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RANKING · 2024 ACS · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Lowest labor force participation, Texas counties

Texas counties with the smallest share of adults 16+ in the civilian labor force (2024 ACS). This list covers the 254 counties in Texas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 254 is 58.1%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Culberson County, TX, up 168 places to #30.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPLABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONVS 2020
01▲23Real County, TXTX2,74532.5%−14.2 pts
02▲29La Salle County, TXTX6,51739.5%−8.5 pts
03▲5Terrell County, TXTX70240.2%−0.8 pts
04▼2Jones County, TXTX20,86140.7%+7.9 pts
05▲13Hartley County, TXTX4,90442.7%−2.0 pts
06▲8Live Oak County, TXTX11,92943.0%−0.8 pts
07▼1Tyler County, TXTX20,44343.2%+2.4 pts
08▼5Garza County, TXTX4,51043.4%+7.3 pts
09▼8Concho County, TXTX3,60743.6%+12.0 pts
10▲6Houston County, TXTX22,31644.5%+0.6 pts
11Karnes County, TXTX15,01844.7%+3.1 pts
12▲96Kenedy County, TXTX31944.8%−12.2 pts
13▲29Kent County, TXTX67445.1%−5.6 pts
14▲143Mason County, TXTX3,99045.8%−14.5 pts
15▼3Bee County, TXTX32,51545.9%+4.0 pts
16▲49Childress County, TXTX6,64346.1%−7.0 pts
17▲11Dimmit County, TXTX8,02446.1%−1.3 pts
18▼9Anderson County, TXTX59,80546.3%+5.1 pts
19▼12Sabine County, TXTX10,01246.5%+5.6 pts
20▼7Walker County, TXTX83,84247.0%+3.8 pts
21▲6Wood County, TXTX49,68847.4%+0.3 pts
22▲51Duval County, TXTX9,40247.5%−6.9 pts
23▼18Hudspeth County, TXTX3,43348.3%+8.0 pts
24▼2Trinity County, TXTX14,38448.5%+1.9 pts
25▼5Jack County, TXTX9,56348.5%+2.5 pts
26▼5Llano County, TXTX23,35348.7%+2.2 pts
27▲13Polk County, TXTX53,43448.9%−1.5 pts
28▼3Freestone County, TXTX20,81149.1%+2.1 pts
29▼12Falls County, TXTX17,86949.2%+4.9 pts
30▲168Culberson County, TXTX2,26749.4%−13.4 pts
31▲6Limestone County, TXTX22,84949.5%−0.1 pts
32San Augustine County, TXTX7,72249.5%+1.1 pts
33▼29Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,71149.5%+10.9 pts
34▲15Red River County, TXTX11,81649.7%−1.5 pts
35▼6Marion County, TXTX9,89649.9%+2.3 pts
36▲5Aransas County, TXTX26,14650.4%−0.2 pts
37▲15Newton County, TXTX11,95450.7%−1.0 pts
38▲20Goliad County, TXTX7,20850.7%−1.7 pts
39▼1Grimes County, TXTX34,25250.9%+0.7 pts
40▲11Cass County, TXTX28,65151.2%−0.2 pts
41▲77Upton County, TXTX3,13151.2%−6.5 pts
42▲6Leon County, TXTX16,89451.4%+0.3 pts
43▼10Dawson County, TXTX11,77651.5%+2.2 pts
44▼5San Saba County, TXTX5,78751.5%+1.2 pts
45▼26Madison County, TXTX14,22651.5%+5.8 pts
46▼23Frio County, TXTX18,82351.7%+5.1 pts
47▲64Donley County, TXTX3,21352.0%−5.1 pts
48▲24Bosque County, TXTX18,91852.0%−2.2 pts
49▼15DeWitt County, TXTX20,30952.1%+2.7 pts
50▼6San Jacinto County, TXTX29,48852.3%+1.3 pts
51▼5Swisher County, TXTX6,70352.5%+1.4 pts
52▲41Montague County, TXTX21,96652.5%−3.4 pts
53▲29Coke County, TXTX3,41252.5%−2.6 pts
54▲15Rains County, TXTX13,54252.6%−0.9 pts
55▲24Refugio County, TXTX6,65752.6%−2.4 pts
56▲135Oldham County, TXTX1,78352.7%−9.6 pts
57▲108McMullen County, TXTX54452.7%−8.0 pts
58▲39Zapata County, TXTX13,75352.8%−3.5 pts
59▲15Rusk County, TXTX54,85452.9%−1.7 pts
60▲82Bailey County, TXTX6,96353.1%−5.8 pts
61▼46Mitchell County, TXTX8,94753.4%+9.5 pts
62▼2Scurry County, TXTX16,16253.5%+1.0 pts
63▲32Coleman County, TXTX7,91553.6%−2.5 pts
64▲25Cherokee County, TXTX53,33753.7%−2.1 pts
65▼10Jasper County, TXTX33,07553.7%+1.6 pts
66▲131Crane County, TXTX4,55453.8%−8.8 pts
67▼5Baylor County, TXTX3,47253.9%+1.2 pts
68▲38Medina County, TXTX56,88153.9%−3.0 pts
69▼33Pecos County, TXTX14,56053.9%+4.4 pts
70▲79Edwards County, TXTX1,37053.9%−5.5 pts
71▼26Henderson County, TXTX88,59554.0%+3.0 pts
72▼37Hamilton County, TXTX8,68054.1%+4.7 pts
73▲83Menard County, TXTX1,95654.2%−6.1 pts
74▲1Lampasas County, TXTX23,65754.3%−0.6 pts
75▼14Bandera County, TXTX22,87654.6%+2.0 pts
76▲11Briscoe County, TXTX1,47454.7%−1.0 pts
77▲59Kimble County, TXTX4,43854.7%−3.9 pts
78▲20Jackson County, TXTX15,39354.7%−1.6 pts
79▼25Stephens County, TXTX9,38054.7%+2.8 pts
80Morris County, TXTX12,13354.7%−0.3 pts
81▲39Gillespie County, TXTX28,52754.9%−3.0 pts
82▼29Liberty County, TXTX121,36454.9%+3.2 pts
83▼53Dickens County, TXTX1,69254.9%+7.1 pts
84▼17Fannin County, TXTX39,26555.0%+1.7 pts
85▼75Kinney County, TXTX3,12855.0%+13.4 pts
86▼15Bowie County, TXTX92,69655.1%+1.1 pts
87▼28Panola County, TXTX23,01855.1%+2.7 pts
88▲58Hall County, TXTX2,73755.2%−3.9 pts
89▼26Howard County, TXTX30,50455.3%+2.6 pts
90▲20Zavala County, TXTX9,03755.3%−1.7 pts
91Willacy County, TXTX19,97155.4%−0.4 pts
92▼7Jim Wells County, TXTX38,80455.5%+0.1 pts
93▼10Kerr County, TXTX54,03755.5%+0.2 pts
94▼68King County, TXTX19255.6%+8.4 pts
95▲21Schleicher County, TXTX2,24555.7%−1.9 pts
96▲136Sterling County, TXTX1,34955.9%−10.6 pts
97▲30Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,79155.9%−2.2 pts
98▼4Coryell County, TXTX85,59256.1%+0.2 pts
99▲13Terry County, TXTX11,72056.3%−1.0 pts
100▼14Jefferson County, TXTX254,32156.3%+0.7 pts
101▼20Hood County, TXTX70,50156.4%+1.3 pts
102▲36Uvalde County, TXTX24,96356.4%−2.3 pts
103▼27Fayette County, TXTX25,45956.4%+1.6 pts
104▼47Mills County, TXTX4,58056.5%+4.2 pts
105▼9Atascosa County, TXTX53,59056.6%+0.4 pts
106▼1Brown County, TXTX38,71156.6%−0.2 pts
107▼19Upshur County, TXTX44,41056.6%+0.9 pts
108▼16Colorado County, TXTX21,43956.6%+0.8 pts
109▼66Eastland County, TXTX18,14356.7%+5.6 pts
110▼44Shelby County, TXTX24,28656.7%+3.6 pts
111▲28Hill County, TXTX39,50356.7%−2.1 pts
112▼22Reeves County, TXTX12,13856.7%+1.0 pts
113▲21Starr County, TXTX66,31956.8%−1.7 pts
114▲57Blanco County, TXTX13,58156.8%−4.1 pts
115▼51Van Zandt County, TXTX66,13056.9%+4.0 pts
116▲15Robertson County, TXTX17,83957.2%−1.1 pts
117▲11Presidio County, TXTX5,43357.4%−0.8 pts
118▼11Gray County, TXTX20,91957.6%+0.6 pts
119▼49Delta County, TXTX5,54957.7%+4.0 pts
120▼52Brooks County, TXTX6,57957.8%+4.5 pts
121▲56Cochran County, TXTX2,54657.9%−3.6 pts
122▲79Cottle County, TXTX1,22457.9%−5.1 pts
123▼46Burleson County, TXTX20,54958.0%+3.1 pts
124▼22McCulloch County, TXTX7,47258.0%+1.5 pts
125▼24Cameron County, TXTX433,94658.0%+1.7 pts
126▲55Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,55558.1%−3.6 pts
127▲57Franklin County, TXTX10,99458.1%−3.9 pts
128▼28Maverick County, TXTX58,82358.1%+1.8 pts
129▼26Milam County, TXTX26,25858.2%+1.5 pts
130▼31Hardin County, TXTX58,72358.4%+2.1 pts
131▲13Knox County, TXTX3,19258.5%−0.6 pts
132▲73Fisher County, TXTX3,69258.5%−4.7 pts
133▼9Washington County, TXTX38,28858.6%+0.4 pts
134▲106Lipscomb County, TXTX2,95558.7%−9.4 pts
135▼6Angelina County, TXTX88,15458.7%+0.5 pts
136▼89Glasscock County, TXTX1,12858.7%+7.6 pts
137▼33Camp County, TXTX13,38058.8%+2.1 pts
138▼21Caldwell County, TXTX55,15058.8%+1.1 pts
139▼17Burnet County, TXTX57,01558.8%+1.0 pts
140▼7Potter County, TXTX114,45358.9%+0.4 pts
141▲23Hutchinson County, TXTX19,63359.0%−1.6 pts
142▼7San Patricio County, TXTX72,05359.0%+0.4 pts
143▲72Wilbarger County, TXTX12,48159.0%−5.0 pts
144▼94Haskell County, TXTX5,49959.0%+7.7 pts
145▼24Nolan County, TXTX14,11759.1%+1.2 pts
146▼9Hale County, TXTX31,81959.1%+0.4 pts
147▼15Hidalgo County, TXTX921,54959.1%+0.7 pts
148▼3Lavaca County, TXTX20,65159.2%+0.2 pts
149▼6Gonzales County, TXTX20,15959.4%+0.5 pts
150▼36Motley County, TXTX1,04359.5%+2.1 pts
151▲9Armstrong County, TXTX1,84359.5%−0.9 pts
152▲55Archer County, TXTX9,12959.7%−3.6 pts
153▲19Kendall County, TXTX53,28959.7%−1.4 pts
154▼76Callahan County, TXTX14,49159.7%+4.6 pts
155▲3Lee County, TXTX18,72959.9%−0.4 pts
156▲46Brewster County, TXTX9,45860.1%−3.0 pts
157▼32Lamb County, TXTX12,57960.1%+1.9 pts
158▼17Lamar County, TXTX51,50360.1%+1.3 pts
159▲20Yoakum County, TXTX7,43860.2%−1.4 pts
160▼34Harrison County, TXTX71,95660.3%+2.2 pts
161▼7Navarro County, TXTX57,18160.3%+0.2 pts
162▼47Clay County, TXTX10,76460.3%+2.8 pts
163▼44Comanche County, TXTX14,43260.4%+2.6 pts
164▲4Wilson County, TXTX56,13960.4%−0.5 pts
165▲65Hemphill County, TXTX3,08360.4%−5.9 pts
166▲47Austin County, TXTX33,62560.5%−3.4 pts
167▲11Crosby County, TXTX4,85260.5%−1.0 pts
168▼112Borden County, TXTX56760.5%+8.4 pts
169▼3Val Verde County, TXTX47,83560.6%−0.2 pts
170▼40Floyd County, TXTX4,88160.6%+2.3 pts
171▼23Throckmorton County, TXTX1,55460.6%+1.3 pts
172▲61Crockett County, TXTX2,76960.6%−6.1 pts
173▲35Sherman County, TXTX2,78160.8%−2.6 pts
174▼34Matagorda County, TXTX36,46360.8%+2.0 pts
175▼13Orange County, TXTX86,26660.9%+0.5 pts
176▼24Wharton County, TXTX42,06060.9%+1.5 pts
177▲47Stonewall County, TXTX1,18660.9%−4.4 pts
178▲14Gaines County, TXTX23,95661.0%−1.3 pts
179▼29Kleberg County, TXTX30,31561.1%+1.6 pts
180▼11Lynn County, TXTX6,01761.1%+0.2 pts
181▲6Titus County, TXTX31,56361.1%−1.1 pts
182▼35Irion County, TXTX1,46361.2%+1.9 pts
183▲3Nueces County, TXTX352,99261.2%−0.9 pts
184▲33Wheeler County, TXTX4,77361.3%−3.6 pts
185▼5Hopkins County, TXTX39,06361.4%−0.3 pts
186▼19Gregg County, TXTX126,09561.4%+0.5 pts
187▼24Waller County, TXTX69,85861.4%+1.0 pts
188▼37Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,03561.5%+2.1 pts
189▼76Runnels County, TXTX9,69361.7%+4.3 pts
190▲6Victoria County, TXTX92,65661.7%−0.9 pts
191▼32Hunt County, TXTX123,33661.7%+1.4 pts
192▼17Smith County, TXTX252,54961.8%+0.5 pts
193▼20Hockley County, TXTX21,60062.1%+1.1 pts
194▲45Reagan County, TXTX3,16662.4%−5.5 pts
195▼7Grayson County, TXTX153,61362.5%+0.2 pts
196▼14Brazos County, TXTX249,08862.5%+0.7 pts
197▼42Bastrop County, TXTX118,90862.5%+2.3 pts
198▼37Comal County, TXTX209,16662.5%+2.2 pts
199▼9El Paso County, TXTX877,85862.6%+0.3 pts
200▼24McLennan County, TXTX272,02063.0%+1.6 pts
201▲22Parmer County, TXTX9,67863.0%−2.2 pts
202▼9Wichita County, TXTX129,55563.0%+0.7 pts
203▼33Webb County, TXTX281,22463.1%+2.2 pts
204▼51Young County, TXTX18,15463.1%+3.5 pts
205▼10Hardeman County, TXTX3,29263.1%+0.6 pts
206▼122Somervell County, TXTX10,26163.3%+7.9 pts
207▼22Erath County, TXTX43,91163.5%+1.5 pts
208▲3Cooke County, TXTX44,46163.5%−0.3 pts
209▼100Foard County, TXTX1,04463.6%+6.5 pts
210▲2Brazoria County, TXTX419,08063.6%−0.3 pts
211▼88Roberts County, TXTX86763.8%+5.9 pts
212▲2Galveston County, TXTX372,20763.9%−0.1 pts
213▲13Tom Green County, TXTX120,60263.9%−1.8 pts
214▼15Johnson County, TXTX218,04864.1%+1.4 pts
215▼6Carson County, TXTX5,80564.1%+0.7 pts
216▼22Wise County, TXTX83,77864.2%+1.7 pts
217▼7Guadalupe County, TXTX201,11164.3%+0.5 pts
218▲9Martin County, TXTX5,28464.5%−1.6 pts
219▲10Sutton County, TXTX3,20364.6%−1.5 pts
220▲8Taylor County, TXTX150,07764.7%−1.5 pts
221▼2Montgomery County, TXTX781,19464.7%−0.2 pts
222▼19Collingsworth County, TXTX2,48765.0%+2.0 pts
223▼7Castro County, TXTX7,29565.1%+0.8 pts
224▼35Ward County, TXTX11,12565.3%+3.1 pts
225Bell County, TXTX402,24865.3%−0.3 pts
226▼52Winkler County, TXTX7,54065.4%+4.2 pts
227▲4Moore County, TXTX21,89165.4%−1.1 pts
228▼24Parker County, TXTX184,76765.7%+2.6 pts
229▼7Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,62665.8%+0.6 pts
230▲5Chambers County, TXTX57,59465.9%−1.3 pts
231▼13Lubbock County, TXTX328,90665.9%+1.0 pts
232▼11Bexar County, TXTX2,160,08866.1%+0.9 pts
233▼33Calhoun County, TXTX19,59966.2%+3.4 pts
234▲12Andrews County, TXTX18,91466.2%−2.8 pts
235▲1Fort Bend County, TXTX975,19166.7%−0.5 pts
236▼53Shackelford County, TXTX3,19767.0%+5.1 pts
237▲6Randall County, TXTX152,35167.0%−1.5 pts
238▲4Ector County, TXTX173,80167.2%−1.1 pts
239▼2Harris County, TXTX5,045,02667.4%0.0 pts
240▼2Ellis County, TXTX240,86768.2%+0.6 pts
241▼35Hansford County, TXTX4,94468.3%+5.1 pts
242▼8Kaufman County, TXTX209,23568.3%+1.3 pts
243▼23Ochiltree County, TXTX9,28468.5%+3.5 pts
244▼3Hays County, TXTX304,39068.7%+0.4 pts
245▼1Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,46668.8%+0.2 pts
246▼1Dallas County, TXTX2,661,39768.8%−0.1 pts
247Rockwall County, TXTX140,73869.9%+0.8 pts
248▲1Midland County, TXTX187,85570.0%−0.1 pts
249▲1Collin County, TXTX1,297,17970.6%−0.1 pts
250▼2Williamson County, TXTX752,82770.7%+1.1 pts
251▲1Denton County, TXTX1,069,34671.8%−0.5 pts
252▼1Dallam County, TXTX7,50873.2%+0.9 pts
253Travis County, TXTX1,389,67073.3%+0.3 pts
254Loving County, TXTX5278.8%+0.8 pts
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES