Texas Counties: Unemployment Rate

Compiled by
The County Information Program, Texas Association of Counties
Data source: Texas Workforce Commission. Labor Force Statistics for Texas Counties 2000-Present. (2012)

The information contained in this report was obtained from The County Information Program's on-line database. The data contained in the database are obtained from official sources and are not the product of the CIP. The CIP, therefore, does not expressly or impliedly warrant the accuracy of the data. Questions regarding the accuracy, methodology, etc. should be directed to the original source of the information. The sources may be obtained from the CIP by contacting the County Information Program, Texas Association of Counties at (512) 478-8753.

Unemployment Rate
County20082009201020112012
Anderson5.7%8.6%9.5%8.9%7.7%
Andrews3.4%7.0%6.0%5.0%3.7%
Angelina4.9%8.1%8.2%7.7%6.7%
Aransas4.5%6.8%8.5%8.1%6.1%
Archer3.7%5.9%6.0%5.9%4.9%
Armstrong3.6%4.5%4.9%5.0%4.8%
Atascosa4.8%7.4%8.0%8.0%6.6%
Austin4.3%7.3%7.9%8.3%6.0%
Bailey4.2%5.6%7.4%7.2%6.6%
Bandera4.5%6.5%7.2%7.0%6.0%
Bastrop5.0%7.9%8.3%8.0%6.4%
Baylor3.8%5.6%6.4%5.4%4.3%
Bee6.3%8.9%8.8%8.6%7.0%
Bell5.0%6.6%7.7%8.1%7.3%
Bexar4.8%6.7%7.5%7.6%6.6%
Blanco3.7%5.1%6.2%6.1%5.5%
Borden3.3%5.4%5.0%3.8%3.0%
Bosque4.6%7.7%8.7%8.4%7.4%
Bowie5.1%6.6%8.2%7.7%6.8%
Brazoria5.2%8.0%9.0%8.7%7.0%
Brazos4.0%5.4%6.4%6.3%5.5%
Brewster3.8%5.0%5.0%5.4%4.7%
Briscoe4.4%5.0%6.6%6.8%6.3%
Brooks5.4%9.2%9.8%8.7%7.1%
Brown4.5%6.8%7.2%7.2%6.0%
Burleson4.5%6.8%7.2%6.8%6.0%
Burnet4.0%6.0%6.2%6.2%5.4%
Caldwell5.4%8.3%8.8%8.7%7.0%
Calhoun4.9%8.4%8.8%9.1%7.0%
Callahan3.7%5.8%6.0%6.2%5.1%
Cameron6.8%9.6%11.3%11.8%10.5%
Camp5.0%8.8%8.8%8.8%7.7%
Carson3.4%5.8%5.1%5.0%4.5%
Cass6.2%11.3%11.1%10.7%9.1%
Castro3.6%4.7%5.9%5.7%5.1%
Chambers5.8%9.0%9.3%9.0%7.7%
Cherokee6.0%8.7%9.3%8.8%7.7%
Childress5.1%6.0%6.4%6.1%5.3%
Clay4.0%6.8%6.7%6.0%5.1%
Cochran4.9%6.3%8.3%8.7%7.7%
Coke7.9%8.0%7.2%6.9%6.2%
Coleman4.2%6.8%7.1%6.9%5.9%
Collin4.6%7.2%7.3%7.0%6.1%
Collingsworth4.0%5.4%5.0%5.3%4.7%
Colorado4.0%6.3%7.3%7.0%5.7%
Comal4.1%6.1%6.9%6.9%6.1%
Comanche3.9%6.0%6.7%6.7%5.8%
Concho5.3%7.1%8.7%7.8%7.1%
Cooke3.5%6.4%6.4%5.3%4.4%
Coryell6.3%8.1%8.6%9.2%8.6%
Cottle4.1%5.5%5.9%6.4%6.1%
Crane4.2%8.6%8.2%7.2%5.3%
Crockett3.0%8.4%6.7%5.3%4.0%
Crosby5.0%6.9%8.3%9.5%6.8%
Culberson3.0%4.0%4.3%4.1%3.5%
Dallam3.1%4.1%5.5%4.5%3.9%
Dallas5.5%8.2%8.8%8.4%7.2%
Dawson5.4%7.9%8.1%8.0%6.9%
Deaf Smith3.8%5.2%5.8%5.6%4.9%
Delta5.5%8.6%8.9%9.0%7.6%
Denton4.5%7.1%7.3%6.9%6.0%
DeWitt4.2%7.5%7.8%6.6%5.0%
Dickens5.2%7.2%10.1%13.4%9.5%
Dimmit6.7%9.9%9.2%6.9%5.1%
Donley4.4%5.7%6.3%6.0%5.5%
Duval5.5%10.8%11.0%8.9%6.7%
Eastland4.6%7.5%7.9%7.1%6.1%
Ector3.5%8.0%7.8%5.8%4.2%
Edwards3.8%7.0%7.4%6.9%6.8%
Ellis5.1%7.9%8.3%8.1%6.8%
El Paso6.3%8.8%9.8%10.4%9.3%
Erath3.8%6.2%6.6%6.2%5.5%
Falls5.9%8.7%9.5%9.5%8.4%
Fannin5.9%8.5%9.4%9.8%8.6%
Fayette3.5%5.4%6.0%5.8%4.8%
Fisher3.9%6.0%6.5%6.3%5.2%
Floyd4.8%6.5%8.2%8.2%6.8%
Foard4.2%5.7%6.2%7.0%5.7%
Fort Bend4.5%7.1%7.8%7.4%6.1%
Franklin4.3%6.8%7.6%7.2%6.5%
Freestone4.1%6.2%6.6%6.3%5.4%
Frio5.5%7.4%7.9%7.1%5.6%
Gaines3.9%6.2%6.5%5.6%4.6%
Galveston5.8%8.2%9.2%9.1%7.7%
Garza3.9%5.1%6.9%7.1%6.1%
Gillespie3.1%4.4%4.8%4.8%4.2%
Glasscock4.0%4.6%5.2%4.6%4.3%
Goliad3.8%6.8%7.1%6.1%5.3%
Gonzales4.0%5.5%6.1%5.6%4.6%
Gray3.5%8.0%7.4%5.9%4.8%
Grayson5.3%7.9%8.4%8.3%7.2%
Gregg4.0%7.0%7.4%6.7%5.7%
Grimes5.2%8.5%8.8%7.9%6.5%
Guadalupe4.4%6.4%6.8%6.7%5.8%
Hale4.6%6.0%7.0%7.2%6.5%
Hall5.6%8.2%9.1%8.9%8.0%
Hamilton3.6%5.6%6.2%5.9%5.4%
Hansford3.3%5.2%4.7%4.5%3.9%
Hardeman3.6%7.3%7.0%5.9%5.1%
Hardin5.4%8.5%9.4%9.2%7.9%
Harris4.8%7.5%8.5%8.2%6.8%
Harrison4.7%8.1%8.6%7.7%6.9%
Hartley3.4%4.0%5.1%5.1%4.4%
Haskell3.3%5.0%5.4%5.4%5.6%
Hays4.4%6.5%6.9%6.7%5.7%
Hemphill1.9%3.4%3.2%2.9%2.3%
Henderson5.4%8.0%8.5%8.3%7.3%
Hidalgo7.3%10.4%12.1%12.1%11.0%
Hill5.1%7.8%8.1%8.1%6.9%
Hockley3.8%6.7%6.3%5.7%4.7%
Hood4.3%7.1%7.6%7.0%5.6%
Hopkins4.2%6.0%6.9%6.8%6.0%
Houston6.6%9.1%10.0%10.5%9.5%
Howard4.6%7.2%7.5%7.1%6.1%
Hudspeth4.0%5.4%6.1%6.1%5.7%
Hunt5.4%8.1%8.4%8.5%7.8%
Hutchinson4.2%6.7%7.2%6.7%5.5%
Irion3.5%5.2%4.9%5.5%4.3%
Jack3.2%6.2%6.0%5.3%4.5%
Jackson4.1%7.3%7.1%6.4%5.2%
Jasper6.4%10.0%11.5%11.6%9.9%
Jeff Davis3.7%4.7%5.5%5.6%5.5%
Jefferson6.7%9.5%11.0%11.1%10.7%
Jim Hogg3.9%7.6%7.8%6.4%4.8%
Jim Wells4.3%8.9%8.3%6.5%4.9%
Johnson4.7%8.1%8.5%7.6%6.6%
Jones5.0%7.6%7.6%7.4%6.3%
Karnes6.0%8.9%9.3%8.2%6.8%
Kaufman5.4%8.2%8.7%8.4%7.1%
Kendall3.9%5.6%6.1%6.2%5.5%
Kenedy3.4%5.9%5.5%4.8%3.3%
Kent4.3%5.2%5.9%6.0%5.0%
Kerr4.0%5.7%6.3%6.4%5.5%
Kimble3.8%5.2%6.4%6.8%5.5%
King4.5%5.6%6.3%5.3%6.3%
Kinney5.4%7.7%9.5%8.7%7.5%
Kleberg4.3%6.7%7.2%7.0%5.9%
Knox3.9%5.8%6.0%6.1%5.6%
Lamar5.5%7.6%9.0%9.7%9.0%
Lamb4.5%7.1%7.2%7.3%7.7%
Lampasas4.2%5.8%6.6%7.3%6.9%
La Salle5.5%9.2%8.4%6.5%4.3%
Lavaca3.5%5.6%6.6%5.7%4.5%
Lee4.0%6.6%6.6%5.9%4.9%
Leon4.4%6.9%7.8%7.7%6.7%
Liberty6.0%10.1%11.1%10.7%8.8%
Limestone4.4%6.2%6.9%7.3%6.1%
Lipscomb2.9%6.7%5.7%4.4%3.5%
Live Oak4.3%6.9%6.7%5.5%4.2%
Llano4.4%6.9%7.6%7.4%6.5%
Loving7.0%9.3%8.9%9.5%9.3%
Lubbock3.8%5.3%6.3%6.2%5.5%
Lynn4.7%5.9%7.1%7.3%6.8%
McCulloch4.0%7.9%7.0%5.9%5.3%
McLennan4.6%6.7%7.2%7.4%6.5%
McMullen5.4%6.9%5.1%3.5%2.6%
Madison5.3%7.3%8.0%8.1%6.9%
Marion5.1%10.2%10.3%9.2%7.9%
Martin3.6%4.7%5.7%5.3%4.3%
Mason3.1%4.9%5.1%4.9%4.3%
Matagorda6.8%9.9%11.3%11.5%9.9%
Maverick10.8%14.3%15.2%14.3%12.6%
Medina5.1%6.6%7.4%7.5%6.4%
Menard4.4%6.5%7.1%7.1%6.1%
Midland2.9%5.5%5.4%4.4%3.5%
Milam5.5%10.8%10.3%9.5%7.9%
Mills4.0%5.3%5.9%5.9%5.1%
Mitchell5.6%8.3%8.2%7.8%6.4%
Montague3.6%7.0%7.2%5.9%4.9%
Montgomery4.3%6.9%7.5%7.2%6.0%
Moore3.1%4.6%5.1%4.7%4.1%
Morris6.1%14.7%12.8%11.4%9.2%
Motley4.3%5.4%5.3%6.1%5.4%
Nacogdoches4.4%6.4%6.8%6.8%6.3%
Navarro5.6%7.8%8.7%8.7%7.7%
Newton7.5%11.4%13.2%13.7%11.8%
Nolan3.9%6.2%7.0%6.6%5.6%
Nueces4.6%6.7%7.6%7.7%6.2%
Ochiltree2.8%5.9%5.1%4.2%3.3%
Oldham4.6%5.6%5.7%5.3%4.4%
Orange6.5%9.8%11.0%11.0%9.8%
Palo Pinto4.2%7.8%7.9%7.3%6.2%
Panola4.0%7.3%7.3%6.7%5.6%
Parker4.5%7.5%7.7%7.1%6.1%
Parmer3.4%4.3%5.0%5.1%4.8%
Pecos4.6%8.5%6.4%5.3%4.5%
Polk6.3%9.0%9.7%9.6%8.3%
Potter4.1%6.0%6.6%6.3%5.6%
Presidio10.6%16.0%17.4%14.4%12.4%
Rains5.2%7.9%8.9%8.5%7.3%
Randall3.2%4.6%4.8%4.8%4.2%
Reagan2.1%5.9%4.0%3.2%2.4%
Real3.8%5.5%6.7%7.3%7.2%
Red River6.6%9.1%11.0%11.7%10.4%
Reeves5.9%11.3%11.5%11.0%9.6%
Refugio3.9%6.3%6.8%5.8%4.6%
Roberts2.5%4.8%4.6%4.0%3.9%
Robertson5.1%7.8%8.9%8.8%7.7%
Rockwall4.6%7.1%7.4%7.2%6.2%
Runnels4.9%7.4%9.0%8.2%6.2%
Rusk4.4%7.7%7.5%6.9%6.2%
Sabine9.1%14.9%16.6%16.2%15.3%
San Augustine6.3%10.0%11.2%12.3%10.5%
San Jacinto5.9%9.2%10.1%9.7%8.0%
San Patricio5.4%8.5%10.9%9.6%7.6%
San Saba5.6%7.0%7.3%7.4%7.8%
Schleicher3.4%9.2%8.2%6.2%4.4%
Scurry4.1%6.7%6.3%5.4%4.3%
Shackelford2.7%4.0%4.6%3.9%2.9%
Shelby4.8%7.2%7.7%7.8%6.5%
Sherman3.8%4.3%4.9%4.9%4.6%
Smith4.9%7.5%7.9%7.8%7.0%
Somervell4.6%7.0%7.7%7.5%6.0%
Starr11.6%16.3%17.8%16.9%15.0%
Stephens3.7%6.7%7.0%7.3%5.7%
Sterling2.9%4.1%4.1%4.1%3.0%
Stonewall3.4%4.2%5.1%4.9%3.9%
Sutton2.0%7.0%6.5%4.4%3.2%
Swisher4.5%5.7%6.2%6.4%5.7%
Tarrant4.9%7.6%8.3%7.8%6.6%
Taylor3.8%5.6%6.4%6.2%5.3%
Terrell6.7%9.1%8.6%8.1%6.3%
Terry4.3%6.8%7.5%7.2%6.6%
Throckmorton3.5%4.8%5.0%5.9%4.5%
Titus4.4%7.2%8.1%7.9%7.1%
Tom Green4.2%6.3%6.5%6.3%5.3%
Travis4.3%6.6%6.9%6.6%5.7%
Trinity5.6%8.4%9.0%9.1%7.9%
Tyler6.1%9.6%11.0%11.4%10.0%
Upshur4.3%7.5%7.9%7.1%5.8%
Upton3.2%5.4%5.0%4.4%3.4%
Uvalde5.8%7.8%8.9%8.9%8.0%
Val Verde5.9%9.1%9.1%9.0%7.6%
Van Zandt4.5%6.9%7.6%7.3%6.4%
Victoria3.9%6.8%7.3%6.4%5.4%
Walker5.3%6.9%7.4%7.7%6.7%
Waller5.1%8.2%8.5%8.3%7.0%
Ward4.0%8.7%7.8%6.1%4.5%
Washington4.0%6.0%6.5%5.9%5.1%
Webb5.4%8.5%8.9%8.2%7.1%
Wharton4.5%6.9%8.5%8.2%6.8%
Wheeler2.5%5.6%5.0%4.1%3.6%
Wichita5.0%7.5%7.9%7.1%6.3%
Wilbarger3.6%4.7%6.1%5.5%4.6%
Willacy9.0%11.8%12.8%14.6%14.0%
Williamson4.6%7.3%7.2%6.9%5.9%
Wilson4.7%6.4%7.3%7.1%5.9%
Winkler3.8%9.3%7.9%6.1%4.7%
Wise4.4%8.6%8.1%7.2%6.3%
Wood5.2%7.9%8.3%8.0%7.2%
Yoakum3.1%7.5%6.2%4.6%3.5%
Young3.5%6.4%6.8%6.3%5.0%
Zapata5.6%10.7%10.7%8.4%6.5%
Zavala10.8%14.4%15.4%15.4%14.1%

Data source: Texas Workforce Commission. Labor Force Statistics for Texas Counties 2000-Present.
Year: 2012