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| Unemployment Rate | |||||
| County | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Anderson | 4.7% | 3.9% | 4.3% | 3.6% | 3.1% |
| Andrews | 3.0% | 3.5% | 4.7% | 3.1% | 2.4% |
| Angelina | 5.2% | 5.6% | 5.9% | 5.1% | 4.4% |
| Aransas | 5.5% | 5.1% | 5.6% | 6.8% | 5.7% |
| Archer | 4.5% | 4.4% | 4.3% | 3.4% | 3.1% |
| Armstrong | 3.2% | 2.7% | 2.8% | 2.6% | 2.8% |
| Atascosa | 4.9% | 4.8% | 5.3% | 4.3% | 3.8% |
| Austin | 4.8% | 4.6% | 5.3% | 4.4% | 3.6% |
| Bailey | 5.0% | 4.3% | 4.4% | 4.3% | 4.4% |
| Bandera | 4.8% | 4.0% | 4.1% | 3.6% | 3.4% |
| Bastrop | 4.9% | 3.9% | 3.7% | 3.6% | 3.4% |
| Baylor | 4.2% | 3.5% | 3.6% | 3.4% | 3.3% |
| Bee | 5.8% | 6.2% | 7.5% | 6.5% | 5.1% |
| Bell | 5.8% | 4.6% | 4.5% | 4.3% | 4.1% |
| Bexar | 4.7% | 3.8% | 3.7% | 3.5% | 3.3% |
| Blanco | 3.7% | 3.1% | 3.1% | 2.8% | 2.6% |
| Borden | 3.1% | 2.9% | 3.6% | 3.4% | 3.2% |
| Bosque | 5.2% | 4.5% | 4.3% | 4.0% | 3.7% |
| Bowie | 6.3% | 4.8% | 4.7% | 4.6% | 4.9% |
| Brazoria | 5.1% | 4.6% | 5.2% | 5.3% | 4.5% |
| Brazos | 4.0% | 3.3% | 3.5% | 3.1% | 2.8% |
| Brewster | 4.6% | 3.9% | 3.8% | 3.5% | 3.4% |
| Briscoe | 4.2% | 3.9% | 4.4% | 4.3% | 3.9% |
| Brooks | 7.7% | 9.9% | 11.8% | 8.3% | 6.5% |
| Brown | 5.2% | 4.3% | 4.3% | 3.9% | 3.7% |
| Burleson | 4.7% | 4.4% | 4.6% | 4.2% | 3.6% |
| Burnet | 4.3% | 3.6% | 3.5% | 3.2% | 2.9% |
| Caldwell | 5.2% | 4.3% | 4.3% | 3.9% | 3.6% |
| Calhoun | 4.8% | 4.0% | 5.6% | 5.8% | 4.1% |
| Callahan | 4.4% | 4.3% | 4.3% | 3.6% | 3.4% |
| Cameron | 8.3% | 7.1% | 7.2% | 6.9% | 6.2% |
| Camp | 6.1% | 6.1% | 6.8% | 5.7% | 4.9% |
| Carson | 3.4% | 3.2% | 3.3% | 3.2% | 2.8% |
| Cass | 7.6% | 6.8% | 7.2% | 6.0% | 5.1% |
| Castro | 4.0% | 3.4% | 3.1% | 3.3% | 2.9% |
| Chambers | 5.8% | 5.3% | 6.1% | 6.5% | 5.4% |
| Cherokee | 5.8% | 5.2% | 5.1% | 4.5% | 4.1% |
| Childress | 3.6% | 3.1% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 2.5% |
| Clay | 4.6% | 4.4% | 4.4% | 3.5% | 3.2% |
| Cochran | 5.1% | 5.1% | 5.0% | 4.6% | 4.2% |
| Coke | 4.3% | 4.1% | 4.1% | 3.7% | 3.4% |
| Coleman | 6.1% | 5.5% | 5.8% | 4.5% | 4.0% |
| Collin | 4.5% | 3.6% | 3.5% | 3.5% | 3.3% |
| Collingsworth | 4.0% | 3.7% | 3.5% | 3.6% | 3.2% |
| Colorado | 4.4% | 3.9% | 4.7% | 4.0% | 3.3% |
| Comal | 4.5% | 3.7% | 3.6% | 3.4% | 3.2% |
| Comanche | 4.8% | 4.2% | 4.3% | 3.7% | 3.6% |
| Concho | 3.0% | 3.3% | 3.4% | 4.2% | 3.6% |
| Cooke | 3.9% | 3.7% | 4.0% | 3.6% | 3.1% |
| Coryell | 6.0% | 4.8% | 4.7% | 4.4% | 4.1% |
| Cottle | 6.1% | 7.1% | 5.1% | 4.2% | 4.3% |
| Crane | 4.0% | 5.8% | 8.6% | 5.3% | 3.8% |
| Crockett | 3.8% | 6.0% | 7.5% | 4.0% | 3.0% |
| Crosby | 4.7% | 4.3% | 4.4% | 4.2% | 4.5% |
| Culberson | 4.1% | 4.1% | 4.1% | 3.7% | 3.2% |
| Dallam | 2.9% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.0% |
| Dallas | 5.4% | 4.3% | 4.0% | 3.9% | 3.7% |
| Dawson | 4.9% | 4.5% | 5.0% | 4.9% | 4.3% |
| Deaf Smith | 3.6% | 3.1% | 3.1% | 3.1% | 2.8% |
| Delta | 6.0% | 4.5% | 3.8% | 3.4% | 3.4% |
| Denton | 4.4% | 3.6% | 3.4% | 3.3% | 3.2% |
| DeWitt | 3.8% | 4.0% | 5.5% | 4.4% | 3.1% |
| Dickens | 6.3% | 4.6% | 4.9% | 4.8% | 4.2% |
| Dimmit | 3.8% | 4.6% | 7.1% | 5.1% | 3.0% |
| Donley | 4.8% | 4.1% | 4.0% | 3.6% | 3.4% |
| Duval | 5.6% | 8.1% | 10.9% | 7.7% | 5.3% |
| Eastland | 4.8% | 4.7% | 5.4% | 4.3% | 3.4% |
| Ector | 3.4% | 4.6% | 6.4% | 4.1% | 2.7% |
| Edwards | 4.3% | 4.6% | 4.6% | 3.2% | 2.8% |
| Ellis | 4.9% | 3.9% | 3.7% | 3.5% | 3.3% |
| El Paso | 6.4% | 5.2% | 4.9% | 4.6% | 4.2% |
| Erath | 4.2% | 3.9% | 4.1% | 3.4% | 3.1% |
| Falls | 5.5% | 4.2% | 4.4% | 4.2% | 3.9% |
| Fannin | 5.3% | 4.1% | 3.8% | 3.3% | 3.1% |
| Fayette | 3.4% | 3.3% | 3.6% | 3.2% | 2.8% |
| Fisher | 4.5% | 3.8% | 4.3% | 3.6% | 3.3% |
| Floyd | 7.1% | 5.5% | 5.0% | 5.5% | 5.2% |
| Foard | 4.3% | 4.0% | 3.7% | 3.4% | 2.9% |
| Fort Bend | 4.5% | 4.3% | 5.0% | 4.6% | 4.0% |
| Franklin | 5.1% | 4.9% | 4.9% | 4.6% | 4.1% |
| Freestone | 5.6% | 5.4% | 6.7% | 6.4% | 5.8% |
| Frio | 3.6% | 3.8% | 4.9% | 3.9% | 2.9% |
| Gaines | 3.3% | 3.2% | 3.7% | 3.0% | 2.6% |
| Galveston | 5.6% | 5.0% | 5.3% | 5.3% | 4.6% |
| Garza | 3.6% | 3.7% | 3.9% | 3.3% | 3.0% |
| Gillespie | 3.5% | 2.9% | 2.8% | 2.6% | 2.5% |
| Glasscock | 2.6% | 2.8% | 3.9% | 2.7% | 2.0% |
| Goliad | 4.1% | 4.4% | 5.8% | 4.9% | 3.8% |
| Gonzales | 3.8% | 3.7% | 4.2% | 3.5% | 3.0% |
| Gray | 4.0% | 5.6% | 6.9% | 5.2% | 3.9% |
| Grayson | 4.9% | 4.0% | 3.8% | 3.5% | 3.2% |
| Gregg | 4.9% | 4.9% | 6.1% | 5.2% | 4.1% |
| Grimes | 4.8% | 5.3% | 6.6% | 5.4% | 4.1% |
| Guadalupe | 4.3% | 3.5% | 3.6% | 3.3% | 3.1% |
| Hale | 9.4% | 6.3% | 5.6% | 5.1% | 4.8% |
| Hall | 6.2% | 5.3% | 6.7% | 6.1% | 4.3% |
| Hamilton | 4.6% | 4.6% | 4.9% | 3.9% | 3.3% |
| Hansford | 2.5% | 3.0% | 3.1% | 2.5% | 2.3% |
| Hardeman | 4.9% | 4.9% | 3.9% | 4.0% | 3.6% |
| Hardin | 6.3% | 5.6% | 6.1% | 6.1% | 5.2% |
| Harris | 5.0% | 4.6% | 5.3% | 5.1% | 4.4% |
| Harrison | 5.5% | 5.2% | 6.0% | 5.2% | 4.4% |
| Hartley | 2.5% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 1.8% |
| Haskell | 3.9% | 3.5% | 4.2% | 4.8% | 3.8% |
| Hays | 4.3% | 3.4% | 3.3% | 3.2% | 3.0% |
| Hemphill | 2.4% | 3.1% | 3.7% | 2.5% | 2.1% |
| Henderson | 5.6% | 4.8% | 4.7% | 4.2% | 3.7% |
| Hidalgo | 8.8% | 7.9% | 7.8% | 7.5% | 6.6% |
| Hill | 5.3% | 4.5% | 4.4% | 3.9% | 3.6% |
| Hockley | 3.9% | 4.1% | 4.6% | 3.7% | 3.1% |
| Hood | 4.9% | 4.5% | 4.7% | 4.2% | 3.7% |
| Hopkins | 4.7% | 4.2% | 4.0% | 3.6% | 3.4% |
| Houston | 5.0% | 4.5% | 4.6% | 4.3% | 3.7% |
| Howard | 4.4% | 4.6% | 5.5% | 4.3% | 3.3% |
| Hudspeth | 6.3% | 5.6% | 6.0% | 5.8% | 4.7% |
| Hunt | 5.9% | 4.7% | 4.3% | 4.0% | 3.8% |
| Hutchinson | 4.4% | 4.4% | 5.6% | 6.0% | 5.0% |
| Irion | 3.7% | 3.6% | 3.2% | 3.0% | 3.1% |
| Jack | 3.7% | 4.2% | 4.9% | 3.7% | 2.5% |
| Jackson | 3.9% | 3.7% | 4.7% | 4.0% | 3.3% |
| Jasper | 8.1% | 7.5% | 7.7% | 7.5% | 6.5% |
| Jeff Davis | 3.6% | 3.2% | 3.0% | 3.2% | 3.0% |
| Jefferson | 8.3% | 7.0% | 7.0% | 7.4% | 6.3% |
| Jim Hogg | 6.0% | 7.2% | 9.6% | 7.3% | 5.7% |
| Jim Wells | 5.2% | 7.9% | 10.5% | 7.6% | 5.4% |
| Johnson | 5.0% | 4.4% | 4.4% | 3.8% | 3.4% |
| Jones | 5.5% | 5.5% | 5.8% | 5.3% | 4.8% |
| Karnes | 3.7% | 4.2% | 4.9% | 3.5% | 2.8% |
| Kaufman | 5.1% | 4.1% | 3.8% | 3.5% | 3.5% |
| Kendall | 4.0% | 3.3% | 3.2% | 3.1% | 2.9% |
| Kenedy | 2.9% | 3.2% | 4.6% | 3.3% | 3.7% |
| Kent | 3.5% | 2.6% | 3.0% | 2.6% | 2.4% |
| Kerr | 4.4% | 3.7% | 3.6% | 3.4% | 3.2% |
| Kimble | 3.9% | 3.6% | 3.8% | 3.5% | 3.1% |
| King | 4.0% | 3.5% | 3.9% | 3.6% | 2.8% |
| Kinney | 7.2% | 6.3% | 5.8% | 5.6% | 4.7% |
| Kleberg | 5.4% | 5.9% | 6.7% | 5.9% | 5.0% |
| Knox | 4.3% | 3.7% | 4.2% | 4.0% | 3.6% |
| Lamar | 6.1% | 4.8% | 4.6% | 4.2% | 3.8% |
| Lamb | 5.8% | 8.9% | 6.5% | 5.2% | 4.4% |
| Lampasas | 5.6% | 4.4% | 4.1% | 3.7% | 3.7% |
| La Salle | 3.1% | 4.1% | 5.1% | 3.7% | 2.4% |
| Lavaca | 3.9% | 3.8% | 4.2% | 3.6% | 3.2% |
| Lee | 4.0% | 3.5% | 3.8% | 3.3% | 3.1% |
| Leon | 5.3% | 5.3% | 6.5% | 6.3% | 5.0% |
| Liberty | 7.2% | 6.9% | 7.5% | 7.1% | 5.8% |
| Limestone | 5.8% | 5.0% | 5.6% | 5.6% | 4.7% |
| Lipscomb | 3.4% | 3.9% | 4.4% | 3.2% | 2.7% |
| Live Oak | 3.6% | 4.0% | 5.9% | 4.7% | 3.8% |
| Llano | 5.2% | 4.2% | 4.2% | 3.8% | 3.7% |
| Loving | 5.1% | 5.2% | 4.7% | 5.0% | 3.9% |
| Lubbock | 3.9% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 3.2% | 3.1% |
| Lynn | 4.4% | 4.0% | 4.0% | 3.7% | 3.2% |
| McCulloch | 4.2% | 4.8% | 4.5% | 3.5% | 3.3% |
| McLennan | 5.1% | 4.1% | 3.9% | 3.9% | 3.6% |
| McMullen | 2.0% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 1.9% | 1.9% |
| Madison | 4.9% | 4.3% | 5.1% | 4.7% | 4.4% |
| Marion | 6.5% | 6.5% | 7.0% | 5.7% | 4.6% |
| Martin | 3.4% | 3.5% | 4.4% | 3.2% | 2.4% |
| Mason | 4.6% | 3.8% | 3.6% | 3.4% | 3.1% |
| Matagorda | 7.8% | 6.7% | 7.3% | 7.3% | 6.1% |
| Maverick | 10.9% | 10.6% | 11.2% | 9.3% | 8.1% |
| Medina | 4.9% | 4.4% | 4.4% | 3.9% | 3.5% |
| Menard | 4.7% | 5.2% | 4.4% | 4.8% | 4.0% |
| Midland | 2.9% | 3.5% | 4.4% | 3.0% | 2.1% |
| Milam | 6.2% | 5.2% | 5.1% | 5.0% | 5.5% |
| Mills | 4.3% | 3.7% | 4.2% | 3.6% | 3.5% |
| Mitchell | 4.3% | 5.6% | 7.0% | 5.4% | 4.4% |
| Montague | 4.0% | 4.2% | 4.9% | 4.0% | 3.2% |
| Montgomery | 4.4% | 4.2% | 4.9% | 4.4% | 3.8% |
| Moore | 3.5% | 3.1% | 3.0% | 2.9% | 2.7% |
| Morris | 7.8% | 8.8% | 10.9% | 8.6% | 6.6% |
| Motley | 4.2% | 3.5% | 3.5% | 3.6% | 3.6% |
| Nacogdoches | 5.3% | 4.7% | 4.7% | 4.3% | 3.9% |
| Navarro | 5.2% | 4.2% | 4.2% | 3.9% | 3.7% |
| Newton | 8.3% | 7.5% | 7.9% | 8.0% | 6.6% |
| Nolan | 4.3% | 4.0% | 4.8% | 4.0% | 3.3% |
| Nueces | 5.1% | 4.9% | 5.6% | 5.4% | 4.7% |
| Ochiltree | 3.0% | 4.2% | 5.2% | 3.6% | 2.8% |
| Oldham | 3.6% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Orange | 8.0% | 6.5% | 6.7% | 6.9% | 5.7% |
| Palo Pinto | 5.1% | 5.2% | 5.5% | 4.1% | 3.4% |
| Panola | 4.9% | 5.2% | 7.2% | 5.4% | 4.2% |
| Parker | 4.6% | 4.1% | 4.1% | 3.5% | 3.1% |
| Parmer | 3.1% | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.3% |
| Pecos | 4.1% | 5.2% | 5.9% | 4.7% | 3.6% |
| Polk | 6.4% | 6.0% | 6.3% | 6.1% | 5.0% |
| Potter | 4.0% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.2% | 2.9% |
| Presidio | 11.6% | 10.6% | 10.7% | 9.4% | 7.0% |
| Rains | 4.9% | 4.5% | 4.0% | 3.6% | 3.5% |
| Randall | 3.4% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.8% | 2.6% |
| Reagan | 3.2% | 4.6% | 6.2% | 3.8% | 2.5% |
| Real | 6.2% | 5.1% | 5.7% | 5.7% | 5.0% |
| Red River | 7.7% | 6.3% | 5.8% | 5.2% | 5.4% |
| Reeves | 4.0% | 4.8% | 5.3% | 3.6% | 2.1% |
| Refugio | 4.3% | 5.3% | 6.6% | 5.6% | 4.7% |
| Roberts | 3.5% | 3.9% | 4.5% | 3.8% | 3.0% |
| Robertson | 5.4% | 4.8% | 5.1% | 4.7% | 4.1% |
| Rockwall | 4.5% | 3.7% | 3.5% | 3.4% | 3.2% |
| Runnels | 4.2% | 3.7% | 4.0% | 3.7% | 3.1% |
| Rusk | 4.9% | 4.8% | 5.8% | 5.1% | 4.1% |
| Sabine | 10.5% | 9.3% | 9.4% | 8.6% | 7.9% |
| San Augustine | 9.5% | 9.0% | 8.9% | 7.5% | 6.5% |
| San Jacinto | 5.8% | 5.6% | 6.3% | 5.7% | 5.0% |
| San Patricio | 6.2% | 6.5% | 7.5% | 7.7% | 6.3% |
| San Saba | 4.2% | 3.6% | 3.4% | 3.2% | 3.0% |
| Schleicher | 3.0% | 5.3% | 5.2% | 3.7% | 2.9% |
| Scurry | 3.3% | 4.1% | 5.9% | 4.3% | 3.4% |
| Shackelford | 2.8% | 2.8% | 3.8% | 3.0% | 2.3% |
| Shelby | 5.8% | 5.3% | 6.0% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Sherman | 3.1% | 2.7% | 2.9% | 3.1% | 2.7% |
| Smith | 5.2% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.1% | 3.6% |
| Somervell | 5.1% | 5.0% | 4.8% | 4.6% | 4.2% |
| Starr | 13.6% | 13.5% | 13.3% | 11.8% | 10.1% |
| Stephens | 4.4% | 4.2% | 5.3% | 4.5% | 3.6% |
| Sterling | 3.0% | 3.3% | 3.9% | 3.7% | 3.3% |
| Stonewall | 3.9% | 4.4% | 4.4% | 3.4% | 3.5% |
| Sutton | 3.6% | 6.0% | 8.0% | 5.1% | 3.8% |
| Swisher | 6.1% | 4.8% | 4.3% | 4.1% | 4.3% |
| Tarrant | 5.0% | 4.2% | 4.0% | 3.7% | 3.5% |
| Taylor | 4.2% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 3.5% | 3.2% |
| Terrell | 4.6% | 4.8% | 3.9% | 4.6% | 3.4% |
| Terry | 4.3% | 4.7% | 4.8% | 5.0% | 4.1% |
| Throckmorton | 4.0% | 3.2% | 3.5% | 4.3% | 3.4% |
| Titus | 6.3% | 5.8% | 6.2% | 5.4% | 5.0% |
| Tom Green | 4.0% | 4.1% | 4.5% | 3.7% | 3.2% |
| Travis | 4.1% | 3.3% | 3.2% | 3.1% | 2.8% |
| Trinity | 6.0% | 5.9% | 6.1% | 5.5% | 5.1% |
| Tyler | 8.0% | 7.0% | 7.3% | 7.3% | 6.6% |
| Upshur | 5.1% | 5.2% | 6.4% | 5.2% | 4.2% |
| Upton | 3.2% | 3.9% | 5.3% | 3.7% | 3.4% |
| Uvalde | 5.7% | 5.0% | 5.3% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Val Verde | 5.7% | 6.0% | 6.2% | 5.1% | 4.3% |
| Van Zandt | 5.3% | 4.5% | 4.3% | 3.8% | 3.5% |
| Victoria | 4.2% | 4.2% | 5.4% | 4.8% | 3.8% |
| Walker | 5.4% | 5.0% | 5.2% | 4.6% | 4.2% |
| Waller | 5.1% | 4.8% | 5.6% | 4.9% | 4.3% |
| Ward | 3.6% | 4.3% | 5.7% | 4.0% | 2.6% |
| Washington | 4.6% | 4.8% | 5.1% | 4.2% | 3.7% |
| Webb | 5.1% | 4.7% | 4.9% | 4.2% | 3.8% |
| Wharton | 4.7% | 4.4% | 5.0% | 4.5% | 3.7% |
| Wheeler | 3.6% | 3.9% | 4.7% | 3.9% | 3.2% |
| Wichita | 4.9% | 4.3% | 4.3% | 3.7% | 3.4% |
| Wilbarger | 4.9% | 4.8% | 4.7% | 4.7% | 4.1% |
| Willacy | 12.4% | 13.0% | 12.2% | 11.0% | 9.9% |
| Williamson | 4.4% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 3.3% | 3.1% |
| Wilson | 4.2% | 3.8% | 3.9% | 3.5% | 3.1% |
| Winkler | 4.4% | 5.7% | 7.7% | 5.1% | 2.8% |
| Wise | 4.9% | 4.6% | 4.7% | 4.0% | 3.4% |
| Wood | 6.0% | 5.3% | 5.3% | 4.7% | 4.2% |
| Yoakum | 3.0% | 3.8% | 4.8% | 3.5% | 2.8% |
| Young | 4.1% | 4.3% | 4.4% | 3.8% | 3.2% |
| Zapata | 5.2% | 7.6% | 10.8% | 7.4% | 5.6% |
| Zavala | 12.1% | 11.2% | 13.9% | 11.2% | 9.5% |
Data source: Texas Workforce Commission. Labor Force Statistics for Texas Counties 2000-Present.
Year: 2018