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
County 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Anderson 2.9% 5.7% 4.9% 3.5% 3.5%
Andrews 2.3% 8.2% 5.7% 3.2% 3.0%
Angelina 4.0% 7.6% 6.4% 4.6% 4.4%
Aransas 4.3% 8.4% 7.2% 5.3% 4.9%
Archer 2.8% 5.3% 4.3% 3.4% 3.5%
Armstrong 2.7% 4.2% 3.6% 2.8% 3.3%
Atascosa 3.6% 8.6% 6.1% 4.1% 3.8%
Austin 3.4% 6.7% 5.5% 4.0% 3.7%
Bailey 3.7% 4.8% 5.0% 4.3% 4.7%
Bandera 3.3% 5.8% 4.8% 3.7% 3.5%
Bastrop 3.1% 6.0% 4.5% 3.4% 3.4%
Baylor 2.2% 3.4% 3.4% 2.8% 2.5%
Bee 4.4% 9.9% 8.5% 5.9% 5.1%
Bell 3.9% 7.0% 5.8% 4.5% 4.5%
Bexar 3.2% 7.6% 5.3% 3.8% 3.7%
Blanco 2.4% 3.9% 3.4% 2.8% 2.8%
Borden 2.5% 3.4% 2.2% 1.9% 1.8%
Bosque 3.4% 5.5% 4.6% 3.7% 3.5%
Bowie 4.4% 7.4% 5.9% 4.7% 4.2%
Brazoria 4.2% 8.6% 6.8% 4.6% 4.4%
Brazos 2.7% 5.3% 4.1% 3.1% 3.1%
Brewster 2.9% 6.6% 4.6% 3.5% 3.2%
Briscoe 3.5% 4.7% 4.8% 3.6% 3.8%
Brooks 5.1% 10.7% 9.1% 6.1% 5.5%
Brown 3.7% 6.5% 5.2% 4.4% 4.3%
Burleson 3.1% 6.4% 4.9% 3.6% 3.6%
Burnet 2.7% 4.8% 3.8% 3.0% 3.1%
Caldwell 3.4% 6.5% 4.9% 3.5% 3.5%
Calhoun 3.2% 5.8% 4.9% 3.7% 3.3%
Callahan 3.1% 5.5% 4.7% 3.6% 3.6%
Cameron 5.5% 10.1% 8.0% 5.7% 5.4%
Camp 4.2% 7.4% 5.9% 4.5% 4.4%
Carson 2.6% 4.2% 3.9% 3.1% 3.0%
Cass 4.3% 7.9% 6.6% 4.7% 4.7%
Castro 2.7% 3.6% 3.5% 3.2% 3.1%
Chambers 4.5% 9.4% 8.1% 5.4% 5.4%
Cherokee 3.8% 7.9% 6.4% 4.5% 4.4%
Childress 2.7% 3.7% 3.6% 2.9% 2.8%
Clay 3.1% 5.5% 5.0% 3.9% 3.7%
Cochran 3.4% 7.2% 6.3% 4.8% 4.0%
Coke 3.3% 5.5% 4.8% 3.5% 3.3%
Coleman 4.1% 7.4% 6.0% 4.4% 4.6%
Collin 3.1% 6.3% 4.4% 3.2% 3.5%
Collingsworth 3.1% 4.2% 4.4% 3.5% 3.6%
Colorado 3.1% 5.6% 4.8% 3.6% 3.5%
Comal 3.0% 6.1% 4.6% 3.5% 3.6%
Comanche 3.2% 5.5% 4.6% 3.5% 3.6%
Concho 3.2% 4.5% 4.3% 3.2% 3.1%
Cooke 2.8% 7.1% 5.1% 3.4% 3.3%
Coryell 4.0% 6.6% 5.7% 4.5% 4.5%
Cottle 4.2% 4.9% 4.4% 2.8% 2.6%
Crane 4.0% 13.7% 9.3% 5.0% 4.5%
Crockett 2.9% 8.9% 6.6% 4.0% 3.3%
Crosby 4.0% 5.3% 5.6% 4.2% 4.2%
Culberson 4.2% 6.6% 4.8% 2.8% 3.2%
Dallam 2.0% 2.8% 2.7% 2.4% 2.6%
Dallas 3.5% 7.8% 5.6% 3.8% 3.8%
Dawson 3.9% 8.7% 6.8% 4.4% 4.2%
Deaf Smith 2.7% 3.6% 3.7% 3.0% 3.1%
Delta 3.4% 5.5% 4.9% 4.1% 4.5%
Denton 3.0% 6.4% 4.4% 3.3% 3.5%
DeWitt 2.6% 6.1% 4.9% 3.5% 3.3%
Dickens 4.2% 6.2% 5.2% 4.8% 5.1%
Dimmit 2.5% 6.4% 5.5% 3.9% 3.2%
Donley 3.4% 4.4% 4.2% 3.6% 3.9%
Duval 4.5% 12.2% 8.0% 4.5% 4.4%
Eastland 3.3% 6.8% 5.7% 4.6% 4.6%
Ector 2.7% 11.1% 8.0% 3.9% 3.3%
Edwards 2.3% 3.6% 4.3% 2.9% 2.5%
Ellis 3.1% 6.0% 4.5% 3.5% 3.7%
El Paso 3.8% 8.3% 6.2% 4.3% 4.4%
Erath 3.2% 5.7% 4.5% 3.5% 3.5%
Falls 3.3% 6.1% 5.3% 4.1% 4.1%
Fannin 2.8% 4.7% 4.1% 3.5% 3.4%
Fayette 2.6% 4.7% 4.3% 3.5% 3.4%
Fisher 3.0% 4.5% 4.3% 3.6% 3.3%
Floyd 4.4% 6.2% 5.7% 4.2% 4.3%
Foard 3.0% 4.0% 3.4% 3.2% 3.3%
Fort Bend 3.5% 7.6% 5.9% 4.0% 4.0%
Franklin 3.6% 5.3% 4.4% 3.3% 3.8%
Freestone 4.8% 8.4% 7.2% 5.4% 5.1%
Frio 2.6% 5.7% 4.8% 3.4% 3.3%
Gaines 2.4% 5.6% 4.6% 3.0% 2.9%
Galveston 4.1% 8.8% 6.6% 4.4% 4.3%
Garza 2.6% 6.8% 4.9% 4.2% 3.4%
Gillespie 2.4% 4.8% 3.4% 2.7% 2.6%
Glasscock 2.1% 3.6% 3.1% 2.7% 2.4%
Goliad 3.4% 7.8% 6.5% 4.5% 3.7%
Gonzales 2.7% 5.4% 4.3% 3.3% 3.4%
Gray 3.6% 8.1% 6.6% 4.5% 4.1%
Grayson 3.1% 5.9% 4.7% 3.7% 3.7%
Gregg 3.8% 8.3% 6.4% 4.3% 4.2%
Grimes 4.0% 8.1% 6.6% 4.6% 4.4%
Guadalupe 3.0% 6.1% 4.5% 3.4% 3.4%
Hale 4.5% 6.8% 6.1% 5.0% 4.9%
Hall 4.2% 5.8% 5.5% 4.2% 4.3%
Hamilton 3.0% 4.6% 4.1% 3.5% 3.4%
Hansford 2.4% 3.5% 3.1% 2.4% 2.6%
Hardeman 3.0% 4.4% 4.3% 3.6% 4.8%
Hardin 4.6% 8.9% 7.8% 5.2% 4.9%
Harris 3.9% 9.0% 6.4% 4.3% 4.3%
Harrison 4.0% 7.9% 6.5% 4.5% 4.7%
Hartley 1.7% 2.0% 2.2% 2.0% 2.1%
Haskell 3.3% 4.3% 4.0% 3.0% 3.8%
Hays 2.8% 6.3% 4.1% 3.1% 3.3%
Hemphill 2.6% 4.6% 4.4% 3.4% 3.5%
Henderson 3.5% 6.4% 5.2% 3.9% 4.1%
Hidalgo 6.3% 11.7% 9.1% 6.6% 6.1%
Hill 3.3% 6.3% 5.0% 3.9% 4.0%
Hockley 3.0% 8.0% 5.9% 3.7% 3.6%
Hood 3.4% 6.6% 5.2% 3.8% 3.7%
Hopkins 3.1% 5.1% 4.4% 3.6% 3.5%
Houston 3.1% 5.3% 4.9% 3.6% 3.2%
Howard 3.1% 8.1% 6.4% 5.1% 4.3%
Hudspeth 4.3% 8.1% 5.7% 4.0% 3.8%
Hunt 3.6% 6.6% 5.2% 4.0% 4.1%
Hutchinson 4.4% 7.2% 5.9% 4.5% 4.3%
Irion 2.4% 6.0% 4.9% 3.0% 3.3%
Jack 3.1% 7.0% 5.5% 3.8% 3.6%
Jackson 3.0% 5.8% 5.0% 3.5% 3.3%
Jasper 6.1% 11.2% 9.6% 6.5% 6.3%
Jeff Davis 2.9% 5.1% 4.3% 3.5% 3.2%
Jefferson 5.9% 12.0% 9.8% 6.3% 6.3%
Jim Hogg 4.8% 9.6% 8.6% 5.4% 4.7%
Jim Wells 4.7% 13.0% 9.9% 5.8% 5.2%
Johnson 3.2% 6.5% 4.9% 3.5% 3.6%
Jones 4.3% 7.1% 6.1% 4.4% 4.6%
Karnes 2.5% 6.3% 5.2% 3.3% 3.1%
Kaufman 3.2% 6.4% 4.9% 3.8% 4.1%
Kendall 2.7% 5.1% 3.9% 3.2% 3.3%
Kenedy 3.5% 5.6% 5.9% 6.2% 7.1%
Kent 2.3% 3.9% 2.9% 2.0% 2.1%
Kerr 2.9% 5.9% 4.6% 3.6% 3.5%
Kimble 3.0% 5.0% 4.2% 3.4% 3.4%
King 2.1% 1.7% 0.9% 0.9% 1.0%
Kinney 3.5% 6.0% 5.6% 4.8% 4.6%
Kleberg 4.3% 8.5% 7.0% 4.8% 4.6%
Knox 3.2% 5.6% 4.7% 4.0% 3.5%
Lamar 3.4% 6.4% 5.5% 4.3% 4.3%
Lamb 3.8% 5.2% 5.0% 4.0% 4.1%
Lampasas 3.3% 5.4% 4.9% 3.7% 3.8%
La Salle 2.4% 6.7% 4.3% 2.9% 2.6%
Lavaca 3.0% 5.2% 4.5% 3.4% 3.3%
Lee 2.6% 4.9% 4.4% 3.6% 3.2%
Leon 4.4% 7.8% 7.0% 5.2% 4.7%
Liberty 5.0% 10.5% 9.0% 5.9% 5.5%
Limestone 3.9% 7.1% 6.2% 4.6% 4.2%
Lipscomb 2.7% 4.1% 3.8% 3.1% 3.2%
Live Oak 3.1% 7.5% 6.6% 4.2% 3.8%
Llano 3.5% 5.8% 4.9% 3.8% 3.6%
Loving 0.8% 1.7% 1.0% 0.6% 0.3%
Lubbock 2.8% 5.8% 4.5% 3.4% 3.3%
Lynn 3.0% 5.5% 4.3% 3.6% 3.3%
McCulloch 5.2% 7.6% 6.4% 4.2% 4.1%
McLennan 3.3% 6.2% 4.8% 3.6% 3.7%
McMullen 1.6% 2.8% 2.3% 1.9% 1.7%
Madison 4.2% 7.2% 6.2% 4.4% 4.6%
Marion 4.2% 8.3% 6.8% 5.0% 4.8%
Martin 2.6% 6.1% 4.8% 3.1% 2.7%
Mason 3.2% 5.6% 4.7% 3.4% 3.5%
Matagorda 5.7% 10.5% 8.1% 6.0% 5.4%
Maverick 7.6% 15.1% 12.3% 8.0% 7.5%
Medina 3.2% 6.3% 5.0% 3.9% 3.8%
Menard 3.5% 5.1% 4.8% 3.7% 3.7%
Midland 2.1% 8.1% 5.5% 3.0% 2.5%
Milam 5.0% 7.2% 5.8% 4.3% 4.2%
Mills 3.3% 4.1% 4.5% 4.3% 3.9%
Mitchell 3.7% 7.9% 7.0% 4.5% 4.0%
Montague 2.9% 6.6% 5.2% 3.6% 3.5%
Montgomery 3.4% 7.5% 5.7% 4.0% 3.9%
Moore 2.3% 3.7% 3.4% 2.7% 2.7%
Morris 5.3% 11.2% 10.2% 6.3% 5.9%
Motley 3.4% 4.4% 5.1% 4.1% 4.0%
Nacogdoches 3.7% 6.6% 5.5% 4.3% 4.3%
Navarro 3.3% 6.2% 5.1% 3.9% 4.0%
Newton 6.3% 11.2% 10.2% 6.9% 7.1%
Nolan 2.9% 5.4% 4.7% 3.8% 3.5%
Nueces 4.1% 8.9% 6.8% 4.7% 4.2%
Ochiltree 2.7% 5.8% 4.6% 3.4% 3.3%
Oldham 2.9% 3.9% 3.6% 3.0% 3.0%
Orange 5.2% 10.6% 8.8% 5.8% 5.4%
Palo Pinto 3.2% 7.0% 5.7% 3.8% 3.7%
Panola 4.1% 8.4% 6.6% 4.7% 4.5%
Parker 2.9% 5.8% 4.5% 3.3% 3.3%
Parmer 2.2% 2.6% 2.9% 2.4% 2.6%
Pecos 3.3% 8.3% 6.9% 4.1% 3.6%
Polk 4.8% 8.8% 7.9% 5.6% 5.4%
Potter 2.7% 5.5% 4.3% 3.3% 3.1%
Presidio 6.4% 14.9% 10.2% 6.2% 6.3%
Rains 3.0% 4.7% 3.9% 3.5% 3.5%
Randall 2.4% 4.5% 3.6% 2.9% 2.9%
Reagan 2.6% 9.8% 7.3% 3.6% 3.6%
Real 3.9% 6.5% 5.9% 4.7% 5.1%
Red River 4.6% 6.4% 5.9% 5.1% 4.8%
Reeves 1.8% 7.2% 5.8% 3.5% 3.1%
Refugio 3.7% 8.3% 6.6% 4.8% 3.9%
Roberts 2.9% 4.5% 4.2% 4.0% 3.6%
Robertson 3.6% 6.4% 5.2% 3.9% 3.6%
Rockwall 3.1% 5.9% 4.4% 3.4% 3.6%
Runnels 2.8% 4.9% 4.1% 3.4% 3.9%
Rusk 3.6% 7.4% 6.0% 4.2% 4.1%
Sabine 6.6% 10.8% 9.4% 7.2% 6.8%
San Augustine 4.8% 9.6% 8.1% 5.9% 5.4%
San Jacinto 4.6% 8.1% 7.3% 4.9% 4.7%
San Patricio 5.5% 10.2% 8.7% 6.1% 4.8%
San Saba 2.9% 5.2% 4.7% 3.6% 3.8%
Schleicher 2.8% 7.0% 5.5% 3.6% 3.5%
Scurry 3.2% 8.2% 6.6% 4.2% 4.1%
Shackelford 2.2% 5.3% 4.0% 2.7% 2.7%
Shelby 3.9% 6.8% 5.4% 4.3% 4.5%
Sherman 2.4% 3.1% 3.1% 2.8% 3.2%
Smith 3.3% 6.8% 5.2% 3.8% 3.6%
Somervell 3.6% 6.5% 5.2% 3.9% 3.6%
Starr 9.9% 17.5% 15.6% 11.0% 9.3%
Stephens 3.0% 6.1% 4.9% 3.8% 3.9%
Sterling 3.2% 6.5% 5.1% 4.0% 4.0%
Stonewall 2.9% 5.1% 4.2% 3.0% 2.7%
Sutton 3.8% 9.8% 8.1% 5.7% 5.8%
Swisher 3.7% 5.2% 5.0% 4.1% 4.6%
Tarrant 3.3% 7.4% 5.3% 3.7% 3.7%
Taylor 2.9% 5.5% 4.4% 3.4% 3.3%
Terrell 3.5% 4.5% 3.4% 3.7% 3.5%
Terry 3.7% 7.3% 6.0% 4.2% 3.9%
Throckmorton 3.7% 4.7% 2.9% 3.2% 3.6%
Titus 4.1% 6.7% 5.4% 4.4% 4.2%
Tom Green 3.0% 6.3% 4.8% 3.5% 3.5%
Travis 2.6% 6.4% 4.0% 2.9% 3.3%
Trinity 4.8% 8.1% 7.3% 5.3% 5.0%
Tyler 5.7% 9.9% 8.4% 6.1% 5.8%
Upshur 3.7% 7.7% 6.2% 4.3% 4.2%
Upton 3.0% 5.7% 5.2% 2.7% 1.7%
Uvalde 3.8% 6.4% 5.5% 4.4% 4.2%
Val Verde 3.3% 8.3% 5.9% 4.6% 5.5%
Van Zandt 3.3% 6.2% 4.8% 3.5% 3.5%
Victoria 3.5% 8.3% 6.3% 4.2% 4.1%
Walker 3.9% 7.2% 6.3% 4.8% 4.6%
Waller 3.8% 7.6% 6.3% 4.4% 4.6%
Ward 2.4% 9.5% 6.9% 3.7% 3.0%
Washington 3.4% 5.7% 5.3% 4.0% 3.9%
Webb 3.7% 8.5% 6.3% 4.2% 4.0%
Wharton 3.4% 6.8% 5.7% 3.8% 3.9%
Wheeler 3.0% 6.1% 6.2% 3.9% 3.7%
Wichita 3.2% 6.6% 5.3% 4.0% 3.9%
Wilbarger 3.6% 5.9% 6.6% 4.9% 5.0%
Willacy 8.2% 12.0% 10.1% 8.2% 7.8%
Williamson 2.8% 5.8% 4.0% 3.0% 3.4%
Wilson 2.8% 5.7% 4.4% 3.3% 3.2%
Winkler 2.9% 9.4% 7.5% 4.0% 3.4%
Wise 3.2% 6.6% 4.9% 3.6% 3.7%
Wood 3.9% 6.6% 5.7% 4.5% 4.4%
Yoakum 2.9% 12.0% 7.6% 4.1% 3.4%
Young 3.0% 5.3% 4.6% 3.5% 3.4%
Zapata 5.1% 12.2% 11.7% 7.0% 6.4%
Zavala 8.5% 14.3% 12.4% 8.7% 7.3%

Data source: Texas Workforce Commission. Labor Force Statistics for Texas Counties 2000-Present.
Year: 2023