RANKING · 2024 ACS · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Most self-employed workers, Texas counties

Texas counties ranked by the share of employed residents who work for themselves in an incorporated or unincorporated business (2024 ACS). This list covers the 254 counties in Texas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSELF-EMPLOYED WORKERSVS 2010

01Loving County, TXTX5284.6%+335%

02Kenedy County, TXTX31939.3%+25%

03King County, TXTX19237.0%+25%

04Hall County, TXTX2,73734.5%+117%

05Crockett County, TXTX2,76932.1%+140%

06Foard County, TXTX1,04431.2%+38%

07Kent County, TXTX67429.3%−24%

08Brooks County, TXTX6,57928.5%+46%

09La Salle County, TXTX6,51725.8%+32%

10Swisher County, TXTX6,70325.6%+36%

11Upton County, TXTX3,13125.2%−15%

12Fisher County, TXTX3,69225.0%+43%

13Karnes County, TXTX15,01824.8%+15%

14Haskell County, TXTX5,49924.4%+27%

15Knox County, TXTX3,19224.4%+36%

16Throckmorton County, TXTX1,55424.3%+42%

17Garza County, TXTX4,51024.2%+64%

18Menard County, TXTX1,95623.9%+53%

19Wilbarger County, TXTX12,48123.8%+1%

20Presidio County, TXTX5,43323.4%+4%

21Ward County, TXTX11,12523.2%+3%

22Sterling County, TXTX1,34923.0%+39%

23Borden County, TXTX56722.8%−7%

24Sabine County, TXTX10,01222.6%−1%

25Sutton County, TXTX3,20322.5%+26%

26Starr County, TXTX66,31922.3%+8%

27Dickens County, TXTX1,69222.3%−11%

28Hemphill County, TXTX3,08322.0%+46%

29Lipscomb County, TXTX2,95521.9%+15%

30Goliad County, TXTX7,20821.5%+25%

31Newton County, TXTX11,95421.2%+15%

32Morris County, TXTX12,13321.1%+10%

33Mills County, TXTX4,58021.1%+24%

34Scurry County, TXTX16,16221.0%+21%

35Cochran County, TXTX2,54621.0%+7%

36Lynn County, TXTX6,01720.9%+9%

37Roberts County, TXTX86720.9%−24%

38Wheeler County, TXTX4,77320.8%+19%

39Hudspeth County, TXTX3,43320.8%+9%

40Schleicher County, TXTX2,24520.6%−5%

41Terrell County, TXTX70220.5%−31%

42Hamilton County, TXTX8,68020.2%−5%

43Uvalde County, TXTX24,96319.8%+24%

44Willacy County, TXTX19,97119.6%−35%

45Limestone County, TXTX22,84919.6%−20%

46Crosby County, TXTX4,85219.4%−15%

47Jones County, TXTX20,86119.4%+25%

48Polk County, TXTX53,43419.3%+26%

49Donley County, TXTX3,21319.3%−1%

50Refugio County, TXTX6,65719.3%+0%

51Real County, TXTX2,74519.3%+52%

52Martin County, TXTX5,28419.2%−19%

53Gray County, TXTX20,91919.2%+40%

54Robertson County, TXTX17,83919.0%+25%

55Walker County, TXTX83,84218.9%−21%

56Castro County, TXTX7,29518.6%+9%

57Calhoun County, TXTX19,59918.5%+17%

58Stephens County, TXTX9,38018.5%+36%

59Yoakum County, TXTX7,43818.4%−27%

60San Saba County, TXTX5,78718.3%+21%

61Irion County, TXTX1,46318.3%+16%

62Cottle County, TXTX1,22418.3%−33%

63Armstrong County, TXTX1,84318.2%−13%

64Zapata County, TXTX13,75318.1%−14%

65Kimble County, TXTX4,43818.0%+152%

66Howard County, TXTX30,50418.0%+8%

67Bee County, TXTX32,51518.0%−18%

68Brazos County, TXTX249,08818.0%−6%

69Mason County, TXTX3,99017.9%+27%

70Milam County, TXTX26,25817.8%+47%

71Tyler County, TXTX20,44317.7%−4%

72Bosque County, TXTX18,91817.6%+9%

73Angelina County, TXTX88,15417.5%+10%

74Dawson County, TXTX11,77617.4%−8%

75Motley County, TXTX1,04317.4%+4%

76Kinney County, TXTX3,12817.3%−20%

77Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,03517.3%+15%

78Collingsworth County, TXTX2,48717.3%+31%

79Bailey County, TXTX6,96317.2%+4%

80Reeves County, TXTX12,13817.2%−23%

81Hansford County, TXTX4,94417.1%+4%

82Pecos County, TXTX14,56017.1%−28%

83Anderson County, TXTX59,80517.1%+5%

84Hardeman County, TXTX3,29217.1%−46%

85Hutchinson County, TXTX19,63317.1%+25%

86Coryell County, TXTX85,59217.0%−9%

87Lee County, TXTX18,72917.0%−12%

88Jasper County, TXTX33,07517.0%+6%

89Reagan County, TXTX3,16616.9%+2%

90Eastland County, TXTX18,14316.9%−9%

91Winkler County, TXTX7,54016.8%−20%

92McCulloch County, TXTX7,47216.8%−13%

93Zavala County, TXTX9,03716.8%−11%

94Hartley County, TXTX4,90416.8%−11%

95Falls County, TXTX17,86916.7%−14%

96Burleson County, TXTX20,54916.7%−10%

97Hockley County, TXTX21,60016.7%+4%

98McMullen County, TXTX54416.5%+90%

99DeWitt County, TXTX20,30916.4%+4%

100Brown County, TXTX38,71116.4%+2%

101Archer County, TXTX9,12916.3%−13%

102Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,62616.1%+6%

103Shackelford County, TXTX3,19716.1%−28%

104Sherman County, TXTX2,78116.1%+6%

105Kleberg County, TXTX30,31516.0%−23%

106Navarro County, TXTX57,18116.0%+16%

107Hale County, TXTX31,81916.0%+2%

108Cameron County, TXTX433,94615.9%−11%

109Nolan County, TXTX14,11715.9%−23%

110Carson County, TXTX5,80515.8%−7%

111Live Oak County, TXTX11,92915.8%−7%

112Rains County, TXTX13,54215.8%−11%

113Oldham County, TXTX1,78315.8%−43%

114Galveston County, TXTX372,20715.7%+3%

115Wood County, TXTX49,68815.7%+51%

116Frio County, TXTX18,82315.7%−15%

117Callahan County, TXTX14,49115.7%+40%

118Coleman County, TXTX7,91515.7%−19%

119Kendall County, TXTX53,28915.7%+17%

120Hood County, TXTX70,50115.6%+56%

121Floyd County, TXTX4,88115.6%−23%

122Lubbock County, TXTX328,90615.6%+2%

123Medina County, TXTX56,88115.5%−9%

124Clay County, TXTX10,76415.4%−15%

125Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,55515.4%−10%

126Freestone County, TXTX20,81115.3%−23%

127Wilson County, TXTX56,13915.2%−12%

128Ellis County, TXTX240,86715.2%+14%

129Delta County, TXTX5,54915.1%+17%

130Shelby County, TXTX24,28615.1%+17%

131Cass County, TXTX28,65115.1%+4%

132Brewster County, TXTX9,45815.1%−27%

133Andrews County, TXTX18,91415.0%+1%

134Trinity County, TXTX14,38415.0%−39%

135El Paso County, TXTX877,85814.9%+2%

136Maverick County, TXTX58,82314.9%−17%

137Parmer County, TXTX9,67814.9%+15%

138Cherokee County, TXTX53,33714.8%−5%

139Titus County, TXTX31,56314.8%+51%

140Grimes County, TXTX34,25214.8%−14%

141Young County, TXTX18,15414.8%+25%

142Wharton County, TXTX42,06014.7%−6%

143Kaufman County, TXTX209,23514.7%−12%

144Blanco County, TXTX13,58114.7%+14%

145Bastrop County, TXTX118,90814.6%−18%

146Caldwell County, TXTX55,15014.6%−18%

147Houston County, TXTX22,31614.6%+6%

148Taylor County, TXTX150,07714.5%−7%

149Concho County, TXTX3,60714.4%−15%

150Leon County, TXTX16,89414.4%+15%

151Hays County, TXTX304,39014.4%−16%

152Cooke County, TXTX44,46114.3%+14%

153Fayette County, TXTX25,45914.3%+18%

154Erath County, TXTX43,91114.3%+5%

155Harrison County, TXTX71,95614.2%+19%

156Coke County, TXTX3,41214.2%−35%

157San Patricio County, TXTX72,05314.2%−4%

158Val Verde County, TXTX47,83514.1%−14%

159Tom Green County, TXTX120,60214.1%−4%

160San Augustine County, TXTX7,72214.0%−16%

161Brazoria County, TXTX419,08014.0%+5%

162Henderson County, TXTX88,59514.0%+8%

163Lampasas County, TXTX23,65714.0%−17%

164Marion County, TXTX9,89614.0%+69%

165Dallam County, TXTX7,50813.9%+12%

166Rusk County, TXTX54,85413.8%−8%

167Somervell County, TXTX10,26113.8%−37%

168Montague County, TXTX21,96613.8%+16%

169Hidalgo County, TXTX921,54913.8%−8%

170Aransas County, TXTX26,14613.8%−22%

171Lamb County, TXTX12,57913.8%−25%

172McLennan County, TXTX272,02013.7%−2%

173Fannin County, TXTX39,26513.7%−14%

174Colorado County, TXTX21,43913.7%+14%

175Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,79113.6%−8%

176Hunt County, TXTX123,33613.6%−6%

177Ochiltree County, TXTX9,28413.6%+3%

178Jefferson County, TXTX254,32113.5%−7%

179Washington County, TXTX38,28813.5%−33%

180Moore County, TXTX21,89113.5%−7%

181Hill County, TXTX39,50313.4%−2%

182Jack County, TXTX9,56313.3%−33%

183Webb County, TXTX281,22413.2%−21%

184Hardin County, TXTX58,72313.2%+4%

185Bowie County, TXTX92,69613.2%−5%

186Bell County, TXTX402,24813.1%−11%

187Randall County, TXTX152,35113.1%−9%

188Duval County, TXTX9,40213.0%−34%

189Smith County, TXTX252,54913.0%+12%

190Johnson County, TXTX218,04813.0%−10%

191Comanche County, TXTX14,43212.9%−27%

192Comal County, TXTX209,16612.9%+7%

193Jackson County, TXTX15,39312.8%−29%

194San Jacinto County, TXTX29,48812.8%−5%

195Wichita County, TXTX129,55512.7%−5%

196Upshur County, TXTX44,41012.7%+0%

197Hopkins County, TXTX39,06312.7%+13%

198Lamar County, TXTX51,50312.7%−4%

199Parker County, TXTX184,76712.6%+6%

200Camp County, TXTX13,38012.6%+9%

201Burnet County, TXTX57,01512.6%+1%

202Franklin County, TXTX10,99412.5%+15%

203Montgomery County, TXTX781,19412.5%+20%

204Midland County, TXTX187,85512.5%+14%

205Terry County, TXTX11,72012.5%−28%

206Nueces County, TXTX352,99212.5%−8%

207Fort Bend County, TXTX975,19112.4%−2%

208Chambers County, TXTX57,59412.4%−17%

209Crane County, TXTX4,55412.3%−23%

210Madison County, TXTX14,22612.2%−31%

211Orange County, TXTX86,26612.2%−0%

212Williamson County, TXTX752,82712.1%−12%

213Briscoe County, TXTX1,47412.1%−19%

214Lavaca County, TXTX20,65112.1%−6%

215Childress County, TXTX6,64312.0%−45%

216Travis County, TXTX1,389,67012.0%−11%

217Rockwall County, TXTX140,73812.0%−24%

218Guadalupe County, TXTX201,11111.9%−9%

219Austin County, TXTX33,62511.9%+0%

220Atascosa County, TXTX53,59011.9%−21%

221Liberty County, TXTX121,36411.8%−21%

222Panola County, TXTX23,01811.8%+21%

223Grayson County, TXTX153,61311.8%−6%

224Jim Wells County, TXTX38,80411.8%−21%

225Matagorda County, TXTX36,46311.7%−23%

226Van Zandt County, TXTX66,13011.7%−25%

227Bexar County, TXTX2,160,08811.6%+1%

228Kerr County, TXTX54,03711.6%−20%

229Gonzales County, TXTX20,15911.5%−6%

230Runnels County, TXTX9,69311.5%−32%

231Wise County, TXTX83,77811.4%−2%

232Mitchell County, TXTX8,94711.4%−47%

233Red River County, TXTX11,81611.4%−28%

234Gillespie County, TXTX28,52711.2%−3%

235Denton County, TXTX1,069,34611.2%+0%

236Bandera County, TXTX22,87611.1%−35%

237Harris County, TXTX5,045,02610.9%+7%

238Ector County, TXTX173,80110.8%−12%

239Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,46610.7%+2%

240Waller County, TXTX69,85810.6%−40%

241Victoria County, TXTX92,65610.6%−19%

242Gaines County, TXTX23,95610.5%−35%

243Llano County, TXTX23,35310.4%−39%

244Potter County, TXTX114,45310.3%−11%

245Culberson County, TXTX2,26710.3%−48%

246Stonewall County, TXTX1,18610.0%−55%

247Gregg County, TXTX126,09510.0%−16%

248Dallas County, TXTX2,661,3979.6%+2%

249Dimmit County, TXTX8,0249.6%−49%

250Collin County, TXTX1,297,1799.4%+4%

251Baylor County, TXTX3,4728.1%−71%

252Glasscock County, TXTX1,1287.7%−53%

253Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,7117.2%−68%

254Edwards County, TXTX1,3704.7%−81%

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