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Texas Counties by Unemployment Rate

The unemployment rate is the share of the labor force that is jobless and actively seeking work — the standard measure of labor market health.

All 254 counties ranked by Unemployment Rate, from lowest to highest. Click the column header to reverse sort order. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates, 2023.

States Counties Cities Metros ZIPs
# Counties Unemployment Rate ↑
201 San Jacinto County, Texas 7.1%
202 Freestone County, Texas 7.2%
203 Nacogdoches County, Texas 7.2%
204 Morris County, Texas 7.3%
205 Willacy County, Texas 7.3%
206 Lipscomb County, Texas 7.4%
207 Dickens County, Texas 7.4%
208 Bandera County, Texas 7.4%
209 Moore County, Texas 7.4%
210 Bell County, Texas 7.5%
211 Dimmit County, Texas 7.6%
212 Kleberg County, Texas 7.6%
213 Childress County, Texas 7.8%
214 Hudspeth County, Texas 7.8%
215 Dawson County, Texas 7.9%
216 Comanche County, Texas 7.9%
217 Ector County, Texas 7.9%
218 Haskell County, Texas 8.0%
219 Robertson County, Texas 8.1%
220 Madison County, Texas 8.2%
221 Dallam County, Texas 8.2%
222 Sutton County, Texas 8.4%
223 Jim Hogg County, Texas 8.4%
224 Kent County, Texas 8.8%
225 Oldham County, Texas 8.9%
226 Polk County, Texas 9.0%
227 Zavala County, Texas 9.1%
228 Eastland County, Texas 9.2%
229 Deaf Smith County, Texas 9.3%
230 San Augustine County, Texas 9.4%
231 Shackelford County, Texas 9.6%
232 Colorado County, Texas 9.7%
233 Sherman County, Texas 9.7%
234 Wilbarger County, Texas 9.8%
235 Jack County, Texas 9.9%
236 Newton County, Texas 10.5%
237 Hays County, Texas 11.8%
238 Harris County, Texas 11.9%
239 Cooke County, Texas 12.6%
240 El Paso County, Texas 12.8%
241 Hidalgo County, Texas 12.9%
242 Hood County, Texas 13.1%
243 Irion County, Texas 13.2%
244 Bastrop County, Texas 13.3%
245 Jasper County, Texas 14.0%
246 Hockley County, Texas 14.5%
247 Hopkins County, Texas 15.6%
248 Hemphill County, Texas 15.7%
249 Harrison County, Texas 15.9%
250 Hartley County, Texas 16.6%
251 Young County, Texas 16.8%
252 Henderson County, Texas 17.8%
253 Howard County, Texas 19.4%
254 Zapata County, Texas 25.4%