Summary

Both parents in labor force share, Texas counties

Own children under 18 by Texas county · all 254 counties · hover or tap a county for every figure on this page

CountiesHarris County

Summary

Share of own children under 18 with both parents in the labor force. Darker counties have a higher share. Borders are the Census cartographic county boundary.

Among Texas children under 18 who live with a parent, 39.4 percent have both parents in the labor force, but a typical county sits at 40.6 percent, the midpoint across the 253 counties with children in this universe. Kent County leads at 96.5 percent, though that is 109 of its 113 own children under 18. Eighty-four counties reach 45 percent or higher on that both-parents share. Statewide, 53.0 percent of these children have exactly one parent in the labor force and 7.6 percent have no parent in the labor force. Loving County reports no children in the universe, so its shares are blank. A county share is not a state figure: averaging the county rates would treat Loving the same as Harris.

40.6%typical county sharemidpoint of both-parents-in-labor-force shares

39.4%of Texas childrenstatewide, both parents in labor force

96.5%Kent Countyhighest both-parents share; 113 children

84counties at 45% or higherboth parents in labor force share

7.6%no parent in labor forcestatewide share of own children under 18

Table 1

All counties

254 rows · 8 columns

Summary

Own children under 18 by parent labor-force status for every Texas county. Sort any column. Shares are percent of that county total.

All counties
	?				?	?	?
Anderson	10,514	3,909	5,356	1,249	37.2%	50.9%	11.9%
Andrews	5,599	2,237	2,945	417	40.0%	52.6%	7.4%
Angelina	20,515	8,298	10,509	1,708	40.4%	51.2%	8.3%
Aransas	4,030	965	2,295	770	23.9%	56.9%	19.1%
Archer	1,958	1,049	712	197	53.6%	36.4%	10.1%
Armstrong	400	167	233	0	41.8%	58.3%	0.0%
Atascosa	12,251	4,947	6,299	1,005	40.4%	51.4%	8.2%
Austin	6,751	2,975	3,383	393	44.1%	50.1%	5.8%
Bailey	1,910	336	1,370	204	17.6%	71.7%	10.7%
Bandera	2,998	1,865	892	241	62.2%	29.8%	8.0%
Bastrop	24,478	10,239	12,852	1,387	41.8%	52.5%	5.7%
Baylor	702	139	527	36	19.8%	75.1%	5.1%
Bee	5,913	2,357	2,946	610	39.9%	49.8%	10.3%
Bell	98,621	34,776	55,950	7,895	35.3%	56.7%	8.0%
Bexar	478,601	170,125	266,520	41,956	35.5%	55.7%	8.8%
Blanco	2,051	1,215	801	35	59.2%	39.1%	1.7%
Borden	227	179	18	30	78.9%	7.9%	13.2%
Bosque	3,547	1,227	2,120	200	34.6%	59.8%	5.6%
Bowie	20,743	8,773	10,038	1,932	42.3%	48.4%	9.3%
Brazoria	93,956	43,303	46,243	4,410	46.1%	49.2%	4.7%
Brazos	45,783	18,640	24,496	2,647	40.7%	53.5%	5.8%
Brewster	1,559	556	1,003	0	35.7%	64.3%	0.0%
Briscoe	204	162	42	0	79.4%	20.6%	0.0%
Brooks	1,129	595	518	16	52.7%	45.9%	1.4%
Brown	7,330	2,945	4,017	368	40.2%	54.8%	5.0%
Burleson	3,683	1,621	1,640	422	44.0%	44.5%	11.5%
Burnet	9,887	5,233	3,915	739	52.9%	39.6%	7.5%
Caldwell	10,208	3,529	5,965	714	34.6%	58.4%	7.0%
Calhoun	4,228	1,719	2,142	367	40.7%	50.7%	8.7%
Callahan	2,452	1,232	1,106	114	50.2%	45.1%	4.6%
Cameron	115,984	34,057	65,969	15,958	29.4%	56.9%	13.8%
Camp	3,196	1,341	1,214	641	42.0%	38.0%	20.1%
Carson	1,262	697	461	104	55.2%	36.5%	8.2%
Cass	5,441	1,883	3,036	522	34.6%	55.8%	9.6%
Castro	2,027	1,181	799	47	58.3%	39.4%	2.3%
Chambers	12,816	5,940	5,690	1,186	46.3%	44.4%	9.3%
Cherokee	12,185	4,470	6,722	993	36.7%	55.2%	8.1%
Childress	1,260	329	808	123	26.1%	64.1%	9.8%
Clay	1,905	1,015	709	181	53.3%	37.2%	9.5%
Cochran	602	197	392	13	32.7%	65.1%	2.2%
Coke	621	226	386	9	36.4%	62.2%	1.4%
Coleman	1,388	853	526	9	61.5%	37.9%	0.6%
Collin	272,167	138,874	124,816	8,477	51.0%	45.9%	3.1%
Collingsworth	772	357	393	22	46.2%	50.9%	2.8%
Colorado	3,898	2,003	1,895	0	51.4%	48.6%	0.0%
Comal	37,174	18,000	17,798	1,376	48.4%	47.9%	3.7%
Comanche	2,881	1,474	1,130	277	51.2%	39.2%	9.6%
Concho	414	251	137	26	60.6%	33.1%	6.3%
Cooke	9,312	3,970	4,753	589	42.6%	51.0%	6.3%
Coryell	17,725	7,037	9,563	1,125	39.7%	54.0%	6.3%
Cottle	263	134	115	14	51.0%	43.7%	5.3%
Crane	1,053	335	718	0	31.8%	68.2%	0.0%
Crockett	667	558	109	0	83.7%	16.3%	0.0%
Crosby	1,210	460	599	151	38.0%	49.5%	12.5%
Culberson	471	24	129	318	5.1%	27.4%	67.5%
Dallam	2,063	803	1,260	0	38.9%	61.1%	0.0%
Dallas	631,309	215,567	359,702	56,040	34.1%	57.0%	8.9%
Dawson	2,748	751	1,826	171	27.3%	66.4%	6.2%
Deaf Smith	5,404	1,657	3,082	665	30.7%	57.0%	12.3%
Delta	1,225	834	242	149	68.1%	19.8%	12.2%
Denton	218,770	113,231	99,142	6,397	51.8%	45.3%	2.9%
DeWitt	4,313	1,880	2,157	276	43.6%	50.0%	6.4%
Dickens	327	167	151	9	51.1%	46.2%	2.8%
Dimmit	2,165	270	679	1,216	12.5%	31.4%	56.2%
Donley	549	308	220	21	56.1%	40.1%	3.8%
Duval	2,294	333	1,186	775	14.5%	51.7%	33.8%
Eastland	3,380	1,710	1,612	58	50.6%	47.7%	1.7%
Ector	47,227	16,026	27,484	3,717	33.9%	58.2%	7.9%
Edwards	224	182	42	0	81.3%	18.8%	0.0%
Ellis	52,038	25,485	23,768	2,785	49.0%	45.7%	5.4%
El Paso	216,798	68,049	127,797	20,952	31.4%	58.9%	9.7%
Erath	8,687	3,598	4,508	581	41.4%	51.9%	6.7%
Falls	3,181	1,382	1,476	323	43.4%	46.4%	10.2%
Fannin	7,100	2,938	3,754	408	41.4%	52.9%	5.7%
Fayette	4,815	2,676	1,674	465	55.6%	34.8%	9.7%
Fisher	730	353	309	68	48.4%	42.3%	9.3%
Floyd	1,142	494	581	67	43.3%	50.9%	5.9%
Foard	116	70	46	0	60.3%	39.7%	0.0%
Fort Bend	225,917	115,055	101,539	9,323	50.9%	44.9%	4.1%
Franklin	2,251	1,301	829	121	57.8%	36.8%	5.4%
Freestone	4,394	2,141	1,722	531	48.7%	39.2%	12.1%
Frio	3,604	828	2,489	287	23.0%	69.1%	8.0%
Gaines	7,565	1,472	5,928	165	19.5%	78.4%	2.2%
Galveston	81,222	36,402	40,196	4,624	44.8%	49.5%	5.7%
Garza	864	343	518	3	39.7%	60.0%	0.3%
Gillespie	5,155	2,363	2,624	168	45.8%	50.9%	3.3%
Glasscock	274	73	201	0	26.6%	73.4%	0.0%
Goliad	1,311	680	560	71	51.9%	42.7%	5.4%
Gonzales	4,947	1,551	2,786	610	31.4%	56.3%	12.3%
Gray	4,934	2,237	2,494	203	45.3%	50.5%	4.1%
Grayson	31,473	13,761	16,074	1,638	43.7%	51.1%	5.2%
Gregg	30,373	10,624	16,957	2,792	35.0%	55.8%	9.2%
Grimes	6,318	2,607	3,299	412	41.3%	52.2%	6.5%
Guadalupe	41,832	17,520	21,420	2,892	41.9%	51.2%	6.9%
Hale	8,113	3,151	4,298	664	38.8%	53.0%	8.2%
Hall	611	256	252	103	41.9%	41.2%	16.9%
Hamilton	1,800	797	977	26	44.3%	54.3%	1.4%
Hansford	1,489	686	771	32	46.1%	51.8%	2.1%
Hardeman	560	324	152	84	57.9%	27.1%	15.0%
Hardin	13,565	5,541	6,998	1,026	40.8%	51.6%	7.6%
Harris	1,187,529	410,543	670,004	106,982	34.6%	56.4%	9.0%
Harrison	15,549	6,315	7,171	2,063	40.6%	46.1%	13.3%
Hartley	1,198	608	510	80	50.8%	42.6%	6.7%
Haskell	855	559	225	71	65.4%	26.3%	8.3%
Hays	56,227	25,597	28,129	2,501	45.5%	50.0%	4.4%
Hemphill	709	399	310	0	56.3%	43.7%	0.0%
Henderson	16,400	6,498	8,532	1,370	39.6%	52.0%	8.4%
Hidalgo	265,086	73,880	158,967	32,239	27.9%	60.0%	12.2%
Hill	7,926	3,381	3,974	571	42.7%	50.1%	7.2%
Hockley	5,417	1,915	3,182	320	35.4%	58.7%	5.9%
Hood	12,558	5,966	5,981	611	47.5%	47.6%	4.9%
Hopkins	8,462	4,476	3,578	408	52.9%	42.3%	4.8%
Houston	3,986	1,445	2,202	339	36.3%	55.2%	8.5%
Howard	6,854	2,765	3,601	488	40.3%	52.5%	7.1%
Hudspeth	561	235	318	8	41.9%	56.7%	1.4%
Hunt	23,370	9,351	12,791	1,228	40.0%	54.7%	5.3%
Hutchinson	4,727	2,310	2,184	233	48.9%	46.2%	4.9%
Irion	319	236	83	0	74.0%	26.0%	0.0%
Jack	1,797	649	969	179	36.1%	53.9%	10.0%
Jackson	3,588	1,380	1,984	224	38.5%	55.3%	6.2%
Jasper	7,102	2,820	3,566	716	39.7%	50.2%	10.1%
Jeff Davis	268	84	184	0	31.3%	68.7%	0.0%
Jefferson	57,431	17,138	33,074	7,219	29.8%	57.6%	12.6%
Jim Hogg	1,419	227	1,075	117	16.0%	75.8%	8.2%
Jim Wells	9,895	2,500	5,942	1,453	25.3%	60.1%	14.7%
Johnson	46,713	22,282	22,007	2,424	47.7%	47.1%	5.2%
Jones	3,046	1,223	1,595	228	40.2%	52.4%	7.5%
Karnes	2,962	1,258	1,003	701	42.5%	33.9%	23.7%
Kaufman	44,231	20,358	21,119	2,754	46.0%	47.7%	6.2%
Kendall	10,095	4,463	5,172	460	44.2%	51.2%	4.6%
Kenedy	2	0	2	0	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
Kent	113	109	4	0	96.5%	3.5%	0.0%
Kerr	9,082	4,369	4,431	282	48.1%	48.8%	3.1%
Kimble	569	380	189	0	66.8%	33.2%	0.0%
King	35	13	22	0	37.1%	62.9%	0.0%
Kinney	274	79	195	0	28.8%	71.2%	0.0%
Kleberg	6,542	2,072	3,586	884	31.7%	54.8%	13.5%
Knox	855	409	407	39	47.8%	47.6%	4.6%
Lamar	11,714	3,240	7,170	1,304	27.7%	61.2%	11.1%
Lamb	3,160	1,188	1,744	228	37.6%	55.2%	7.2%
Lampasas	4,543	1,999	1,854	690	44.0%	40.8%	15.2%
La Salle	1,616	94	1,519	3	5.8%	94.0%	0.2%
Lavaca	4,566	2,495	1,880	191	54.6%	41.2%	4.2%
Lee	3,594	1,335	2,028	231	37.1%	56.4%	6.4%
Leon	3,365	1,207	1,887	271	35.9%	56.1%	8.1%
Liberty	26,884	7,044	18,159	1,681	26.2%	67.5%	6.3%
Limestone	4,531	1,228	2,916	387	27.1%	64.4%	8.5%
Lipscomb	866	324	427	115	37.4%	49.3%	13.3%
Live Oak	2,235	745	1,098	392	33.3%	49.1%	17.5%
Llano	3,135	1,014	1,841	280	32.3%	58.7%	8.9%
Loving	0	0	0	0	,	,	,
Lubbock	70,174	30,623	35,506	4,045	43.6%	50.6%	5.8%
Lynn	1,476	695	593	188	47.1%	40.2%	12.7%
McCulloch	1,555	749	710	96	48.2%	45.7%	6.2%
McLennan	59,561	23,617	30,289	5,655	39.7%	50.9%	9.5%
McMullen	193	61	125	7	31.6%	64.8%	3.6%
Madison	2,607	1,171	1,311	125	44.9%	50.3%	4.8%
Marion	1,657	400	1,095	162	24.1%	66.1%	9.8%
Martin	1,424	363	1,047	14	25.5%	73.5%	1.0%
Mason	914	701	213	0	76.7%	23.3%	0.0%
Matagorda	8,276	2,924	4,553	799	35.3%	55.0%	9.7%
Maverick	17,250	4,287	10,600	2,363	24.9%	61.4%	13.7%
Medina	11,314	5,584	4,816	914	49.4%	42.6%	8.1%
Menard	448	360	88	0	80.4%	19.6%	0.0%
Midland	47,861	19,166	26,152	2,543	40.0%	54.6%	5.3%
Milam	5,545	2,421	2,451	673	43.7%	44.2%	12.1%
Mills	707	313	325	69	44.3%	46.0%	9.8%
Mitchell	1,617	614	874	129	38.0%	54.1%	8.0%
Montague	4,531	1,938	2,278	315	42.8%	50.3%	7.0%
Montgomery	164,771	73,207	82,793	8,771	44.4%	50.2%	5.3%
Moore	6,424	2,082	4,001	341	32.4%	62.3%	5.3%
Morris	2,441	1,109	1,262	70	45.4%	51.7%	2.9%
Motley	219	79	99	41	36.1%	45.2%	18.7%
Nacogdoches	13,969	5,296	7,445	1,228	37.9%	53.3%	8.8%
Navarro	13,519	5,118	7,471	930	37.9%	55.3%	6.9%
Newton	2,252	980	1,070	202	43.5%	47.5%	9.0%
Nolan	3,455	1,046	2,018	391	30.3%	58.4%	11.3%
Nueces	79,919	30,480	39,341	10,098	38.1%	49.2%	12.6%
Ochiltree	2,902	958	1,823	121	33.0%	62.8%	4.2%
Oldham	371	151	160	60	40.7%	43.1%	16.2%
Orange	20,755	7,069	12,154	1,532	34.1%	58.6%	7.4%
Palo Pinto	6,363	1,700	4,023	640	26.7%	63.2%	10.1%
Panola	5,102	2,076	2,623	403	40.7%	51.4%	7.9%
Parker	36,945	18,812	16,764	1,369	50.9%	45.4%	3.7%
Parmer	2,459	1,072	1,254	133	43.6%	51.0%	5.4%
Pecos	3,124	888	1,741	495	28.4%	55.7%	15.8%
Polk	9,751	3,281	5,178	1,292	33.6%	53.1%	13.2%
Potter	29,143	9,425	16,983	2,735	32.3%	58.3%	9.4%
Presidio	1,680	379	976	325	22.6%	58.1%	19.3%
Rains	2,204	616	1,391	197	27.9%	63.1%	8.9%
Randall	32,389	16,202	15,344	843	50.0%	47.4%	2.6%
Reagan	1,103	548	535	20	49.7%	48.5%	1.8%
Real	459	236	181	42	51.4%	39.4%	9.2%
Red River	2,019	593	1,127	299	29.4%	55.8%	14.8%
Reeves	3,239	955	1,694	590	29.5%	52.3%	18.2%
Refugio	1,332	339	886	107	25.5%	66.5%	8.0%
Roberts	211	125	76	10	59.2%	36.0%	4.7%
Robertson	3,732	1,494	1,845	393	40.0%	49.4%	10.5%
Rockwall	30,427	17,017	12,540	870	55.9%	41.2%	2.9%
Runnels	2,245	1,094	1,016	135	48.7%	45.3%	6.0%
Rusk	11,177	4,092	5,893	1,192	36.6%	52.7%	10.7%
Sabine	1,630	564	977	89	34.6%	59.9%	5.5%
San Augustine	1,377	291	956	130	21.1%	69.4%	9.4%
San Jacinto	5,794	1,225	3,943	626	21.1%	68.1%	10.8%
San Patricio	16,825	5,839	8,782	2,204	34.7%	52.2%	13.1%
San Saba	1,010	446	519	45	44.2%	51.4%	4.5%
Schleicher	515	322	193	0	62.5%	37.5%	0.0%
Scurry	3,499	1,686	1,699	114	48.2%	48.6%	3.3%
Shackelford	631	288	306	37	45.6%	48.5%	5.9%
Shelby	5,745	1,944	3,383	418	33.8%	58.9%	7.3%
Sherman	532	166	323	43	31.2%	60.7%	8.1%
Smith	54,352	25,505	25,308	3,539	46.9%	46.6%	6.5%
Somervell	1,954	988	895	71	50.6%	45.8%	3.6%
Starr	20,633	6,103	11,700	2,830	29.6%	56.7%	13.7%
Stephens	1,687	664	856	167	39.4%	50.7%	9.9%
Sterling	493	138	355	0	28.0%	72.0%	0.0%
Stonewall	327	179	129	19	54.7%	39.4%	5.8%
Sutton	882	294	582	6	33.3%	66.0%	0.7%
Swisher	1,588	764	621	203	48.1%	39.1%	12.8%
Tarrant	524,796	218,387	277,147	29,262	41.6%	52.8%	5.6%
Taylor	33,364	14,911	16,245	2,208	44.7%	48.7%	6.6%
Terrell	110	58	52	0	52.7%	47.3%	0.0%
Terry	2,871	716	2,071	84	24.9%	72.1%	2.9%
Throckmorton	318	191	105	22	60.1%	33.0%	6.9%
Titus	8,618	2,844	4,737	1,037	33.0%	55.0%	12.0%
Tom Green	27,086	11,154	14,615	1,317	41.2%	54.0%	4.9%
Travis	257,566	120,976	121,518	15,072	47.0%	47.2%	5.9%
Trinity	2,535	898	1,385	252	35.4%	54.6%	9.9%
Tyler	3,293	589	2,053	651	17.9%	62.3%	19.8%
Upshur	9,489	3,744	4,743	1,002	39.5%	50.0%	10.6%
Upton	660	174	415	71	26.4%	62.9%	10.8%
Uvalde	5,908	1,544	3,237	1,127	26.1%	54.8%	19.1%
Val Verde	12,789	5,069	6,242	1,478	39.6%	48.8%	11.6%
Van Zandt	12,994	4,856	7,248	890	37.4%	55.8%	6.8%
Victoria	21,314	7,419	12,438	1,457	34.8%	58.4%	6.8%
Walker	11,059	3,728	6,591	740	33.7%	59.6%	6.7%
Waller	13,406	4,024	8,426	956	30.0%	62.9%	7.1%
Ward	2,940	1,234	1,602	104	42.0%	54.5%	3.5%
Washington	7,226	4,107	2,755	364	56.8%	38.1%	5.0%
Webb	81,229	22,958	48,505	9,766	28.3%	59.7%	12.0%
Wharton	9,949	4,425	5,329	195	44.5%	53.6%	2.0%
Wheeler	1,143	396	690	57	34.6%	60.4%	5.0%
Wichita	27,647	10,530	14,790	2,327	38.1%	53.5%	8.4%
Wilbarger	2,671	1,329	1,135	207	49.8%	42.5%	7.7%
Willacy	4,394	1,458	2,507	429	33.2%	57.1%	9.8%
Williamson	152,402	82,608	65,144	4,650	54.2%	42.7%	3.1%
Wilson	11,543	6,165	4,833	545	53.4%	41.9%	4.7%
Winkler	1,976	579	1,158	239	29.3%	58.6%	12.1%
Wise	16,622	7,740	7,850	1,032	46.6%	47.2%	6.2%
Wood	8,078	2,961	4,738	379	36.7%	58.7%	4.7%
Yoakum	2,178	771	1,355	52	35.4%	62.2%	2.4%
Young	4,048	1,876	1,800	372	46.3%	44.5%	9.2%
Zapata	4,344	788	2,932	624	18.1%	67.5%	14.4%
Zavala	2,189	280	1,398	511	12.8%	63.9%	23.3%

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Both parents in labor force share, Texas counties

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Both parents in labor force share, all 254 counties

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One parent in labor force share, all 254 counties

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No parent in labor force share, all 254 counties

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Universe is own children under 18 years in families and subfamilies (ACS table B23008). The Census publishes parent status as in the labor force or not in the labor force, which includes people seeking work as well as those with a job.
Both parents in labor force covers children living with two parents when both are in the labor force. One parent in labor force covers two-parent homes with only the father or only the mother in the labor force, plus one-parent homes where that parent is in the labor force. No parent in labor force covers the remaining children in the table.
Shares are that county count divided by that county total of own children under 18 in B23008. Percents are rounded to one decimal before ranking thresholds or the typical-county midpoint.
A county share is not a state figure. Statewide percents use a separate for=state:48 pull. Averaging the county shares would weight Loving the same as Harris.
Census sentinel -666666666 is treated as missing and shown as an em dash. Counties with no children in the universe stay in the table with an em dash for every share.
In the smallest counties the ACS five-year estimates are noisy: a high both-parents share can rest on a few hundred children.

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Both parents in labor force share, Texas counties

Both parents in labor force share, all 254 counties

One parent in labor force share, all 254 counties

No parent in labor force share, all 254 counties

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