Morris 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.
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- For data by month, but over a shorter period of time, see Morris County Monthly Unemployment Rates.
| Annual Unemployment Rates for Morris County and Texas |
|---|
| Calendar Year | Morris County Annual Rate | Morris County Change from Prior Year | Texas Annual Rate | Texas Change from Prior Year |
|---|
| 2001 | 6.9% | N/A | 5.0% | N/A |
| 2002 | 9.5% | 37.7% | 6.3% | 26.0% |
| 2003 | 8.8% | -7.4% | 6.7% | 6.3% |
| 2004 | 7.5% | -14.8% | 6.0% | -10.4% |
| 2005 | 6.1% | -18.7% | 5.5% | -8.3% |
| 2006 | 5.5% | -9.8% | 5.0% | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 5.3% | -3.6% | 4.4% | -12.0% |
| 2008 | 6.0% | 13.2% | 4.9% | 11.4% |
| 2009 | 14.8% | 146.7% | 7.5% | 53.1% |
| 2010 | 13.8% | -6.8% | 8.2% | 9.3% |
| 2011 | 12.4% | -10.1% | 8.0% | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 9.7% | -21.8% | 6.7% | -16.3% |
| 2013 | 9.7% | 0.0% | 6.3% | -6.0% |
| 2014 | 7.9% | -18.6% | 5.2% | -17.5% |
| 2015 | 8.9% | 12.7% | 4.5% | -13.5% |
| 2016 | 10.9% | 22.5% | 4.6% | 2.2% |
| 2017 | 8.7% | -20.2% | 4.3% | -6.5% |
| 2018 | 6.6% | -24.1% | 3.9% | -9.3% |
| 2019 | 5.3% | -19.7% | 3.5% | -10.3% |
| 2020 | 11.2% | 111.3% | 7.7% | 120.0% |
| 2021 | 10.2% | -8.9% | 5.6% | -27.3% |
| 2022 | 6.3% | -38.2% | 3.9% | -30.4% |
| 2023 | 5.9% | -6.3% | 3.9% | 0.0% |