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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%+1653%

02Jasper County, TXTX33,07513.3%+32%

03Cottle County, TXTX1,22412.6%+56%

04Garza County, TXTX4,51011.5%+28%

05Duval County, TXTX9,40211.0%+24%

06Menard County, TXTX1,95610.8%+140%

07Starr County, TXTX66,31910.4%−21%

08Jack County, TXTX9,5639.6%+188%

09San Augustine County, TXTX7,7229.5%−15%

10Wilbarger County, TXTX12,4819.3%+34%

11Dickens County, TXTX1,6929.2%+46%

12McCulloch County, TXTX7,4729.0%+84%

13Hall County, TXTX2,7379.0%−10%

14Walker County, TXTX83,8428.9%+160%

15Bandera County, TXTX22,8768.7%+23%

16Matagorda County, TXTX36,4638.7%+35%

17Marion County, TXTX9,8968.7%−20%

18Kent County, TXTX6748.5%+69%

19Dimmit County, TXTX8,0248.4%+6%

20Newton County, TXTX11,9548.3%−25%

21Throckmorton County, TXTX1,5548.3%+73%

22Crosby County, TXTX4,8528.2%+57%

23Polk County, TXTX53,4348.1%−11%

24Hudspeth County, TXTX3,4338.0%−7%

25Robertson County, TXTX17,8397.9%−12%

26Kleberg County, TXTX30,3157.7%+28%

27Coleman County, TXTX7,9157.7%+33%

28Maverick County, TXTX58,8237.7%−0%

29Hidalgo County, TXTX921,5497.6%+4%

30Willacy County, TXTX19,9717.5%−28%

31Shackelford County, TXTX3,1977.5%−12%

32Calhoun County, TXTX19,5997.4%+71%

33Zapata County, TXTX13,7537.3%−12%

34Chambers County, TXTX57,5947.3%+3%

35Madison County, TXTX14,2267.1%+25%

36Morris County, TXTX12,1337.1%−4%

37Liberty County, TXTX121,3647.1%−6%

38Coryell County, TXTX85,5927.1%+6%

39Tyler County, TXTX20,4437.1%−51%

40Montague County, TXTX21,9667.1%+13%

41Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,0357.0%−8%

42Yoakum County, TXTX7,4386.9%+29%

43Waller County, TXTX69,8586.8%+28%

44Bell County, TXTX402,2486.8%−9%

45San Jacinto County, TXTX29,4886.8%−7%

46Harris County, TXTX5,045,0266.7%+9%

47Houston County, TXTX22,3166.7%+123%

48Presidio County, TXTX5,4336.7%−32%

49Trinity County, TXTX14,3846.5%−8%

50Lee County, TXTX18,7296.5%+162%

51Lipscomb County, TXTX2,9556.5%+16%

52Dawson County, TXTX11,7766.4%−12%

53Cass County, TXTX28,6516.4%−22%

54Angelina County, TXTX88,1546.4%−5%

55Jefferson County, TXTX254,3216.3%+10%

56Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,5556.3%−22%

57Wood County, TXTX49,6886.3%+22%

58Foard County, TXTX1,0446.3%−30%

59Comanche County, TXTX14,4326.2%+1%

60Hansford County, TXTX4,9446.2%−43%

61Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,7916.1%+4%

62Jim Wells County, TXTX38,8046.1%+66%

63Floyd County, TXTX4,8816.0%+114%

64Orange County, TXTX86,2666.0%+35%

65El Paso County, TXTX877,8586.0%−3%

66Nolan County, TXTX14,1176.0%−25%

67Falls County, TXTX17,8696.0%−27%

68Anderson County, TXTX59,8056.0%+75%

69Val Verde County, TXTX47,8355.9%+49%

70Blanco County, TXTX13,5815.9%+20%

71Hunt County, TXTX123,3365.9%+22%

72Cameron County, TXTX433,9465.9%+5%

73Ector County, TXTX173,8015.9%−11%

74Live Oak County, TXTX11,9295.9%+99%

75Hemphill County, TXTX3,0835.9%−11%

76Upshur County, TXTX44,4105.8%−3%

77Bexar County, TXTX2,160,0885.8%+1%

78Galveston County, TXTX372,2075.7%−3%

79Erath County, TXTX43,9115.7%+15%

80Camp County, TXTX13,3805.7%−12%

81Hood County, TXTX70,5015.6%−6%

82Coke County, TXTX3,4125.6%+143%

83Frio County, TXTX18,8235.6%−25%

84Gray County, TXTX20,9195.6%+8%

85Harrison County, TXTX71,9565.6%−8%

86Jones County, TXTX20,8615.5%−8%

87Webb County, TXTX281,2245.5%−3%

88Stephens County, TXTX9,3805.4%−37%

89Schleicher County, TXTX2,2455.4%−67%

90Hardin County, TXTX58,7235.4%+38%

91Hamilton County, TXTX8,6805.4%+127%

92Howard County, TXTX30,5045.4%−21%

93Martin County, TXTX5,2845.4%+33%

94Wise County, TXTX83,7785.3%+22%

95Kaufman County, TXTX209,2355.3%−0%

96Mitchell County, TXTX8,9475.3%+65%

97Jackson County, TXTX15,3935.3%+10%

98Hale County, TXTX31,8195.3%+24%

99Brown County, TXTX38,7115.3%+21%

100Goliad County, TXTX7,2085.2%+24%

101Bee County, TXTX32,5155.2%−38%

102Cherokee County, TXTX53,3375.2%−20%

103Nueces County, TXTX352,9925.2%−11%

104Grimes County, TXTX34,2525.1%−6%

105Fort Bend County, TXTX975,1915.1%−10%

106Dallas County, TXTX2,661,3975.0%−1%

107Fannin County, TXTX39,2655.0%+7%

108Reagan County, TXTX3,1665.0%−21%

109Burleson County, TXTX20,5495.0%+26%

110Milam County, TXTX26,2585.0%−24%

111Lubbock County, TXTX328,9064.9%+14%

112Henderson County, TXTX88,5954.9%−22%

113Runnels County, TXTX9,6934.9%+78%

114Haskell County, TXTX5,4994.9%−33%

115Wharton County, TXTX42,0604.9%−8%

116Cochran County, TXTX2,5464.8%−49%

117Guadalupe County, TXTX201,1114.8%+6%

118Wheeler County, TXTX4,7734.8%+7%

119Kendall County, TXTX53,2894.7%+9%

120Sabine County, TXTX10,0124.7%−49%

121Brazos County, TXTX249,0884.7%+8%

122Callahan County, TXTX14,4914.7%+12%

123Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,4664.7%−5%

124Eastland County, TXTX18,1434.7%−2%

125Brazoria County, TXTX419,0804.7%−2%

126Fisher County, TXTX3,6924.7%+78%

127Hockley County, TXTX21,6004.7%−29%

128Crane County, TXTX4,5544.6%+58%

129Travis County, TXTX1,389,6704.6%+6%

130Montgomery County, TXTX781,1944.6%−2%

131Refugio County, TXTX6,6574.5%−29%

132Baylor County, TXTX3,4724.5%+150%

133Cooke County, TXTX44,4614.5%+11%

134Lampasas County, TXTX23,6574.5%−37%

135San Patricio County, TXTX72,0534.5%−10%

136Terry County, TXTX11,7204.5%−43%

137Rusk County, TXTX54,8544.5%−39%

138Ellis County, TXTX240,8674.5%+28%

139McLennan County, TXTX272,0204.5%−3%

140Smith County, TXTX252,5494.4%−19%

141Hays County, TXTX304,3904.4%−20%

142Bowie County, TXTX92,6964.4%−8%

143Navarro County, TXTX57,1814.4%−10%

144Franklin County, TXTX10,9944.4%−32%

145Victoria County, TXTX92,6564.4%−15%

146Llano County, TXTX23,3534.4%−33%

147Austin County, TXTX33,6254.3%−22%

148Gonzales County, TXTX20,1594.3%+69%

149Uvalde County, TXTX24,9634.3%−13%

150Rockwall County, TXTX140,7384.3%+15%

151Swisher County, TXTX6,7034.3%−42%

152Delta County, TXTX5,5494.3%−6%

153Bastrop County, TXTX118,9084.3%−16%

154Hill County, TXTX39,5034.2%−33%

155Collin County, TXTX1,297,1794.2%+4%

156Leon County, TXTX16,8944.2%−29%

157Atascosa County, TXTX53,5904.1%−43%

158Aransas County, TXTX26,1464.1%−56%

159Shelby County, TXTX24,2864.1%−27%

160Lamar County, TXTX51,5034.0%+5%

161Denton County, TXTX1,069,3464.0%+4%

162Hopkins County, TXTX39,0634.0%−8%

163Parker County, TXTX184,7674.0%−16%

164Zavala County, TXTX9,0374.0%−9%

165Comal County, TXTX209,1663.9%−2%

166Williamson County, TXTX752,8273.9%−22%

167Potter County, TXTX114,4533.8%+11%

168Castro County, TXTX7,2953.7%+150%

169Limestone County, TXTX22,8493.7%−37%

170DeWitt County, TXTX20,3093.7%−45%

171Lynn County, TXTX6,0173.7%−1%

172Wichita County, TXTX129,5553.7%−19%

173Tom Green County, TXTX120,6023.7%−9%

174Johnson County, TXTX218,0483.6%+3%

175Gregg County, TXTX126,0953.6%−12%

176Hutchinson County, TXTX19,6333.6%−49%

177Winkler County, TXTX7,5403.6%+41%

178Bosque County, TXTX18,9183.6%−16%

179Wilson County, TXTX56,1393.6%−11%

180Stonewall County, TXTX1,1863.6%−2%

181Young County, TXTX18,1543.5%+18%

182Upton County, TXTX3,1313.5%+18%

183Van Zandt County, TXTX66,1303.5%−13%

184Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,6263.5%+5%

185Caldwell County, TXTX55,1503.4%+35%

186Midland County, TXTX187,8553.4%−2%

187Andrews County, TXTX18,9143.3%−15%

188Moore County, TXTX21,8913.3%−12%

189Kerr County, TXTX54,0373.3%−23%

190Rains County, TXTX13,5423.3%−18%

191Mills County, TXTX4,5803.2%+37%

192Somervell County, TXTX10,2613.2%−35%

193Grayson County, TXTX153,6133.1%−29%

194San Saba County, TXTX5,7873.1%+40%

195Titus County, TXTX31,5633.1%−39%

196Lavaca County, TXTX20,6513.1%−8%

197Medina County, TXTX56,8813.0%−8%

198Freestone County, TXTX20,8113.0%−9%

199Archer County, TXTX9,1293.0%−17%

200Brewster County, TXTX9,4583.0%−28%

201Mason County, TXTX3,9903.0%−42%

202Crockett County, TXTX2,7693.0%–

203Washington County, TXTX38,2883.0%−35%

204Karnes County, TXTX15,0182.9%−17%

205Randall County, TXTX152,3512.9%−19%

206Ward County, TXTX11,1252.9%−50%

207Colorado County, TXTX21,4392.9%−26%

208Gillespie County, TXTX28,5272.7%−36%

209Parmer County, TXTX9,6782.6%+84%

210Burnet County, TXTX57,0152.6%−18%

211Taylor County, TXTX150,0772.6%−14%

212Pecos County, TXTX14,5602.6%+134%

213Panola County, TXTX23,0182.5%−14%

214Scurry County, TXTX16,1622.4%−30%

215Gaines County, TXTX23,9562.4%−36%

216Hardeman County, TXTX3,2922.4%−49%

217Reeves County, TXTX12,1382.4%−79%

218Dallam County, TXTX7,5082.3%−23%

219Fayette County, TXTX25,4592.3%−44%

220Sterling County, TXTX1,3492.1%+115%

221Lamb County, TXTX12,5792.1%−51%

222Red River County, TXTX11,8162.0%−60%

223Clay County, TXTX10,7642.0%−29%

224Sherman County, TXTX2,7811.9%−8%

225Sutton County, TXTX3,2031.9%−70%

226La Salle County, TXTX6,5171.8%−36%

227Oldham County, TXTX1,7831.7%+294%

228Donley County, TXTX3,2131.7%+4%

229Hartley County, TXTX4,9041.6%+269%

230Concho County, TXTX3,6071.5%+12%

231Knox County, TXTX3,1921.3%−72%

232Kimble County, TXTX4,4381.3%−60%

233Armstrong County, TXTX1,8431.2%+128%

234Culberson County, TXTX2,2671.2%−87%

235Carson County, TXTX5,8051.2%−26%

236Collingsworth County, TXTX2,4871.1%−81%

237Briscoe County, TXTX1,4741.0%−67%

238Motley County, TXTX1,0430.9%−79%

239Kinney County, TXTX3,1280.9%−17%

240Glasscock County, TXTX1,1280.8%–

241Childress County, TXTX6,6430.5%−93%

242Roberts County, TXTX8670.5%−61%

243Irion County, TXTX1,4630.4%−92%

244Borden County, TXTX5670.3%−94%

245Ochiltree County, TXTX9,2840.3%−93%

246Bailey County, TXTX6,9630.0%−100%

247Edwards County, TXTX1,3700.0%–

248Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,7110.0%−100%

249Kenedy County, TXTX3190.0%–

250King County, TXTX1920.0%−100%

251Loving County, TXTX520.0%–

252McMullen County, TXTX5440.0%−100%

253Real County, TXTX2,7450.0%−100%

254Terrell County, TXTX7020.0%–

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES