%5.9%4.5%4.3%
Irion2.4%6.0%4.9%3.0%3.3%
Jack3.1%7.0%5.5%3.8%3.6%
Jackson3.0%5.8%5.0%3.5%3.3%
Jasper6.1%11.2%9.6%6.5%6.3%
Jeff Davis2.9%5.1%4.3%3.5%3.2%
Jefferson5.9%12.0%9.8%6.3%6.3%
Jim Hogg4.8%9.6%8.6%5.4%4.7%
Jim Wells4.7%13.0%9.9%5.8%5.2%
Johnson3.2%6.5%4.9%3.5%3.6%
Jones4.3%7.1%6.1%4.4%4.6%
Karnes2.5%6.3%5.2%3.3%3.1%
Kaufman3.2%6.4%4.9%3.8%4.1%
Kendall2.7%5.1%3.9%3.2%3.3%
Kenedy3.5%5.6%5.9%6.2%7.1%
Kent2.3%3.9%2.9%2.0%2.1%
Kerr2.9%5.9%4.6%3.6%3.5%
Kimble3.0%5.0%4.2%3.4%3.4%
King2.1%1.7%0.9%0.9%1.0%
Kinney3.5%6.0%5.6%4.8%4.6%
Kleberg4.3%8.5%7.0%4.8%4.6%
Knox3.2%5.6%4.7%4.0%3.5%
Lamar3.4%6.4%5.5%4.3%4.3%
Lamb3.8%5.2%5.0%4.0%4.1%
Lampasas3.3%5.4%4.9%3.7%3.8%
La Salle2.4%6.7%4.3%2.9%2.6%
Lavaca3.0%5.2%4.5%3.4%3.3%
Lee2.6%4.9%4.4%3.6%3.2%
Leon4.4%7.8%7.0%5.2%4.7%
Liberty5.0%10.5%9.0%5.9%5.5%
Limestone3.9%7.1%6.2%4.6%4.2%
Lipscomb2.7%4.1%3.8%3.1%3.2%
Live Oak3.1%7.5%6.6%4.2%3.8%
Llano3.5%5.8%4.9%3.8%3.6%
Loving0.8%1.7%1.0%0.6%0.3%
Lubbock2.8%5.8%4.5%3.4%3.3%
Lynn3.0%5.5%4.3%3.6%3.3%
McCulloch5.2%7.6%6.4%4.2%4.1%
McLennan3.3%6.2%4.8%3.6%3.7%
McMullen1.6%2.8%2.3%1.9%1.7%
Madison4.2%7.2%6.2%4.4%4.6%
Marion4.2%8.3%6.8%5.0%4.8%
Martin2.6%6.1%4.8%3.1%2.7%
Mason3.2%5.6%4.7%3.4%3.5%
Matagorda5.7%10.5%8.1%6.0%5.4%
Maverick7.6%15.1%12.3%8.0%7.5%
Medina3.2%6.3%5.0%3.9%3.8%
Menard3.5%5.1%4.8%3.7%3.7%
Midland2.1%8.1%5.5%3.0%2.5%
Milam5.0%7.2%5.8%4.3%4.2%
Mills3.3%4.1%4.5%4.3%3.9%
Mitchell3.7%7.9%7.0%4.5%4.0%
Montague2.9%6.6%5.2%3.6%3.5%
Montgomery3.4%7.5%5.7%4.0%3.9%
Moore2.3%3.7%3.4%2.7%2.7%
Morris5.3%11.2%10.2%6.3%5.9%
Motley3.4%4.4%5.1%4.1%4.0%
Nacogdoches3.7%6.6%5.5%4.3%4.3%
Navarro3.3%6.2%5.1%3.9%4.0%
Newton6.3%11.2%10.2%6.9%7.1%
Nolan2.9%5.4%4.7%3.8%3.5%
Nueces4.1%8.9%6.8%4.7%4.2%
Ochiltree2.7%5.8%4.6%3.4%3.3%
Oldham2.9%3.9%3.6%3.0%3.0%
Orange5.2%10.6%8.8%5.8%5.4%
Palo Pinto3.2%7.0%5.7%3.8%3.7%
Panola4.1%8.4%6.6%4.7%4.5%
Parker2.9%5.8%4.5%3.3%3.3%
Parmer2.2%2.6%2.9%2.4%2.6%
Pecos3.3%8.3%6.9%4.1%3.6%
Polk4.8%8.8%7.9%5.6%5.4%
Potter2.7%5.5%4.3%3.3%3.1%
Presidio6.4%14.9%10.2%6.2%6.3%
Rains3.0%4.7%3.9%3.5%3.5%
Randall2.4%4.5%3.6%2.9%2.9%
Reagan2.6%9.8%7.3%3.6%3.6%
Real3.9%6.5%5.9%4.7%5.1%
Red River4.6%6.4%5.9%5.1%4.8%
Reeves1.8%7.2%5.8%3.5%3.1%
Refugio3.7%8.3%6.6%4.8%3.9%
Roberts2.9%4.5%4.2%4.0%3.6%
Robertson3.6%6.4%5.2%3.9%3.6%
Rockwall3.1%5.9%4.4%3.4%3.6%
Runnels2.8%4.9%4.1%3.4%3.9%
Rusk3.6%7.4%6.0%4.2%4.1%
Sabine6.6%10.8%9.4%7.2%6.8%
San Augustine4.8%9.6%8.1%5.9%5.4%
San Jacinto4.6%8.1%7.3%4.9%4.7%
San Patricio5.5%10.2%8.7%6.1%4.8%
San Saba2.9%5.2%4.7%3.6%3.8%
Schleicher2.8%7.0%5.5%3.6%3.5%
Scurry3.2%8.2%6.6%4.2%4.1%
Shackelford2.2%5.3%4.0%2.7%2.7%
Shelby3.9%6.8%5.4%4.3%4.5%
Sherman2.4%3.1%3.1%2.8%3.2%
Smith3.3%6.8%5.2%3.8%3.6%
Somervell3.6%6.5%5.2%3.9%3.6%
Starr9.9%17.5%15.6%11.0%9.3%
Stephens3.0%6.1%4.9%3.8%3.9%
Sterling3.2%6.5%5.1%4.0%4.0%
Stonewall2.9%5.1%4.2%3.0%2.7%
Sutton3.8%9.8%8.1%5.7%5.8%
Swisher3.7%5.2%5.0%4.1%4.6%
Tarrant3.3%7.4%5.3%3.7%3.7%
Taylor2.9%5.5%4.4%3.4%3.3%
Terrell3.5%4.5%3.4%3.7%3.5%
Terry3.7%7.3%6.0%4.2%3.9%
Throckmorton3.7%4.7%2.9%3.2%3.6%
Titus4.1%6.7%5.4%4.4%4.2%
Tom Green3.0%6.3%4.8%3.5%3.5%
Travis2.6%6.4%4.0%2.9%3.3%
Trinity4.8%8.1%7.3%5.3%5.0%
Tyler5.7%9.9%8.4%6.1%5.8%
Upshur3.7%7.7%6.2%4.3%4.2%
Upton3.0%5.7%5.2%2.7%1.7%
Uvalde3.8%6.4%5.5%4.4%4.2%
Val Verde3.3%8.3%5.9%4.6%5.5%
Van Zandt3.3%6.2%4.8%3.5%3.5%
Victoria3.5%8.3%6.3%4.2%4.1%
Walker3.9%7.2%6.3%4.8%4.6%
Waller3.8%7.6%6.3%4.4%4.6%
Ward2.4%9.5%6.9%3.7%3.0%
Washington3.4%5.7%5.3%4.0%3.9%
Webb3.7%8.5%6.3%4.2%4.0%
Wharton3.4%6.8%5.7%3.8%3.9%
Wheeler3.0%6.1%6.2%3.9%3.7%
Wichita3.2%6.6%5.3%4.0%3.9%
Wilbarger3.6%5.9%6.6%4.9%5.0%
Willacy8.2%12.0%10.1%8.2%7.8%
Williamson2.8%5.8%4.0%3.0%3.4%
Wilson2.8%5.7%4.4%3.3%3.2%
Winkler2.9%9.4%7.5%4.0%3.4%
Wise3.2%6.6%4.9%3.6%3.7%
Wood3.9%6.6%5.7%4.5%4.4%
Yoakum2.9%12.0%7.6%4.1%3.4%
Young3.0%5.3%4.6%3.5%3.4%
Zapata5.1%12.2%11.7%7.0%6.4%
Zavala8.5%14.3%12.4%8.7%7.3%

Data source: Texas Workforce Commission. Labor Force Statistics for Texas Counties 2000-Present.
Year: 2022