Name: Work and unemployment by Texas county
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
Published: 2026-09-11T01:00:00+08:00
License: https://www.census.gov/data/developers/about/terms-of-service.html

Summary

Unemployment rate, Texas counties

Unemployment rate by Texas county · all 254 counties · hover or tap a county for every figure on this page

CountiesMenard County

Summary

Every Texas county, shaded by the ACS unemployment rate (unemployed civilians as a share of the civilian labor force). Darker counties have higher unemployment. County borders are the U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary (cb_500k).

Texas has 14.1 million civilians at work and 766,000 looking for a job, which is an unemployment rate of 5.1 per cent in the civilian labor force. That statewide figure is pulled by the large metros. In a typical Texas county the unemployment rate is 4.5 per cent, a little below the state, and only 58 per cent of people 16 and over are in the labor force, against 65 per cent statewide. Harris County alone has 2.3 million employed civilians, 16 per cent of everyone working in Texas. The highest county unemployment rates sit in small places: Menard at 14.4 per cent and Jasper at 14.0. Nine thinly populated counties report no unemployed people at all, a small-sample ACS estimate rather than a claim that nobody there is looking for work.

14.1Mcivilians at workall 254 counties added together

5.1%Texas unemployment rate766,000 people looking for work

4.5%typical county unemploymentthe middle county, not an average

58%typical county in the labor forcestatewide the share is 65 per cent

Figure 1

Unemployment rate, all 254 counties

Unemployment rate · all 254 · ranked high to low

Summary

Every county the Census published, all 254. Menard leads at 14.4 per cent, then Jasper at 14.0, Hudspeth at 12.0, Presidio at 11.1 and Starr at 10.8. Seven counties are at or above 10 per cent and 19 are at or above 8 per cent. Harris, with the most jobs, sits at 6.4 per cent. The median county is 4.5 per cent, 61 counties sit under 3 per cent, and nine thinly populated counties report zero unemployed. Those zeros are ACS estimates in labor forces as small as 25 people (Kenedy), not a finding of full employment.

Figure 2

Employed civilians, all 254 counties

Employed · all 254 · ranked high to low

Summary

The complete ranking, nothing left out. Harris, Dallas, Tarrant, Bexar and Travis hold 45 per cent of Texas civilians with a job: 2.31 million in Harris, then 1.32 million, 1.08 million, 968,000 and 748,000. The largest ten counties hold 61 per cent. Below the top the fall is steep: 103,721 employed at the twenty-fifth county, 31,525 at the fiftieth, and a median of 7,740. Kenedy has 25 employed civilians and Loving has 30.

Figure 3

Labor force participation, all 254 counties

Labor force participation · all 254 · ranked high to low

Summary

Every county, ranked by the share of people 16 and over who are in the labor force. Dallam leads at 77.5 per cent, a Panhandle county with a small population and a large share of people on the job. Travis, Denton, Williamson, Collin, Midland and Rockwall all clear 70 per cent: the Austin and Dallas suburban rings, plus the Permian Basin. Real County is lowest at 33.3 per cent. The median county sits at 58.1 per cent. Statewide the rate is 65.3 per cent, because the large metros have more people in the labor force. Seven counties reach 70 per cent and 36 fall below 50 per cent.

Figure 4

Unemployment against labor force participation

Labor force participation against unemployment rate · one point per row, 254 of 254 plotted

Summary

Each point is one county. Unemployment and labor force participation are only weakly related: the correlation coefficient is -0.17. Counties where fewer people are in the labor force are not, as a rule, the ones with higher unemployment. Hudspeth pairs 12.0 per cent unemployment with 36.7 per cent participation. Dallam pairs 1.4 per cent unemployment with 77.5 per cent in the labor force. Most counties sit in a cloud around 3 to 7 per cent unemployed and 50 to 65 per cent participating.

Table 1

All counties

254 rows · 11 columns · sorted by employed, high to low

Summary

The full dataset: all 254 counties with population 16 and over, labor force, employed and unemployed civilians, Armed Forces, people not in the labor force, the unemployment rate and labor force participation, sorted by employed civilians and re-sortable on any column. Use the filter box to jump straight to a county by name. The unemployment rate is unemployed civilians divided by the civilian labor force for that county. County rates cannot be averaged into a state figure; that would weight Loving County the same as Harris. Nine counties report zero unemployed, ACS estimates in very small labor forces.

All counties
	?	?		?	?			?	?	?
Harris	3,658,965	2,467,556	2,464,059	2,305,791	158,268	3,497	1,191,409	6.4%	67.4%	63.0%
Dallas	2,017,885	1,391,931	1,390,325	1,322,370	67,955	1,606	625,954	4.9%	69.0%	65.5%
Tarrant	1,653,897	1,136,925	1,133,734	1,080,720	53,014	3,191	516,972	4.7%	68.7%	65.3%
Bexar	1,586,838	1,051,041	1,024,492	968,411	56,081	26,549	535,797	5.5%	66.2%	61.0%
Travis	1,069,924	783,048	782,184	748,311	33,873	864	286,876	4.3%	73.2%	69.9%
Collin	870,371	614,088	613,587	588,340	25,247	501	256,283	4.1%	70.6%	67.6%
Denton	748,460	539,321	538,872	517,545	21,327	449	209,139	4.0%	72.1%	69.2%
Fort Bend	655,912	438,007	437,538	415,651	21,887	469	217,905	5.0%	66.8%	63.4%
El Paso	663,465	415,464	396,605	371,996	24,609	18,859	248,001	6.2%	62.6%	56.1%
Hidalgo	636,603	373,505	372,548	344,351	28,197	957	263,098	7.6%	58.7%	54.1%
Williamson	504,452	357,319	355,971	341,732	14,239	1,348	147,133	4.0%	70.8%	67.7%
Montgomery	504,762	326,742	326,039	311,118	14,921	703	178,020	4.6%	64.7%	61.6%
Brazoria	295,025	187,067	186,549	178,096	8,453	518	107,958	4.5%	63.4%	60.4%
Cameron	315,037	182,920	182,627	172,143	10,484	293	132,117	5.7%	58.1%	54.6%
Galveston	279,984	179,364	178,597	168,710	9,887	767	100,620	5.5%	64.1%	60.3%
Nueces	277,764	171,389	169,080	159,634	9,446	2,309	106,375	5.6%	61.7%	57.5%
Lubbock	249,152	163,364	162,882	155,264	7,618	482	85,788	4.7%	65.6%	62.3%
Bell	285,894	187,928	167,095	154,907	12,188	20,833	97,966	7.3%	65.7%	54.2%
Hays	204,625	139,765	139,229	132,799	6,430	536	64,860	4.6%	68.3%	64.9%
McLennan	206,828	128,079	127,943	122,190	5,753	136	78,749	4.5%	61.9%	59.1%
Brazos	195,032	123,102	122,784	117,096	5,688	318	71,930	4.6%	63.1%	60.0%
Webb	192,502	119,866	119,744	113,106	6,638	122	72,636	5.5%	62.3%	58.8%
Smith	186,877	114,428	114,273	109,601	4,672	155	72,449	4.1%	61.2%	58.7%
Jefferson	197,615	110,356	109,905	103,823	6,082	451	87,259	5.5%	55.8%	52.5%
Ellis	156,569	108,222	108,076	103,721	4,355	146	48,347	4.0%	69.1%	66.3%
Johnson	145,753	93,817	93,504	90,182	3,322	313	51,936	3.6%	64.4%	61.9%
Guadalupe	140,183	91,730	90,010	86,085	3,925	1,720	48,453	4.4%	65.4%	61.4%
Midland	126,913	89,168	88,896	85,607	3,289	272	37,745	3.7%	70.3%	67.5%
Comal	140,637	87,543	87,004	83,961	3,043	539	53,094	3.5%	62.3%	59.7%
Kaufman	119,858	82,711	82,608	78,641	3,967	103	37,147	4.8%	69.0%	65.6%
Parker	122,922	80,301	79,892	76,774	3,118	409	42,621	3.9%	65.3%	62.5%
Ector	118,656	80,100	80,005	75,536	4,469	95	38,556	5.6%	67.5%	63.7%
Randall	113,261	75,687	75,502	73,302	2,200	185	37,574	2.9%	66.8%	64.7%
Taylor	112,366	73,524	68,444	66,886	1,558	5,080	38,842	2.3%	65.4%	59.5%
Grayson	109,958	68,765	68,711	66,269	2,442	54	41,193	3.6%	62.5%	60.3%
Rockwall	89,584	62,852	62,830	60,290	2,540	22	26,732	4.0%	70.2%	67.3%
Wichita	103,395	66,015	60,682	58,585	2,097	5,333	37,380	3.5%	63.9%	56.7%
Gregg	96,123	59,254	59,089	56,910	2,179	165	36,869	3.7%	61.6%	59.2%
Tom Green	94,038	59,856	57,210	55,444	1,766	2,646	34,182	3.1%	63.7%	59.0%
Potter	88,827	51,241	51,016	48,979	2,037	225	37,586	4.0%	57.7%	55.1%
Hunt	82,371	50,416	50,359	47,583	2,776	57	31,955	5.5%	61.2%	57.8%
Bastrop	78,987	49,184	48,662	46,400	2,262	522	29,803	4.7%	62.3%	58.7%
Victoria	70,616	43,818	43,594	41,718	1,876	224	26,798	4.3%	62.1%	59.1%
Bowie	72,926	39,821	39,799	38,345	1,454	22	33,105	3.7%	54.6%	52.6%
Orange	65,761	40,673	40,630	38,053	2,577	43	25,088	6.3%	61.9%	57.9%
Angelina	67,200	40,075	40,055	37,881	2,174	20	27,125	5.4%	59.6%	56.4%
Liberty	72,173	38,752	38,720	35,977	2,743	32	33,421	7.1%	53.7%	49.9%
Henderson	67,856	37,011	37,011	35,175	1,836	0	30,845	5.0%	54.5%	51.8%
Wise	56,806	36,661	36,661	34,829	1,832	0	20,145	5.0%	64.5%	61.3%
Harrison	55,007	33,541	33,530	31,525	2,005	11	21,466	6.0%	61.0%	57.3%
Walker	68,123	32,940	32,913	30,479	2,434	27	35,183	7.4%	48.4%	44.7%
San Patricio	53,515	31,117	30,968	29,647	1,321	149	22,398	4.3%	58.2%	55.4%
Nacogdoches	51,186	31,061	31,061	28,839	2,222	0	20,125	7.2%	60.7%	56.3%
Hood	52,677	30,056	30,043	28,195	1,848	13	22,621	6.2%	57.1%	53.5%
Waller	46,857	28,916	28,873	27,097	1,776	43	17,941	6.2%	61.7%	57.8%
Van Zandt	48,850	27,516	27,508	26,421	1,087	8	21,334	4.0%	56.3%	54.1%
Coryell	66,527	37,783	27,332	25,557	1,775	10,451	28,744	6.5%	56.8%	38.4%
Hardin	44,620	25,737	25,684	24,361	1,323	53	18,883	5.2%	57.7%	54.6%
Starr	46,794	27,019	27,009	24,092	2,917	10	19,775	10.8%	57.7%	51.5%
Burnet	41,983	24,510	24,510	23,941	569	0	17,473	2.3%	58.4%	57.0%
Wilson	40,794	25,015	24,822	23,864	958	193	15,779	3.9%	61.3%	58.5%
Kerr	44,669	24,322	24,280	23,568	712	42	20,347	2.9%	54.5%	52.8%
Navarro	40,939	24,556	24,500	23,558	942	56	16,383	3.8%	60.0%	57.5%
Lamar	39,557	23,982	23,982	23,049	933	0	15,575	3.9%	60.6%	58.3%
Chambers	36,846	24,837	24,734	22,923	1,811	103	12,009	7.3%	67.4%	62.2%
Maverick	41,645	24,307	24,275	22,428	1,847	32	17,338	7.6%	58.4%	53.9%
Medina	41,939	22,900	22,785	22,046	739	115	19,039	3.2%	54.6%	52.6%
Kendall	37,715	22,878	22,844	21,768	1,076	34	14,837	4.7%	60.7%	57.7%
Rusk	42,134	22,305	22,305	21,463	842	0	19,829	3.8%	52.9%	50.9%
Erath	35,254	22,468	22,436	21,248	1,188	32	12,786	5.3%	63.7%	60.3%
Caldwell	37,693	21,849	21,849	21,158	691	0	15,844	3.2%	58.0%	56.1%
Atascosa	38,487	22,115	22,107	21,104	1,003	8	16,372	4.5%	57.5%	54.8%
Cooke	33,670	21,491	21,491	20,567	924	0	12,179	4.3%	63.8%	61.1%
Anderson	48,035	21,740	21,670	20,513	1,157	70	26,295	5.3%	45.3%	42.7%
Cherokee	39,536	21,507	21,507	20,179	1,328	0	18,029	6.2%	54.4%	51.0%
Val Verde	35,774	21,916	20,368	19,387	981	1,548	13,858	4.8%	61.3%	54.2%
Polk	42,508	20,509	20,465	18,627	1,838	44	21,999	9.0%	48.3%	43.8%
Wharton	32,507	19,545	19,545	18,181	1,364	0	12,962	7.0%	60.1%	55.9%
Upshur	33,117	18,764	18,764	17,931	833	0	14,353	4.4%	56.7%	54.1%
Wood	38,418	18,686	18,686	17,618	1,068	0	19,732	5.7%	48.6%	45.9%
Hopkins	29,213	18,199	18,160	17,336	824	39	11,014	4.5%	62.3%	59.3%
Brown	31,326	17,804	17,753	16,899	854	51	13,522	4.8%	56.8%	54.0%
Washington	29,498	17,217	17,187	16,740	447	30	12,281	2.6%	58.4%	56.8%
Hill	29,096	16,537	16,537	15,835	702	0	12,559	4.3%	56.8%	54.4%
Fannin	29,747	16,310	16,310	15,570	740	0	13,437	4.5%	54.8%	52.3%
Jim Wells	29,312	16,182	16,182	15,280	902	0	13,130	5.6%	55.2%	52.1%
Matagorda	28,013	16,354	16,280	15,152	1,128	74	11,659	6.9%	58.4%	54.1%
Hale	24,521	14,701	14,675	14,078	597	26	9,820	4.1%	60.0%	57.4%
Austin	24,312	14,670	14,665	14,050	615	5	9,642	4.2%	60.3%	57.8%
Howard	26,377	14,386	14,374	13,661	713	12	11,991	5.0%	54.5%	51.8%
Titus	23,426	14,064	14,064	13,555	509	0	9,362	3.6%	60.0%	57.9%
Kleberg	24,077	14,726	14,374	13,281	1,093	352	9,351	7.6%	61.2%	55.2%
Jasper	26,108	14,570	14,512	12,475	2,037	58	11,538	14.0%	55.8%	47.8%
Gillespie	22,641	12,717	12,714	12,227	487	3	9,924	3.8%	56.2%	54.0%
Palo Pinto	22,810	13,137	13,137	12,136	1,001	0	9,673	7.6%	57.6%	53.2%
Grimes	24,193	12,664	12,664	12,078	586	0	11,529	4.6%	52.4%	49.9%
Fayette	20,431	11,387	11,387	11,054	333	0	9,044	2.9%	55.7%	54.1%
Cass	22,930	11,676	11,668	10,970	698	8	11,254	6.0%	50.9%	47.8%
Bee	25,500	11,654	11,654	10,966	688	0	13,846	5.9%	45.7%	43.0%
Milam	20,108	11,249	11,241	10,635	606	8	8,859	5.4%	55.9%	52.9%
San Jacinto	22,553	11,466	11,417	10,608	809	49	11,087	7.1%	50.8%	47.0%
Uvalde	18,980	10,804	10,804	10,463	341	0	8,176	3.2%	56.9%	55.1%
Shelby	18,496	10,595	10,595	10,162	433	0	7,901	4.1%	57.3%	54.9%
Moore	15,300	10,167	10,167	9,948	219	0	5,133	2.2%	66.5%	65.0%
Calhoun	15,961	10,267	10,267	9,809	458	0	5,694	4.5%	64.3%	61.5%
Panola	17,967	9,889	9,860	9,606	254	29	8,078	2.6%	55.0%	53.5%
Hockley	16,443	10,074	10,074	9,583	491	0	6,369	4.9%	61.3%	58.3%
Lavaca	16,156	9,832	9,832	9,537	295	0	6,324	3.0%	60.9%	59.0%
Aransas	20,719	9,763	9,763	9,161	602	0	10,956	6.2%	47.1%	44.2%
Colorado	16,280	9,486	9,486	9,117	369	0	6,794	3.9%	58.3%	56.0%
Lampasas	17,956	9,651	9,545	9,095	450	106	8,305	4.7%	53.8%	50.7%
Hutchinson	15,807	9,255	9,255	9,041	214	0	6,552	2.3%	58.6%	57.2%
Gray	16,532	9,519	9,517	9,014	503	2	7,013	5.3%	57.6%	54.5%
Andrews	13,492	9,148	9,148	8,934	214	0	4,344	2.3%	67.8%	66.2%
Gaines	15,153	9,029	9,029	8,833	196	0	6,124	2.2%	59.6%	58.3%
Bandera	18,415	9,529	9,529	8,825	704	0	8,886	7.4%	51.8%	47.9%
Gonzales	15,172	8,794	8,794	8,667	127	0	6,378	1.4%	58.0%	57.1%
Llano	18,986	9,063	9,063	8,582	481	0	9,923	5.3%	47.7%	45.2%
Young	14,208	8,753	8,753	8,499	254	0	5,455	2.9%	61.6%	59.8%
Limestone	17,648	8,693	8,693	8,419	274	0	8,955	3.2%	49.3%	47.7%
Deaf Smith	13,280	8,554	8,554	8,274	280	0	4,726	3.3%	64.4%	62.3%
Willacy	15,904	8,878	8,878	8,233	645	0	7,026	7.3%	55.8%	51.8%
Burleson	14,795	8,297	8,297	8,055	242	0	6,498	2.9%	56.1%	54.4%
Montague	16,454	8,421	8,408	7,963	445	13	8,033	5.3%	51.2%	48.4%
Lee	14,283	8,303	8,303	7,867	436	0	5,980	5.3%	58.1%	55.1%
Houston	18,181	8,313	8,313	7,767	546	0	9,868	6.6%	45.7%	42.7%
Eastland	14,370	8,174	8,161	7,760	401	13	6,196	4.9%	56.9%	54.0%
Bosque	15,245	8,076	8,048	7,720	328	28	7,169	4.1%	53.0%	50.6%
DeWitt	15,874	7,908	7,908	7,579	329	0	7,966	4.2%	49.8%	47.7%
Freestone	15,795	7,506	7,506	7,367	139	0	8,289	1.9%	47.5%	46.6%
Scurry	12,977	6,974	6,974	6,829	145	0	6,003	2.1%	53.7%	52.6%
Robertson	13,380	7,392	7,392	6,791	601	0	5,988	8.1%	55.3%	50.8%
Frio	14,157	7,039	7,039	6,664	375	0	7,118	5.3%	49.7%	47.1%
Jones	17,071	6,990	6,957	6,617	340	33	10,081	4.9%	41.0%	38.8%
Tyler	16,675	7,247	7,246	6,599	647	1	9,428	8.9%	43.5%	39.6%
Nolan	11,312	6,827	6,827	6,439	388	0	4,485	5.7%	60.4%	56.9%
Leon	12,811	6,571	6,546	6,291	255	25	6,240	3.9%	51.3%	49.1%
Comanche	11,057	6,728	6,728	6,275	453	0	4,329	6.7%	60.9%	56.8%
Callahan	11,405	6,570	6,538	6,201	337	32	4,835	5.2%	57.6%	54.4%
Falls	13,817	6,664	6,664	6,186	478	0	7,153	7.2%	48.2%	44.8%
Jackson	12,006	6,528	6,519	6,160	359	9	5,478	5.5%	54.4%	51.3%
Pecos	11,737	6,057	6,035	5,960	75	22	5,680	1.2%	51.6%	50.8%
Reeves	10,365	6,025	6,025	5,783	242	0	4,340	4.0%	58.1%	55.8%
Lamb	9,795	5,919	5,911	5,740	171	8	3,876	2.9%	60.4%	58.6%
Blanco	10,158	5,832	5,821	5,617	204	11	4,326	3.5%	57.4%	55.3%
Wilbarger	10,323	6,107	6,107	5,506	601	0	4,216	9.8%	59.2%	53.3%
Rains	10,327	5,463	5,463	5,332	131	0	4,864	2.4%	52.9%	51.6%
Ward	8,363	5,380	5,380	5,162	218	0	2,983	4.1%	64.3%	61.7%
Camp	9,691	5,473	5,473	5,154	319	0	4,218	5.8%	56.5%	53.2%
Madison	10,939	5,443	5,426	5,104	322	17	5,496	5.9%	49.8%	46.7%
Trinity	11,461	5,472	5,469	5,080	389	3	5,989	7.1%	47.7%	44.3%
Karnes	12,111	5,302	5,302	5,059	243	0	6,809	4.6%	43.8%	41.8%
Clay	8,582	5,036	5,006	4,912	94	30	3,546	1.9%	58.7%	57.2%
Morris	9,652	5,290	5,290	4,905	385	0	4,362	7.3%	54.8%	50.8%
Terry	8,801	5,076	5,076	4,884	192	0	3,725	3.8%	57.7%	55.5%
Ochiltree	7,203	4,933	4,933	4,878	55	0	2,270	1.1%	68.5%	67.7%
Brewster	7,923	4,918	4,918	4,809	109	0	3,005	2.2%	62.1%	60.7%
Zapata	9,929	5,140	5,140	4,727	413	0	4,789	8.0%	51.8%	47.6%
Parmer	7,354	4,838	4,829	4,709	120	9	2,516	2.5%	65.8%	64.0%
Somervell	7,708	4,882	4,882	4,689	193	0	2,826	4.0%	63.3%	60.8%
Dawson	9,683	5,083	5,083	4,682	401	0	4,600	7.9%	52.5%	48.4%
Red River	9,546	4,771	4,765	4,671	94	6	4,775	2.0%	50.0%	48.9%
Newton	10,035	5,167	5,163	4,619	544	4	4,868	10.5%	51.5%	46.0%
Franklin	8,469	4,896	4,896	4,582	314	0	3,573	6.4%	57.8%	54.1%
Runnels	7,775	4,781	4,772	4,569	203	9	2,994	4.3%	61.5%	58.8%
Archer	7,014	4,207	4,202	4,061	141	5	2,807	3.4%	60.0%	57.9%
Dallam	5,042	3,910	3,910	3,854	56	0	1,132	1.4%	77.6%	76.4%
Stephens	7,505	4,084	4,084	3,843	241	0	3,421	5.9%	54.4%	51.2%
Live Oak	9,352	4,059	4,059	3,840	219	0	5,293	5.4%	43.4%	41.1%
Mitchell	7,578	3,855	3,855	3,673	182	0	3,723	4.7%	50.9%	48.5%
Marion	8,081	3,972	3,972	3,638	334	0	4,109	8.4%	49.2%	45.0%
Zavala	7,194	3,944	3,928	3,637	291	16	3,250	7.4%	54.8%	50.6%
Sabine	8,456	3,788	3,788	3,525	263	0	4,668	6.9%	44.8%	41.7%
Castro	5,374	3,579	3,579	3,484	95	0	1,795	2.7%	66.6%	64.8%
Winkler	5,651	3,552	3,552	3,483	69	0	2,099	1.9%	62.9%	61.6%
Duval	7,520	3,770	3,770	3,471	299	0	3,750	7.9%	50.1%	46.2%
Hamilton	6,690	3,652	3,651	3,428	223	1	3,038	6.1%	54.6%	51.2%
Coleman	6,309	3,628	3,628	3,414	214	0	2,681	5.9%	57.5%	54.1%
Brooks	5,812	3,507	3,507	3,384	123	0	2,305	3.5%	60.3%	58.2%
McCulloch	6,190	3,513	3,513	3,145	368	0	2,677	10.5%	56.8%	50.8%
Jack	6,984	3,466	3,466	3,127	339	0	3,518	9.8%	49.6%	44.8%
Yoakum	5,335	3,237	3,237	3,126	111	0	2,098	3.4%	60.7%	58.6%
Carson	4,675	2,934	2,934	2,896	38	0	1,741	1.3%	62.8%	62.0%
Childress	5,655	2,880	2,880	2,865	15	0	2,775	0.5%	50.9%	50.7%
Goliad	5,737	3,004	3,004	2,839	165	0	2,733	5.5%	52.4%	49.5%
Refugio	5,428	2,832	2,832	2,670	162	0	2,596	5.7%	52.2%	49.2%
San Augustine	6,587	2,942	2,942	2,665	277	0	3,645	9.4%	44.7%	40.5%
Swisher	5,455	2,779	2,779	2,659	120	0	2,676	4.3%	50.9%	48.7%
Bailey	5,370	2,622	2,622	2,610	12	0	2,748	0.5%	48.8%	48.6%
Lynn	4,294	2,630	2,627	2,514	113	3	1,664	4.3%	61.3%	58.6%
Dimmit	6,394	2,677	2,677	2,494	183	0	3,717	6.8%	41.9%	39.0%
Hansford	3,828	2,627	2,627	2,482	145	0	1,201	5.5%	68.6%	64.8%
San Saba	4,817	2,486	2,486	2,414	72	0	2,331	2.9%	51.6%	50.1%
Martin	3,891	2,538	2,538	2,378	160	0	1,353	6.3%	65.2%	61.1%
Delta	4,182	2,434	2,434	2,353	81	0	1,748	3.3%	58.2%	56.3%
Presidio	4,504	2,631	2,631	2,339	292	0	1,873	11.1%	58.4%	51.9%
Floyd	4,066	2,411	2,411	2,320	91	0	1,655	3.8%	59.3%	57.1%
Haskell	4,547	2,443	2,443	2,310	133	0	2,104	5.4%	53.7%	50.8%
Wheeler	3,912	2,383	2,383	2,301	82	0	1,529	3.4%	60.9%	58.8%
Crosby	3,965	2,397	2,397	2,248	149	0	1,568	6.2%	60.5%	56.7%
Crane	3,668	2,279	2,279	2,195	84	0	1,389	3.7%	62.1%	59.8%
La Salle	5,537	2,150	2,150	2,097	53	0	3,387	2.5%	38.8%	37.9%
Kimble	3,743	2,033	2,033	2,010	23	0	1,710	1.1%	54.3%	53.7%
Mills	3,831	2,030	2,030	1,951	79	0	1,801	3.9%	53.0%	50.9%
Hardeman	2,858	1,821	1,821	1,792	29	0	1,037	1.6%	63.7%	62.7%
Hartley	4,197	1,814	1,814	1,771	43	0	2,383	2.4%	43.2%	42.2%
Garza	4,528	1,883	1,883	1,753	130	0	2,645	6.9%	41.6%	38.7%
Jim Hogg	3,200	1,893	1,893	1,734	159	0	1,307	8.4%	59.2%	54.2%
Fisher	2,954	1,786	1,786	1,722	64	0	1,168	3.6%	60.5%	58.3%
Mason	3,159	1,654	1,654	1,616	38	0	1,505	2.3%	52.4%	51.2%
Shackelford	2,563	1,680	1,680	1,578	102	0	883	6.1%	65.6%	61.6%
Sutton	2,452	1,635	1,635	1,562	73	0	817	4.5%	66.7%	63.7%
Hemphill	2,604	1,601	1,601	1,524	77	0	1,003	4.8%	61.5%	58.5%
Knox	2,546	1,479	1,479	1,460	19	0	1,067	1.3%	58.1%	57.3%
Kinney	2,866	1,483	1,483	1,459	24	0	1,383	1.6%	51.7%	50.9%
Crockett	2,379	1,473	1,473	1,432	41	0	906	2.8%	61.9%	60.2%
Upton	2,574	1,458	1,458	1,402	56	0	1,116	3.8%	56.6%	54.5%
Baylor	2,753	1,452	1,452	1,397	55	0	1,301	3.8%	52.7%	50.7%
Coke	2,688	1,471	1,471	1,383	88	0	1,217	6.0%	54.7%	51.5%
Collingsworth	2,013	1,389	1,389	1,372	17	0	624	1.2%	69.0%	68.2%
Donley	2,745	1,355	1,355	1,355	0	0	1,390	0.0%	49.4%	49.4%
Reagan	2,245	1,474	1,474	1,352	122	0	771	8.3%	65.7%	60.2%
Lipscomb	2,184	1,367	1,367	1,266	101	0	817	7.4%	62.6%	58.0%
Sherman	2,033	1,200	1,200	1,162	38	0	833	3.2%	59.0%	57.2%
Concho	2,935	1,107	1,107	1,096	11	0	1,828	1.0%	37.7%	37.3%
Hall	2,252	1,198	1,198	1,087	111	0	1,054	9.3%	53.2%	48.3%
Schleicher	1,920	1,121	1,099	1,041	58	22	799	5.3%	58.4%	54.2%
Cochran	1,949	1,099	1,099	1,031	68	0	850	6.2%	56.4%	52.9%
Hudspeth	2,894	1,063	1,063	936	127	0	1,831	12.0%	36.7%	32.3%
Culberson	1,768	925	925	919	6	0	843	0.7%	52.3%	52.0%
Armstrong	1,500	866	861	853	8	5	634	0.9%	57.7%	56.9%
Oldham	1,562	849	849	843	6	0	713	0.7%	54.4%	54.0%
Edwards	1,168	742	742	742	0	0	426	0.0%	63.5%	63.5%
Throckmorton	1,293	754	754	734	20	0	539	2.7%	58.3%	56.8%
Menard	1,537	840	840	719	121	0	697	14.4%	54.7%	46.8%
Dickens	1,356	735	735	686	49	0	621	6.7%	54.2%	50.6%
Real	2,198	732	732	681	51	0	1,466	7.0%	33.3%	31.0%
Irion	1,116	644	644	640	4	0	472	0.6%	57.7%	57.4%
Motley	1,072	628	628	622	6	0	444	1.0%	58.6%	58.0%
Stonewall	972	603	603	586	17	0	369	2.8%	62.0%	60.3%
Cottle	1,036	609	609	570	39	0	427	6.4%	58.8%	55.0%
Briscoe	1,039	562	562	562	0	0	477	0.0%	54.1%	54.1%
Jeff Davis	1,465	559	559	559	0	0	906	0.0%	38.2%	38.2%
Sterling	927	560	560	547	13	0	367	2.3%	60.4%	59.0%
Foard	838	519	519	484	35	0	319	6.7%	61.9%	57.8%
Glasscock	841	484	484	478	6	0	357	1.2%	57.6%	56.8%
Roberts	571	367	367	365	2	0	204	0.5%	64.3%	63.9%
Terrell	752	331	331	331	0	0	421	0.0%	44.0%	44.0%
Borden	511	320	320	319	1	0	191	0.3%	62.6%	62.4%
Kent	615	284	284	259	25	0	331	8.8%	46.2%	42.1%
McMullen	386	253	253	253	0	0	133	0.0%	65.5%	65.5%
King	154	92	92	92	0	0	62	0.0%	59.7%	59.7%
Loving	54	30	30	30	0	0	24	0.0%	55.6%	55.6%
Kenedy	49	25	25	25	0	0	24	0.0%	51.0%	51.0%

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The unemployment rate is unemployed civilians divided by the civilian labor force, the ACS definition. People in the Armed Forces count in the labor force total but not in the unemployment rate.
A county rate describes that county's own labor market. County rates cannot be averaged to produce a state figure. The statewide unemployment rate is 5.1 per cent because it weights people equally; the typical county is 4.5 per cent.
Nine counties report zero unemployed people (Briscoe, Donley, Edwards, Jeff Davis, Kenedy, King, Loving, McMullen and Terrell). Those are ACS estimates in very small civilian labor forces (Kenedy has 25 people in the civilian labor force) and should be read as too few to measure, not as full employment.
Labor force participation is people 16 and over who are employed, unemployed or in the Armed Forces, divided by everyone 16 and over.

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Unemployment rate, Texas counties

Unemployment rate, all 254 counties

Employed civilians, all 254 counties

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