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Lowest unemployment, Texas counties

Texas counties ranked by the lowest 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

01Bailey County, TXTX6,9630.0%−3.0 pts

02Edwards County, TXTX1,3700.0%+0.0 pts

03Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,7110.0%−0.5 pts

04Kenedy County, TXTX3190.0%+0.0 pts

05King County, TXTX1920.0%−9.3 pts

06Loving County, TXTX520.0%+0.0 pts

07McMullen County, TXTX5440.0%−5.2 pts

08Real County, TXTX2,7450.0%−1.0 pts

09Terrell County, TXTX7020.0%+0.0 pts

10Ochiltree County, TXTX9,2840.3%−3.5 pts

11Borden County, TXTX5670.3%−5.1 pts

12Irion County, TXTX1,4630.4%−5.2 pts

13Roberts County, TXTX8670.5%−0.8 pts

14Childress County, TXTX6,6430.5%−7.3 pts

15Glasscock County, TXTX1,1280.8%+0.8 pts

16Kinney County, TXTX3,1280.9%−0.2 pts

17Motley County, TXTX1,0430.9%−3.6 pts

18Briscoe County, TXTX1,4741.0%−2.1 pts

19Collingsworth County, TXTX2,4871.1%−4.7 pts

20Carson County, TXTX5,8051.2%−0.4 pts

21Culberson County, TXTX2,2671.2%−8.1 pts

22Armstrong County, TXTX1,8431.2%+0.7 pts

23Kimble County, TXTX4,4381.3%−1.9 pts

24Knox County, TXTX3,1921.3%−3.2 pts

25Concho County, TXTX3,6071.5%+0.2 pts

26Hartley County, TXTX4,9041.6%+1.2 pts

27Donley County, TXTX3,2131.7%+0.1 pts

28Oldham County, TXTX1,7831.7%+1.3 pts

29La Salle County, TXTX6,5171.8%−1.0 pts

30Sutton County, TXTX3,2031.9%−4.4 pts

31Sherman County, TXTX2,7811.9%−0.2 pts

32Clay County, TXTX10,7642.0%−0.8 pts

33Red River County, TXTX11,8162.0%−3.1 pts

34Lamb County, TXTX12,5792.1%−2.1 pts

35Sterling County, TXTX1,3492.1%+1.1 pts

36Fayette County, TXTX25,4592.3%−1.8 pts

37Dallam County, TXTX7,5082.3%−0.7 pts

38Reeves County, TXTX12,1382.4%−8.8 pts

39Hardeman County, TXTX3,2922.4%−2.3 pts

40Gaines County, TXTX23,9562.4%−1.4 pts

41Scurry County, TXTX16,1622.4%−1.1 pts

42Panola County, TXTX23,0182.5%−0.4 pts

43Pecos County, TXTX14,5602.6%+1.5 pts

44Taylor County, TXTX150,0772.6%−0.4 pts

45Burnet County, TXTX57,0152.6%−0.6 pts

46Parmer County, TXTX9,6782.6%+1.2 pts

47Gillespie County, TXTX28,5272.7%−1.6 pts

48Colorado County, TXTX21,4392.9%−1.0 pts

49Ward County, TXTX11,1252.9%−2.8 pts

50Randall County, TXTX152,3512.9%−0.7 pts

51Karnes County, TXTX15,0182.9%−0.6 pts

52Washington County, TXTX38,2883.0%−1.6 pts

53Crockett County, TXTX2,7693.0%+3.0 pts

54Mason County, TXTX3,9903.0%−2.2 pts

55Brewster County, TXTX9,4583.0%−1.2 pts

56Archer County, TXTX9,1293.0%−0.6 pts

57Freestone County, TXTX20,8113.0%−0.3 pts

58Medina County, TXTX56,8813.0%−0.3 pts

59Lavaca County, TXTX20,6513.1%−0.3 pts

60Titus County, TXTX31,5633.1%−2.0 pts

61San Saba County, TXTX5,7873.1%+0.9 pts

62Grayson County, TXTX153,6133.1%−1.3 pts

63Somervell County, TXTX10,2613.2%−1.7 pts

64Mills County, TXTX4,5803.2%+0.9 pts

65Rains County, TXTX13,5423.3%−0.7 pts

66Kerr County, TXTX54,0373.3%−1.0 pts

67Moore County, TXTX21,8913.3%−0.4 pts

68Andrews County, TXTX18,9143.3%−0.6 pts

69Midland County, TXTX187,8553.4%−0.1 pts

70Caldwell County, TXTX55,1503.4%+0.9 pts

71Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,6263.5%+0.2 pts

72Van Zandt County, TXTX66,1303.5%−0.5 pts

73Upton County, TXTX3,1313.5%+0.5 pts

74Young County, TXTX18,1543.5%+0.5 pts

75Stonewall County, TXTX1,1863.6%−0.1 pts

76Wilson County, TXTX56,1393.6%−0.4 pts

77Bosque County, TXTX18,9183.6%−0.7 pts

78Winkler County, TXTX7,5403.6%+1.0 pts

79Hutchinson County, TXTX19,6333.6%−3.4 pts

80Gregg County, TXTX126,0953.6%−0.5 pts

81Johnson County, TXTX218,0483.6%+0.1 pts

82Tom Green County, TXTX120,6023.7%−0.4 pts

83Wichita County, TXTX129,5553.7%−0.9 pts

84Lynn County, TXTX6,0173.7%−0.0 pts

85DeWitt County, TXTX20,3093.7%−3.0 pts

86Limestone County, TXTX22,8493.7%−2.2 pts

87Castro County, TXTX7,2953.7%+2.2 pts

88Potter County, TXTX114,4533.8%+0.4 pts

89Williamson County, TXTX752,8273.9%−1.1 pts

90Comal County, TXTX209,1663.9%−0.1 pts

91Zavala County, TXTX9,0374.0%−0.4 pts

92Parker County, TXTX184,7674.0%−0.8 pts

93Hopkins County, TXTX39,0634.0%−0.4 pts

94Denton County, TXTX1,069,3464.0%+0.2 pts

95Lamar County, TXTX51,5034.0%+0.2 pts

96Shelby County, TXTX24,2864.1%−1.5 pts

97Aransas County, TXTX26,1464.1%−5.2 pts

98Atascosa County, TXTX53,5904.1%−3.1 pts

99Leon County, TXTX16,8944.2%−1.7 pts

100Collin County, TXTX1,297,1794.2%+0.2 pts

101Hill County, TXTX39,5034.2%−2.0 pts

102Bastrop County, TXTX118,9084.3%−0.8 pts

103Delta County, TXTX5,5494.3%−0.3 pts

104Swisher County, TXTX6,7034.3%−3.1 pts

105Rockwall County, TXTX140,7384.3%+0.6 pts

106Uvalde County, TXTX24,9634.3%−0.6 pts

107Gonzales County, TXTX20,1594.3%+1.8 pts

108Austin County, TXTX33,6254.3%−1.2 pts

109Llano County, TXTX23,3534.4%−2.2 pts

110Victoria County, TXTX92,6564.4%−0.8 pts

111Franklin County, TXTX10,9944.4%−2.1 pts

112Navarro County, TXTX57,1814.4%−0.5 pts

113Bowie County, TXTX92,6964.4%−0.4 pts

114Hays County, TXTX304,3904.4%−1.1 pts

115Smith County, TXTX252,5494.4%−1.0 pts

116McLennan County, TXTX272,0204.5%−0.1 pts

117Ellis County, TXTX240,8674.5%+1.0 pts

118Rusk County, TXTX54,8544.5%−2.9 pts

119Terry County, TXTX11,7204.5%−3.3 pts

120San Patricio County, TXTX72,0534.5%−0.5 pts

121Lampasas County, TXTX23,6574.5%−2.7 pts

122Cooke County, TXTX44,4614.5%+0.4 pts

123Baylor County, TXTX3,4724.5%+2.7 pts

124Refugio County, TXTX6,6574.5%−1.8 pts

125Montgomery County, TXTX781,1944.6%−0.1 pts

126Travis County, TXTX1,389,6704.6%+0.2 pts

127Crane County, TXTX4,5544.6%+1.7 pts

128Hockley County, TXTX21,6004.7%−1.9 pts

129Fisher County, TXTX3,6924.7%+2.0 pts

130Brazoria County, TXTX419,0804.7%−0.1 pts

131Eastland County, TXTX18,1434.7%−0.1 pts

132Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,4664.7%−0.3 pts

133Callahan County, TXTX14,4914.7%+0.5 pts

134Brazos County, TXTX249,0884.7%+0.4 pts

135Sabine County, TXTX10,0124.7%−4.6 pts

136Kendall County, TXTX53,2894.7%+0.4 pts

137Wheeler County, TXTX4,7734.8%+0.3 pts

138Guadalupe County, TXTX201,1114.8%+0.3 pts

139Cochran County, TXTX2,5464.8%−4.5 pts

140Wharton County, TXTX42,0604.9%−0.4 pts

141Haskell County, TXTX5,4994.9%−2.4 pts

142Runnels County, TXTX9,6934.9%+2.2 pts

143Henderson County, TXTX88,5954.9%−1.4 pts

144Lubbock County, TXTX328,9064.9%+0.6 pts

145Milam County, TXTX26,2585.0%−1.6 pts

146Burleson County, TXTX20,5495.0%+1.0 pts

147Reagan County, TXTX3,1665.0%−1.3 pts

148Fannin County, TXTX39,2655.0%+0.3 pts

149Dallas County, TXTX2,661,3975.0%−0.0 pts

150Fort Bend County, TXTX975,1915.1%−0.5 pts

151Grimes County, TXTX34,2525.1%−0.3 pts

152Nueces County, TXTX352,9925.2%−0.6 pts

153Cherokee County, TXTX53,3375.2%−1.3 pts

154Bee County, TXTX32,5155.2%−3.1 pts

155Goliad County, TXTX7,2085.2%+1.0 pts

156Brown County, TXTX38,7115.3%+0.9 pts

157Hale County, TXTX31,8195.3%+1.0 pts

158Jackson County, TXTX15,3935.3%+0.5 pts

159Mitchell County, TXTX8,9475.3%+2.1 pts

160Kaufman County, TXTX209,2355.3%−0.0 pts

161Wise County, TXTX83,7785.3%+0.9 pts

162Martin County, TXTX5,2845.4%+1.3 pts

163Howard County, TXTX30,5045.4%−1.4 pts

164Hamilton County, TXTX8,6805.4%+3.0 pts

165Hardin County, TXTX58,7235.4%+1.5 pts

166Schleicher County, TXTX2,2455.4%−10.9 pts

167Stephens County, TXTX9,3805.4%−3.2 pts

168Webb County, TXTX281,2245.5%−0.2 pts

169Jones County, TXTX20,8615.5%−0.5 pts

170Harrison County, TXTX71,9565.6%−0.5 pts

171Gray County, TXTX20,9195.6%+0.4 pts

172Frio County, TXTX18,8235.6%−1.9 pts

173Coke County, TXTX3,4125.6%+3.3 pts

174Hood County, TXTX70,5015.6%−0.3 pts

175Camp County, TXTX13,3805.7%−0.8 pts

176Erath County, TXTX43,9115.7%+0.7 pts

177Galveston County, TXTX372,2075.7%−0.2 pts

178Bexar County, TXTX2,160,0885.8%+0.0 pts

179Upshur County, TXTX44,4105.8%−0.2 pts

180Hemphill County, TXTX3,0835.9%−0.7 pts

181Live Oak County, TXTX11,9295.9%+2.9 pts

182Ector County, TXTX173,8015.9%−0.7 pts

183Cameron County, TXTX433,9465.9%+0.3 pts

184Hunt County, TXTX123,3365.9%+1.1 pts

185Blanco County, TXTX13,5815.9%+1.0 pts

186Val Verde County, TXTX47,8355.9%+1.9 pts

187Anderson County, TXTX59,8056.0%+2.6 pts

188Falls County, TXTX17,8696.0%−2.2 pts

189Nolan County, TXTX14,1176.0%−1.9 pts

190El Paso County, TXTX877,8586.0%−0.2 pts

191Orange County, TXTX86,2666.0%+1.6 pts

192Floyd County, TXTX4,8816.0%+3.2 pts

193Jim Wells County, TXTX38,8046.1%+2.4 pts

194Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,7916.1%+0.3 pts

195Hansford County, TXTX4,9446.2%−4.8 pts

196Comanche County, TXTX14,4326.2%+0.1 pts

197Foard County, TXTX1,0446.3%−2.7 pts

198Wood County, TXTX49,6886.3%+1.1 pts

199Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,5556.3%−1.8 pts

200Jefferson County, TXTX254,3216.3%+0.6 pts

201Angelina County, TXTX88,1546.4%−0.3 pts

202Cass County, TXTX28,6516.4%−1.8 pts

203Dawson County, TXTX11,7766.4%−0.9 pts

204Lipscomb County, TXTX2,9556.5%+0.9 pts

205Lee County, TXTX18,7296.5%+4.0 pts

206Trinity County, TXTX14,3846.5%−0.6 pts

207Presidio County, TXTX5,4336.7%−3.1 pts

208Houston County, TXTX22,3166.7%+3.7 pts

209Harris County, TXTX5,045,0266.7%+0.6 pts

210San Jacinto County, TXTX29,4886.8%−0.5 pts

211Bell County, TXTX402,2486.8%−0.7 pts

212Waller County, TXTX69,8586.8%+1.5 pts

213Yoakum County, TXTX7,4386.9%+1.5 pts

214Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,0357.0%−0.6 pts

215Montague County, TXTX21,9667.1%+0.8 pts

216Tyler County, TXTX20,4437.1%−7.3 pts

217Coryell County, TXTX85,5927.1%+0.4 pts

218Liberty County, TXTX121,3647.1%−0.4 pts

219Morris County, TXTX12,1337.1%−0.3 pts

220Madison County, TXTX14,2267.1%+1.4 pts

221Chambers County, TXTX57,5947.3%+0.2 pts

222Zapata County, TXTX13,7537.3%−1.0 pts

223Calhoun County, TXTX19,5997.4%+3.1 pts

224Shackelford County, TXTX3,1977.5%−1.0 pts

225Willacy County, TXTX19,9717.5%−2.9 pts

226Hidalgo County, TXTX921,5497.6%+0.3 pts

227Maverick County, TXTX58,8237.7%−0.0 pts

228Coleman County, TXTX7,9157.7%+1.9 pts

229Kleberg County, TXTX30,3157.7%+1.7 pts

230Robertson County, TXTX17,8397.9%−1.1 pts

231Hudspeth County, TXTX3,4338.0%−0.6 pts

232Polk County, TXTX53,4348.1%−1.0 pts

233Crosby County, TXTX4,8528.2%+3.0 pts

234Throckmorton County, TXTX1,5548.3%+3.5 pts

235Newton County, TXTX11,9548.3%−2.7 pts

236Dimmit County, TXTX8,0248.4%+0.5 pts

237Kent County, TXTX6748.5%+3.5 pts

238Marion County, TXTX9,8968.7%−2.2 pts

239Matagorda County, TXTX36,4638.7%+2.3 pts

240Bandera County, TXTX22,8768.7%+1.6 pts

241Walker County, TXTX83,8428.9%+5.5 pts

242Hall County, TXTX2,7379.0%−1.0 pts

243McCulloch County, TXTX7,4729.0%+4.1 pts

244Dickens County, TXTX1,6929.2%+2.9 pts

245Wilbarger County, TXTX12,4819.3%+2.3 pts

246San Augustine County, TXTX7,7229.5%−1.6 pts

247Jack County, TXTX9,5639.6%+6.3 pts

248Starr County, TXTX66,31910.4%−2.7 pts

249Menard County, TXTX1,95610.8%+6.3 pts

250Duval County, TXTX9,40211.0%+2.2 pts

251Garza County, TXTX4,51011.5%+2.5 pts

252Cottle County, TXTX1,22412.6%+4.5 pts

253Jasper County, TXTX33,07513.3%+3.2 pts

254Brooks County, TXTX6,57919.9%+18.8 pts

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