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Highest unemployment, Texas counties

Texas counties ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2024 ACS). This list covers the 254 counties in Texas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020

01Brooks County, TXTX6,57919.9%+18.8 pts

02Jasper County, TXTX33,07513.3%+3.2 pts

03Cottle County, TXTX1,22412.6%+4.5 pts

04Garza County, TXTX4,51011.5%+2.5 pts

05Duval County, TXTX9,40211.0%+2.2 pts

06Menard County, TXTX1,95610.8%+6.3 pts

07Starr County, TXTX66,31910.4%−2.7 pts

08Jack County, TXTX9,5639.6%+6.3 pts

09San Augustine County, TXTX7,7229.5%−1.6 pts

10Wilbarger County, TXTX12,4819.3%+2.3 pts

11Dickens County, TXTX1,6929.2%+2.9 pts

12McCulloch County, TXTX7,4729.0%+4.1 pts

13Hall County, TXTX2,7379.0%−1.0 pts

14Walker County, TXTX83,8428.9%+5.5 pts

15Bandera County, TXTX22,8768.7%+1.6 pts

16Matagorda County, TXTX36,4638.7%+2.3 pts

17Marion County, TXTX9,8968.7%−2.2 pts

18Kent County, TXTX6748.5%+3.5 pts

19Dimmit County, TXTX8,0248.4%+0.5 pts

20Newton County, TXTX11,9548.3%−2.7 pts

21Throckmorton County, TXTX1,5548.3%+3.5 pts

22Crosby County, TXTX4,8528.2%+3.0 pts

23Polk County, TXTX53,4348.1%−1.0 pts

24Hudspeth County, TXTX3,4338.0%−0.6 pts

25Robertson County, TXTX17,8397.9%−1.1 pts

26Kleberg County, TXTX30,3157.7%+1.7 pts

27Coleman County, TXTX7,9157.7%+1.9 pts

28Maverick County, TXTX58,8237.7%−0.0 pts

29Hidalgo County, TXTX921,5497.6%+0.3 pts

30Willacy County, TXTX19,9717.5%−2.9 pts

31Shackelford County, TXTX3,1977.5%−1.0 pts

32Calhoun County, TXTX19,5997.4%+3.1 pts

33Zapata County, TXTX13,7537.3%−1.0 pts

34Chambers County, TXTX57,5947.3%+0.2 pts

35Madison County, TXTX14,2267.1%+1.4 pts

36Morris County, TXTX12,1337.1%−0.3 pts

37Liberty County, TXTX121,3647.1%−0.4 pts

38Coryell County, TXTX85,5927.1%+0.4 pts

39Tyler County, TXTX20,4437.1%−7.3 pts

40Montague County, TXTX21,9667.1%+0.8 pts

41Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,0357.0%−0.6 pts

42Yoakum County, TXTX7,4386.9%+1.5 pts

43Waller County, TXTX69,8586.8%+1.5 pts

44Bell County, TXTX402,2486.8%−0.7 pts

45San Jacinto County, TXTX29,4886.8%−0.5 pts

46Harris County, TXTX5,045,0266.7%+0.6 pts

47Houston County, TXTX22,3166.7%+3.7 pts

48Presidio County, TXTX5,4336.7%−3.1 pts

49Trinity County, TXTX14,3846.5%−0.6 pts

50Lee County, TXTX18,7296.5%+4.0 pts

51Lipscomb County, TXTX2,9556.5%+0.9 pts

52Dawson County, TXTX11,7766.4%−0.9 pts

53Cass County, TXTX28,6516.4%−1.8 pts

54Angelina County, TXTX88,1546.4%−0.3 pts

55Jefferson County, TXTX254,3216.3%+0.6 pts

56Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,5556.3%−1.8 pts

57Wood County, TXTX49,6886.3%+1.1 pts

58Foard County, TXTX1,0446.3%−2.7 pts

59Comanche County, TXTX14,4326.2%+0.1 pts

60Hansford County, TXTX4,9446.2%−4.8 pts

61Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,7916.1%+0.3 pts

62Jim Wells County, TXTX38,8046.1%+2.4 pts

63Floyd County, TXTX4,8816.0%+3.2 pts

64Orange County, TXTX86,2666.0%+1.6 pts

65El Paso County, TXTX877,8586.0%−0.2 pts

66Nolan County, TXTX14,1176.0%−1.9 pts

67Falls County, TXTX17,8696.0%−2.2 pts

68Anderson County, TXTX59,8056.0%+2.6 pts

69Val Verde County, TXTX47,8355.9%+1.9 pts

70Blanco County, TXTX13,5815.9%+1.0 pts

71Hunt County, TXTX123,3365.9%+1.1 pts

72Cameron County, TXTX433,9465.9%+0.3 pts

73Ector County, TXTX173,8015.9%−0.7 pts

74Live Oak County, TXTX11,9295.9%+2.9 pts

75Hemphill County, TXTX3,0835.9%−0.7 pts

76Upshur County, TXTX44,4105.8%−0.2 pts

77Bexar County, TXTX2,160,0885.8%+0.0 pts

78Galveston County, TXTX372,2075.7%−0.2 pts

79Erath County, TXTX43,9115.7%+0.7 pts

80Camp County, TXTX13,3805.7%−0.8 pts

81Hood County, TXTX70,5015.6%−0.3 pts

82Coke County, TXTX3,4125.6%+3.3 pts

83Frio County, TXTX18,8235.6%−1.9 pts

84Gray County, TXTX20,9195.6%+0.4 pts

85Harrison County, TXTX71,9565.6%−0.5 pts

86Jones County, TXTX20,8615.5%−0.5 pts

87Webb County, TXTX281,2245.5%−0.2 pts

88Stephens County, TXTX9,3805.4%−3.2 pts

89Schleicher County, TXTX2,2455.4%−10.9 pts

90Hardin County, TXTX58,7235.4%+1.5 pts

91Hamilton County, TXTX8,6805.4%+3.0 pts

92Howard County, TXTX30,5045.4%−1.4 pts

93Martin County, TXTX5,2845.4%+1.3 pts

94Wise County, TXTX83,7785.3%+0.9 pts

95Kaufman County, TXTX209,2355.3%−0.0 pts

96Mitchell County, TXTX8,9475.3%+2.1 pts

97Jackson County, TXTX15,3935.3%+0.5 pts

98Hale County, TXTX31,8195.3%+1.0 pts

99Brown County, TXTX38,7115.3%+0.9 pts

100Goliad County, TXTX7,2085.2%+1.0 pts

101Bee County, TXTX32,5155.2%−3.1 pts

102Cherokee County, TXTX53,3375.2%−1.3 pts

103Nueces County, TXTX352,9925.2%−0.6 pts

104Grimes County, TXTX34,2525.1%−0.3 pts

105Fort Bend County, TXTX975,1915.1%−0.5 pts

106Dallas County, TXTX2,661,3975.0%−0.0 pts

107Fannin County, TXTX39,2655.0%+0.3 pts

108Reagan County, TXTX3,1665.0%−1.3 pts

109Burleson County, TXTX20,5495.0%+1.0 pts

110Milam County, TXTX26,2585.0%−1.6 pts

111Lubbock County, TXTX328,9064.9%+0.6 pts

112Henderson County, TXTX88,5954.9%−1.4 pts

113Runnels County, TXTX9,6934.9%+2.2 pts

114Haskell County, TXTX5,4994.9%−2.4 pts

115Wharton County, TXTX42,0604.9%−0.4 pts

116Cochran County, TXTX2,5464.8%−4.5 pts

117Guadalupe County, TXTX201,1114.8%+0.3 pts

118Wheeler County, TXTX4,7734.8%+0.3 pts

119Kendall County, TXTX53,2894.7%+0.4 pts

120Sabine County, TXTX10,0124.7%−4.6 pts

121Brazos County, TXTX249,0884.7%+0.4 pts

122Callahan County, TXTX14,4914.7%+0.5 pts

123Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,4664.7%−0.3 pts

124Eastland County, TXTX18,1434.7%−0.1 pts

125Brazoria County, TXTX419,0804.7%−0.1 pts

126Fisher County, TXTX3,6924.7%+2.0 pts

127Hockley County, TXTX21,6004.7%−1.9 pts

128Crane County, TXTX4,5544.6%+1.7 pts

129Travis County, TXTX1,389,6704.6%+0.2 pts

130Montgomery County, TXTX781,1944.6%−0.1 pts

131Refugio County, TXTX6,6574.5%−1.8 pts

132Baylor County, TXTX3,4724.5%+2.7 pts

133Cooke County, TXTX44,4614.5%+0.4 pts

134Lampasas County, TXTX23,6574.5%−2.7 pts

135San Patricio County, TXTX72,0534.5%−0.5 pts

136Terry County, TXTX11,7204.5%−3.3 pts

137Rusk County, TXTX54,8544.5%−2.9 pts

138Ellis County, TXTX240,8674.5%+1.0 pts

139McLennan County, TXTX272,0204.5%−0.1 pts

140Smith County, TXTX252,5494.4%−1.0 pts

141Hays County, TXTX304,3904.4%−1.1 pts

142Bowie County, TXTX92,6964.4%−0.4 pts

143Navarro County, TXTX57,1814.4%−0.5 pts

144Franklin County, TXTX10,9944.4%−2.1 pts

145Victoria County, TXTX92,6564.4%−0.8 pts

146Llano County, TXTX23,3534.4%−2.2 pts

147Austin County, TXTX33,6254.3%−1.2 pts

148Gonzales County, TXTX20,1594.3%+1.8 pts

149Uvalde County, TXTX24,9634.3%−0.6 pts

150Rockwall County, TXTX140,7384.3%+0.6 pts

151Swisher County, TXTX6,7034.3%−3.1 pts

152Delta County, TXTX5,5494.3%−0.3 pts

153Bastrop County, TXTX118,9084.3%−0.8 pts

154Hill County, TXTX39,5034.2%−2.0 pts

155Collin County, TXTX1,297,1794.2%+0.2 pts

156Leon County, TXTX16,8944.2%−1.7 pts

157Atascosa County, TXTX53,5904.1%−3.1 pts

158Aransas County, TXTX26,1464.1%−5.2 pts

159Shelby County, TXTX24,2864.1%−1.5 pts

160Lamar County, TXTX51,5034.0%+0.2 pts

161Denton County, TXTX1,069,3464.0%+0.2 pts

162Hopkins County, TXTX39,0634.0%−0.4 pts

163Parker County, TXTX184,7674.0%−0.8 pts

164Zavala County, TXTX9,0374.0%−0.4 pts

165Comal County, TXTX209,1663.9%−0.1 pts

166Williamson County, TXTX752,8273.9%−1.1 pts

167Potter County, TXTX114,4533.8%+0.4 pts

168Castro County, TXTX7,2953.7%+2.2 pts

169Limestone County, TXTX22,8493.7%−2.2 pts

170DeWitt County, TXTX20,3093.7%−3.0 pts

171Lynn County, TXTX6,0173.7%−0.0 pts

172Wichita County, TXTX129,5553.7%−0.9 pts

173Tom Green County, TXTX120,6023.7%−0.4 pts

174Johnson County, TXTX218,0483.6%+0.1 pts

175Gregg County, TXTX126,0953.6%−0.5 pts

176Hutchinson County, TXTX19,6333.6%−3.4 pts

177Winkler County, TXTX7,5403.6%+1.0 pts

178Bosque County, TXTX18,9183.6%−0.7 pts

179Wilson County, TXTX56,1393.6%−0.4 pts

180Stonewall County, TXTX1,1863.6%−0.1 pts

181Young County, TXTX18,1543.5%+0.5 pts

182Upton County, TXTX3,1313.5%+0.5 pts

183Van Zandt County, TXTX66,1303.5%−0.5 pts

184Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,6263.5%+0.2 pts

185Caldwell County, TXTX55,1503.4%+0.9 pts

186Midland County, TXTX187,8553.4%−0.1 pts

187Andrews County, TXTX18,9143.3%−0.6 pts

188Moore County, TXTX21,8913.3%−0.4 pts

189Kerr County, TXTX54,0373.3%−1.0 pts

190Rains County, TXTX13,5423.3%−0.7 pts

191Mills County, TXTX4,5803.2%+0.9 pts

192Somervell County, TXTX10,2613.2%−1.7 pts

193Grayson County, TXTX153,6133.1%−1.3 pts

194San Saba County, TXTX5,7873.1%+0.9 pts

195Titus County, TXTX31,5633.1%−2.0 pts

196Lavaca County, TXTX20,6513.1%−0.3 pts

197Medina County, TXTX56,8813.0%−0.3 pts

198Freestone County, TXTX20,8113.0%−0.3 pts

199Archer County, TXTX9,1293.0%−0.6 pts

200Brewster County, TXTX9,4583.0%−1.2 pts

201Mason County, TXTX3,9903.0%−2.2 pts

202Crockett County, TXTX2,7693.0%+3.0 pts

203Washington County, TXTX38,2883.0%−1.6 pts

204Karnes County, TXTX15,0182.9%−0.6 pts

205Randall County, TXTX152,3512.9%−0.7 pts

206Ward County, TXTX11,1252.9%−2.8 pts

207Colorado County, TXTX21,4392.9%−1.0 pts

208Gillespie County, TXTX28,5272.7%−1.6 pts

209Parmer County, TXTX9,6782.6%+1.2 pts

210Burnet County, TXTX57,0152.6%−0.6 pts

211Taylor County, TXTX150,0772.6%−0.4 pts

212Pecos County, TXTX14,5602.6%+1.5 pts

213Panola County, TXTX23,0182.5%−0.4 pts

214Scurry County, TXTX16,1622.4%−1.1 pts

215Gaines County, TXTX23,9562.4%−1.4 pts

216Hardeman County, TXTX3,2922.4%−2.3 pts

217Reeves County, TXTX12,1382.4%−8.8 pts

218Dallam County, TXTX7,5082.3%−0.7 pts

219Fayette County, TXTX25,4592.3%−1.8 pts

220Sterling County, TXTX1,3492.1%+1.1 pts

221Lamb County, TXTX12,5792.1%−2.1 pts

222Red River County, TXTX11,8162.0%−3.1 pts

223Clay County, TXTX10,7642.0%−0.8 pts

224Sherman County, TXTX2,7811.9%−0.2 pts

225Sutton County, TXTX3,2031.9%−4.4 pts

226La Salle County, TXTX6,5171.8%−1.0 pts

227Oldham County, TXTX1,7831.7%+1.3 pts

228Donley County, TXTX3,2131.7%+0.1 pts

229Hartley County, TXTX4,9041.6%+1.2 pts

230Concho County, TXTX3,6071.5%+0.2 pts

231Knox County, TXTX3,1921.3%−3.2 pts

232Kimble County, TXTX4,4381.3%−1.9 pts

233Armstrong County, TXTX1,8431.2%+0.7 pts

234Culberson County, TXTX2,2671.2%−8.1 pts

235Carson County, TXTX5,8051.2%−0.4 pts

236Collingsworth County, TXTX2,4871.1%−4.7 pts

237Briscoe County, TXTX1,4741.0%−2.1 pts

238Motley County, TXTX1,0430.9%−3.6 pts

239Kinney County, TXTX3,1280.9%−0.2 pts

240Glasscock County, TXTX1,1280.8%+0.8 pts

241Childress County, TXTX6,6430.5%−7.3 pts

242Roberts County, TXTX8670.5%−0.8 pts

243Irion County, TXTX1,4630.4%−5.2 pts

244Borden County, TXTX5670.3%−5.1 pts

245Ochiltree County, TXTX9,2840.3%−3.5 pts

246Bailey County, TXTX6,9630.0%−3.0 pts

247Edwards County, TXTX1,3700.0%+0.0 pts

248Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,7110.0%−0.5 pts

249Kenedy County, TXTX3190.0%+0.0 pts

250King County, TXTX1920.0%−9.3 pts

251Loving County, TXTX520.0%+0.0 pts

252McMullen County, TXTX5440.0%−5.2 pts

253Real County, TXTX2,7450.0%−1.0 pts

254Terrell County, TXTX7020.0%+0.0 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES