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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Annual Unemployment Rates for Loving County and Texas | ||||
Calendar Year | Loving County Annual Rate | Loving County Change from Prior Year | Texas Annual Rate | Texas Change from Prior Year |
2001 | 6.3% | N/A | 5.0% | N/A |
2002 | 6.3% | 0.0% | 6.3% | 26.0% |
2003 | 10.0% | 58.7% | 6.7% | 6.3% |
2004 | 6.9% | -31.0% | 6.0% | -10.4% |
2005 | 10.3% | 49.3% | 5.5% | -8.3% |
2006 | 10.5% | 1.9% | 5.0% | -9.1% |
2007 | 7.3% | -30.5% | 4.4% | -12.0% |
2008 | 7.0% | -4.1% | 4.9% | 11.4% |
2009 | 9.3% | 32.9% | 7.5% | 53.1% |
2010 | 5.6% | -39.8% | 8.2% | 9.3% |
2011 | 6.1% | 8.9% | 8.0% | -2.4% |
2012 | 6.0% | -1.6% | 6.7% | -16.3% |
2013 | 5.3% | -11.7% | 6.3% | -6.0% |
2014 | 5.1% | -3.8% | 5.2% | -17.5% |
2015 | 5.2% | 2.0% | 4.5% | -13.5% |
2016 | 4.7% | -9.6% | 4.6% | 2.2% |
2017 | 5.0% | 6.4% | 4.3% | -6.5% |
2018 | 1.5% | -70.0% | 3.9% | -9.3% |
2019 | 0.8% | -46.7% | 3.5% | -10.3% |
2020 | 1.7% | 112.5% | 7.7% | 120.0% |
2021 | 1.0% | -41.2% | 5.6% | -27.3% |
2022 | 0.6% | -40.0% | 3.9% | -30.4% |
2023 | 0.3% | -50.0% | 3.9% | 0.0% |