Howard County Annual Unemployment Rates
Compiled by
The County Information Program, Texas Association of Counties
The information contained in this report was obtained from the Texas Workforce Commission's
Labor Force Statistics for Texas Counties 2000-Present.
However, the changes since the prior year are from calculations by the County Information Program, Texas Association of Counties.
For more information, contact the CIP at (512) 478-8753.
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- For data by month, but over a shorter period of time, see Howard County Monthly Unemployment Rates.
| Annual Unemployment Rates for Howard County and Texas |
|---|
| Calendar Year | Howard County Annual Rate | Howard County Change from Prior Year | Texas Annual Rate | Texas Change from Prior Year |
|---|
| 2001 | 5.0% | N/A | 5.0% | N/A |
| 2002 | 6.3% | 26.0% | 6.3% | 26.0% |
| 2003 | 6.4% | 1.6% | 6.7% | 6.3% |
| 2004 | 5.8% | -9.4% | 6.0% | -10.4% |
| 2005 | 5.4% | -6.9% | 5.5% | -8.3% |
| 2006 | 4.9% | -9.3% | 5.0% | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 4.1% | -16.3% | 4.4% | -12.0% |
| 2008 | 4.6% | 12.2% | 4.9% | 11.4% |
| 2009 | 7.3% | 58.7% | 7.5% | 53.1% |
| 2010 | 7.2% | -1.4% | 8.2% | 9.3% |
| 2011 | 6.7% | -6.9% | 8.0% | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 5.6% | -16.4% | 6.7% | -16.3% |
| 2013 | 5.4% | -3.6% | 6.3% | -6.0% |
| 2014 | 4.4% | -18.5% | 5.2% | -17.5% |
| 2015 | 4.6% | 4.5% | 4.5% | -13.5% |
| 2016 | 5.5% | 19.6% | 4.6% | 2.2% |
| 2017 | 4.3% | -21.8% | 4.3% | -6.5% |
| 2018 | 3.3% | -23.3% | 3.9% | -9.3% |
| 2019 | 3.1% | -6.1% | 3.5% | -10.3% |
| 2020 | 8.1% | 161.3% | 7.7% | 120.0% |
| 2021 | 6.4% | -21.0% | 5.6% | -27.3% |
| 2022 | 5.1% | -20.3% | 3.9% | -30.4% |
| 2023 | 4.3% | -15.7% | 3.9% | 0.0% |