RANKING · 2024 ACS · 254 SHOWN OF 254

Most unemployed people, Texas counties

Texas counties with the most unemployed people in the civilian labor force, as of the 2024 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of people, not the unemployment rate. This list covers the 254 counties in Texas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYED RESIDENTSVS 2020

01Harris County, TXTX5,045,026169,115+14%

02Dallas County, TXTX2,661,39770,046+1%

03Bexar County, TXTX2,160,08860,115+7%

04Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,46654,373+0%

05Travis County, TXTX1,389,67036,434+15%

06Hidalgo County, TXTX921,54929,106+12%

07Collin County, TXTX1,297,17926,778+22%

08El Paso County, TXTX877,85824,022+2%

09Fort Bend County, TXTX975,19123,022+2%

10Denton County, TXTX1,069,34622,444+19%

11Montgomery County, TXTX781,19415,532+14%

12Williamson County, TXTX752,82714,460−5%

13Bell County, TXTX402,24811,544−2%

14Cameron County, TXTX433,94610,937+12%

15Galveston County, TXTX372,20710,277+3%

16Brazoria County, TXTX419,0809,025+5%

17Nueces County, TXTX352,9928,703−14%

18Lubbock County, TXTX328,9068,211+21%

19Jefferson County, TXTX254,3217,001+11%

20Webb County, TXTX281,2246,733+1%

21Hays County, TXTX304,3906,516−2%

22McLennan County, TXTX272,0205,860+6%

23Brazos County, TXTX249,0885,859+18%

24Smith County, TXTX252,5495,221−13%

25Ellis County, TXTX240,8674,965+53%

26Ector County, TXTX173,8014,714−11%

27Kaufman County, TXTX209,2354,642+33%

28Guadalupe County, TXTX201,1114,351+22%

29Comal County, TXTX209,1663,634+26%

30Johnson County, TXTX218,0483,503+21%

31Parker County, TXTX184,7673,354+4%

32Hunt County, TXTX123,3363,119+40%

33Midland County, TXTX187,8553,022−0%

34Liberty County, TXTX121,3642,957+15%

35Walker County, TXTX83,8422,920+214%

36Rockwall County, TXTX140,7382,851+44%

37Starr County, TXTX66,3192,793−20%

38Angelina County, TXTX88,1542,540−3%

39Orange County, TXTX86,2662,420+37%

40Randall County, TXTX152,3512,247−15%

41Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,0352,228−5%

42Wichita County, TXTX129,5552,208−19%

43Grayson County, TXTX153,6132,198−23%

44Bastrop County, TXTX118,9082,173+5%

45Gregg County, TXTX126,0952,140−9%

46Tom Green County, TXTX120,6022,111−10%

47Waller County, TXTX69,8582,021+50%

48Wise County, TXTX83,7782,006+38%

49Potter County, TXTX114,4531,988+11%

50Coryell County, TXTX85,5921,914+14%

51Victoria County, TXTX92,6561,905−17%

52Maverick County, TXTX58,8231,870+3%

53Harrison County, TXTX71,9561,865+2%

54Chambers County, TXTX57,5941,848+23%

55Jasper County, TXTX33,0751,845+25%

56Henderson County, TXTX88,5951,826−15%

57Taylor County, TXTX150,0771,785−11%

58Bowie County, TXTX92,6961,774−7%

59Hood County, TXTX70,5011,720+8%

60Polk County, TXTX53,4341,703−10%

61Matagorda County, TXTX36,4631,487+40%

62Hardin County, TXTX58,7231,429+44%

63San Patricio County, TXTX72,0531,425−4%

64Anderson County, TXTX59,8051,337+98%

65Erath County, TXTX43,9111,294+22%

66Val Verde County, TXTX47,8351,218+47%

67Wood County, TXTX49,6881,168+29%

68Cherokee County, TXTX53,3371,123−24%

69Upshur County, TXTX44,4101,112+3%

70Navarro County, TXTX57,1811,110−1%

71Kendall County, TXTX53,2891,104+16%

72Kleberg County, TXTX30,3151,098+31%

73Rusk County, TXTX54,8541,002−42%

74Jim Wells County, TXTX38,804999+61%

75Van Zandt County, TXTX66,130988+5%

76Cooke County, TXTX44,461975+18%

77Wharton County, TXTX42,060970−4%

78Lamar County, TXTX51,503967+9%

79Brown County, TXTX38,711936+24%

80Atascosa County, TXTX53,590908−41%

81Bandera County, TXTX22,876898+24%

82Wilson County, TXTX56,139890−7%

83Fannin County, TXTX39,265838+19%

84Kerr County, TXTX54,037822−20%

85San Jacinto County, TXTX29,488810−5%

86Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,791791+2%

87Caldwell County, TXTX55,150779+57%

88Calhoun County, TXTX19,599777+69%

89Hale County, TXTX31,819767+22%

90Howard County, TXTX30,504766−26%

91Cass County, TXTX28,651750−26%

92Hopkins County, TXTX39,063729−5%

93Hill County, TXTX39,503705−33%

94Medina County, TXTX56,881703−7%

95Burnet County, TXTX57,015669−7%

96Willacy County, TXTX19,971664−32%

97Austin County, TXTX33,625652−22%

98Grimes County, TXTX34,252644+5%

99Brooks County, TXTX6,579639+1779%

100Montague County, TXTX21,966625+15%

101Robertson County, TXTX17,839614−14%

102Bee County, TXTX32,515612−34%

103Milam County, TXTX26,258593−18%

104Wilbarger County, TXTX12,481573+26%

105Lee County, TXTX18,729571+175%

106Houston County, TXTX22,316542+116%

107Gray County, TXTX20,919530+6%

108Washington County, TXTX38,288522−32%

109Tyler County, TXTX20,443517−51%

110Hockley County, TXTX21,600470−33%

111Uvalde County, TXTX24,963461−23%

112Titus County, TXTX31,563444−42%

113Aransas County, TXTX26,146440−54%

114Lampasas County, TXTX23,657438−34%

115Burleson County, TXTX20,549436+37%

116Shelby County, TXTX24,286427−26%

117Frio County, TXTX18,823427−23%

118Newton County, TXTX11,954422−35%

119Comanche County, TXTX14,432421+9%

120Llano County, TXTX23,353412−27%

121Falls County, TXTX17,869411−18%

122Madison County, TXTX14,226402+33%

123Nolan County, TXTX14,117400−24%

124Gonzales County, TXTX20,159394+67%

125Duval County, TXTX9,402391−6%

126Zapata County, TXTX13,753389−17%

127Eastland County, TXTX18,143388+7%

128Jones County, TXTX20,861387+17%

129Morris County, TXTX12,133374−7%

130Trinity County, TXTX14,384367−8%

131Marion County, TXTX9,896360−17%

132Blanco County, TXTX13,581354+19%

133Jackson County, TXTX15,393345+11%

134Gillespie County, TXTX28,527341−38%

135Moore County, TXTX21,891335−10%

136Hutchinson County, TXTX19,633334−52%

137Jack County, TXTX9,563331+198%

138Limestone County, TXTX22,849328−40%

139Camp County, TXTX13,380327−9%

140McCulloch County, TXTX7,472327+84%

141Callahan County, TXTX14,491323+22%

142Young County, TXTX18,154323+29%

143Dawson County, TXTX11,776312−13%

144DeWitt County, TXTX20,309310−42%

145San Augustine County, TXTX7,722309−17%

146Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,626300+5%

147Andrews County, TXTX18,914297−18%

148Lavaca County, TXTX20,651294−5%

149Bosque County, TXTX18,918286−17%

150Leon County, TXTX16,894275−34%

151Colorado County, TXTX21,439272−26%

152Fayette County, TXTX25,459264−43%

153Coleman County, TXTX7,915263+21%

154Dimmit County, TXTX8,024251−14%

155Panola County, TXTX23,018247−11%

156Live Oak County, TXTX11,929243+88%

157Freestone County, TXTX20,811239−3%

158Runnels County, TXTX9,693236+86%

159Stephens County, TXTX9,380227−31%

160Gaines County, TXTX23,956227−33%

161Terry County, TXTX11,720221−48%

162Garza County, TXTX4,510220+27%

163Franklin County, TXTX10,994218−36%

164Yoakum County, TXTX7,438217+10%

165Mitchell County, TXTX8,947212+119%

166Hamilton County, TXTX8,680200+147%

167Crosby County, TXTX4,852197+38%

168Sabine County, TXTX10,012185−46%

169Rains County, TXTX13,542181−14%

170Presidio County, TXTX5,433175−43%

171Scurry County, TXTX16,162168−31%

172Hansford County, TXTX4,944162−42%

173Karnes County, TXTX15,018162−12%

174Pecos County, TXTX14,560162+145%

175Somervell County, TXTX10,261158−19%

176Ward County, TXTX11,125157−50%

177Goliad County, TXTX7,208155+15%

178Zavala County, TXTX9,037154−31%

179Floyd County, TXTX4,881147+104%

180Brewster County, TXTX9,458146−28%

181Martin County, TXTX5,284138+29%

182Haskell County, TXTX5,499131−26%

183Reeves County, TXTX12,138131−83%

184Winkler County, TXTX7,540131+44%

185Shackelford County, TXTX3,197130−5%

186Castro County, TXTX7,295130+141%

187Archer County, TXTX9,129129−22%

188Refugio County, TXTX6,657129−33%

189Parmer County, TXTX9,678124+85%

190Swisher County, TXTX6,703124−44%

191Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,555121−31%

192Lamb County, TXTX12,579121−49%

193Hudspeth County, TXTX3,433116−11%

194Hall County, TXTX2,737113−21%

195Wheeler County, TXTX4,773112−3%

196Delta County, TXTX5,549106+1%

197Clay County, TXTX10,764102−25%

198Lynn County, TXTX6,01798−3%

199Red River County, TXTX11,81696−64%

200Hemphill County, TXTX3,08394−25%

201Menard County, TXTX1,95692+92%

202Dallam County, TXTX7,50887−23%

203Crane County, TXTX4,55483+34%

204Cottle County, TXTX1,22482+30%

205Lipscomb County, TXTX2,95581−15%

206Coke County, TXTX3,41280+135%

207Fisher County, TXTX3,69279+55%

208San Saba County, TXTX5,78776+38%

209Dickens County, TXTX1,69273+33%

210Reagan County, TXTX3,16671−38%

211Baylor County, TXTX3,47268+152%

212Mills County, TXTX4,58067+34%

213Throckmorton County, TXTX1,55467+91%

214Schleicher County, TXTX2,24557−72%

215Cochran County, TXTX2,54654−57%

216Mason County, TXTX3,99046−57%

217Upton County, TXTX3,13145−4%

218Hardeman County, TXTX3,29243−55%

219Crockett County, TXTX2,76942–

220La Salle County, TXTX6,51741−52%

221Carson County, TXTX5,80535−27%

222Foard County, TXTX1,04434−36%

223Sutton County, TXTX3,20331−73%

224Hartley County, TXTX4,90429+222%

225Kimble County, TXTX4,43826−62%

226Kent County, TXTX67425+92%

227Donley County, TXTX3,21324−4%

228Sherman County, TXTX2,78123−28%

229Stonewall County, TXTX1,18621−19%

230Concho County, TXTX3,60720+82%

231Knox County, TXTX3,19219−75%

232Kinney County, TXTX3,12815+0%

233Oldham County, TXTX1,78315+275%

234Childress County, TXTX6,64314−94%

235Ochiltree County, TXTX9,28414−92%

236Collingsworth County, TXTX2,48714−83%

237Sterling County, TXTX1,34912+100%

238Armstrong County, TXTX1,84311+120%

239Culberson County, TXTX2,26710−89%

240Briscoe County, TXTX1,4746−70%

241Motley County, TXTX1,0436−79%

242Glasscock County, TXTX1,1284–

243Irion County, TXTX1,4633−93%

244Roberts County, TXTX8672−60%

245Borden County, TXTX5671−92%

246Bailey County, TXTX6,9630−100%

247Edwards County, TXTX1,3700–

248Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,7110−100%

249Kenedy County, TXTX3190–

250King County, TXTX1920−100%

251Loving County, TXTX520–

252McMullen County, TXTX5440−100%

253Real County, TXTX2,7450−100%

254Terrell County, TXTX7020–

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