Unemployed people in Texas

as of September, 2021:

796,980

Note: Seasonally adjusted value

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Unemployment Rate

5.6%

Labor Force

14,166,005

Employment

13,369,025

Employment-Population Ratio

58.9%

Labor Force Participation Rate

62.4%

Employment Indicators by County

County Employment Unemployment Unemployment Rate Labor Force
Anderson 21,183 984 4.4 22,167
Andrews 8,218 444 5.1 8,662
Angelina 32,265 2,081 6.1 34,346
Aransas 8,686 612 6.6 9,298
Archer 3,850 148 3.7 3,998
Armstrong 917 27 2.9 944
Atascosa 21,224 1,199 5.3 22,423
Austin 13,324 672 4.8 13,996
Bailey 2,311 111 4.6 2,422
Bandera 9,868 439 4.3 10,307
Bastrop 43,240 1,717 3.8 44,957
Baylor 1,800 62 3.3 1,862
Bee 8,290 720 8.0 9,010
Bell 139,631 7,531 5.1 147,162
Bexar 923,795 44,720 4.6 968,515
Blanco 6,508 209 3.1 6,717
Borden 553 13 2.3 566
Bosque 8,009 360 4.3 8,369
Bowie 36,833 2,011 5.2 38,844
Brazoria 169,324 10,955 6.1 180,279
Brazos 112,844 4,426 3.8 117,270
Brewster 3,937 171 4.2 4,108
Briscoe 546 27 4.7 573
Brooks 2,112 211 9.1 2,323
Brown 14,237 718 4.8 14,955
Burleson 7,869 373 4.5 8,242
Burnet 23,329 812 3.4 24,141
Caldwell 19,552 845 4.1 20,397
Calhoun 11,554 541 4.5 12,095
Callahan 6,039 258 4.1 6,297
Cameron 157,700 12,415 7.3 170,115
Camp 4,739 275 5.5 5,014
Carson 2,944 111 3.6 3,055
Cass 11,341 720 6.0 12,061
Castro 3,223 108 3.2 3,331
Chambers 18,718 1,524 7.5 20,242
Cherokee 19,249 1,180 5.8 20,429
Childress 2,877 95 3.2 2,972
Clay 4,701 204 4.2 4,905
Cochran 987 69 6.5 1,056
Coke 1,295 60 4.4 1,355
Coleman 2,766 155 5.3 2,921
Collin 567,773 22,316 3.8 590,089
Collingsworth 1,046 43 3.9 1,089
Colorado 9,274 419 4.3 9,693
Comal 74,843 3,070 3.9 77,913
Comanche 5,645 253 4.3 5,898
Concho 1,310 52 3.8 1,362
Cooke 17,697 1,017 5.4 18,714
Coryell 23,271 1,273 5.2 24,544
Cottle 564 24 4.1 588
Crane 1,484 127 7.9 1,611
Crockett 1,269 79 5.9 1,348
Crosby 2,359 122 4.9 2,481
Culberson 995 51 4.9 1,046
Dallam 3,526 95 2.6 3,621
Dallas 1,330,038 66,708 4.8 1,396,746
Dawson 4,145 284 6.4 4,429
Deaf Smith 8,307 304 3.5 8,611
Delta 2,305 113 4.7 2,418
Denton 500,121 20,436 3.9 520,557
DeWitt 8,512 392 4.4 8,904
Dickens 624 32 4.9 656
Dimmit 5,071 284 5.3 5,355
Donley 1,339 55 3.9 1,394
Duval 4,712 383 7.5 5,095
Eastland 6,121 387 5.9 6,508
Ector 73,195 5,558 7.1 78,753
Edwards 1,352 55 3.9 1,407
El Paso 347,650 19,745 5.4 367,395
Ellis 93,471 3,874 4.0 97,345
Erath 18,811 815 4.2 19,626
Falls 6,440 331 4.9 6,771
Fannin 16,523 622 3.6 17,145
Fayette 10,836 456 4.0 11,292
Fisher 1,490 64 4.1 1,554
Floyd 2,271 126 5.3 2,397
Foard 544 20 3.5 564
Fort Bend 380,539 20,762 5.2 401,301
Franklin 5,058 211 4.0 5,269
Freestone 5,594 397 6.6 5,991
Frio 8,725 378 4.2 9,103
Gaines 8,976 363 3.9 9,339
Galveston 156,846 9,639 5.8 166,485
Garza 1,817 88 4.6 1,905
Gillespie 12,946 439 3.3 13,385
Glasscock 756 22 2.8 778
Goliad 3,015 183 5.7 3,198
Gonzales 9,358 367 3.8 9,725
Gray 6,896 454 6.2 7,350
Grayson 63,551 2,749 4.1 66,300
Gregg 53,850 3,167 5.6 57,017
Grimes 10,152 652 6.0 10,804
Guadalupe 80,150 3,246 3.9 83,396
Hale 10,814 661 5.8 11,475
Hall 1,000 53 5.0 1,053
Hamilton 3,626 136 3.6 3,762
Hansford 2,435 74 2.9 2,509
Hardeman 1,626 69 4.1 1,695
Hardin 23,816 1,777 6.9 25,593
Harris 2,183,936 128,630 5.6 2,312,566
Harrison 26,555 1,638 5.8 28,193
Hartley 2,561 60 2.3 2,621
Haskell 2,564 101 3.8 2,665
Hays 122,781 4,666 3.7 127,447
Hemphill 1,443 66 4.4 1,509
Henderson 35,978 1,755 4.7 37,733
Hidalgo 337,582 29,486 8.0 367,068
Hill 15,715 761 4.6 16,476
Hockley 9,523 545 5.4 10,068
Hood 27,313 1,300 4.5 28,613
Hopkins 16,803 710 4.1 17,513
Houston 9,735 457 4.5 10,192
Howard 12,027 759 5.9 12,786
Hudspeth 1,768 90 4.8 1,858
Hunt 43,237 2,049 4.5 45,286
Hutchinson 7,813 459 5.5 8,272
Irion 737 34 4.4 771
Jack 3,121 165 5.0 3,286
Jackson 6,633 312 4.5 6,945
Jasper 11,347 1,116 9.0 12,463
Jeff Davis 910 43 4.5 953
Jefferson 97,383 8,875 8.4 106,258
Jim Hogg 1,680 143 7.8 1,823
Jim Wells 13,452 1,354 9.1 14,806
Johnson 81,904 3,603 4.2 85,507
Jones 5,654 321 5.4 5,975
Karnes 6,271 317 4.8 6,588
Kaufman 66,712 3,048 4.4 69,760
Kendall 22,395 799 3.4 23,194
Kenedy 146 11 7.0 157
Kent 433 13 2.9 446
Kerr 20,462 924 4.3 21,386
Kimble 1,786 73 3.9 1,859
King 425 4 0.9 429
Kinney 1,097 60 5.2 1,157
Kleberg 11,674 845 6.7 12,519
Knox 1,368 62 4.3 1,430
La Salle 3,262 143 4.2 3,405
Lamar 22,976 1,272 5.2 24,248
Lamb 4,854 239 4.7 5,093
Lampasas 8,921 397 4.3 9,318
Lavaca 8,063 351 4.2 8,414
Lee 8,168 335 3.9 8,503
Leon 5,739 398 6.5 6,137
Liberty 31,352 2,719 8.0 34,071
Limestone 7,511 470 5.9 7,981
Lipscomb 1,425 51 3.5 1,476
Live Oak 4,447 289 6.1 4,736
Llano 8,310 391 4.5 8,701
Loving 432 5 1.1 437
Lubbock 154,421 6,313 3.9 160,734
Lynn 2,700 102 3.6 2,802
Madison 4,191 258 5.8 4,449
Marion 3,850 258 6.3 4,108
Martin 2,454 106 4.1 2,560
Mason 1,649 75 4.4 1,724
Matagorda 14,908 1,209 7.5 16,117
Maverick 19,556 2,285 10.5 21,841
McCulloch 2,859 187 6.1 3,046
McLennan 118,935 5,280 4.3 124,215
McMullen 658 15 2.2 673
Medina 21,326 979 4.4 22,305
Menard 823 38 4.4 861
Midland 92,629 4,843 5.0 97,472
Milam 9,300 518 5.3 9,818
Mills 1,801 81 4.3 1,882
Mitchell 2,126 146 6.4 2,272
Montague 8,492 444 5.0 8,936
Montgomery 275,749 14,743 5.1 290,492
Moore 10,614 325 3.0 10,939
Morris 4,033 437 9.8 4,470
Motley 414 23 5.3 437
Nacogdoches 26,621 1,384 4.9 28,005
Navarro 21,822 1,053 4.6 22,875
Newton 4,699 424 8.3 5,123
Nolan 6,912 291 4.0 7,203
Nueces 155,427 10,091 6.1 165,518
Ochiltree 3,706 158 4.1 3,864
Oldham 894 32 3.5 926
Orange 33,777 2,782 7.6 36,559
Palo Pinto 11,955 638 5.1 12,593
Panola 8,411 571 6.4 8,982
Parker 67,833 2,780 3.9 70,613
Parmer 4,889 129 2.6 5,018
Pecos 5,704 381 6.3 6,085
Polk 16,866 1,280 7.1 18,146
Potter 53,814 2,058 3.7 55,872
Presidio 2,649 274 9.4 2,923
Rains 5,966 229 3.7 6,195
Randall 72,386 2,407 3.2 74,793
Reagan 1,464 107 6.8 1,571
Real 1,006 67 6.2 1,073
Red River 4,919 290 5.6 5,209
Reeves 7,421 433 5.5 7,854
Refugio 2,754 183 6.2 2,937
Roberts 368 15 3.9 383
Robertson 7,049 355 4.8 7,404
Rockwall 53,174 2,135 3.9 55,309
Runnels 4,362 177 3.9 4,539
Rusk 21,331 1,152 5.1 22,483
Sabine 3,561 322 8.3 3,883
San Augustine 2,714 219 7.5 2,933
San Jacinto 11,037 771 6.5 11,808
San Patricio 27,232 2,276 7.7 29,508
San Saba 2,010 89 4.2 2,099
Schleicher 1,078 60 5.3 1,138
Scurry 5,449 365 6.3 5,814
Shackelford 1,731 71 3.9 1,802
Shelby 10,715 557 4.9 11,272
Sherman 1,313 39 2.9 1,352
Smith 109,247 4,984 4.4 114,231
Somervell 4,286 196 4.4 4,482
Starr 20,843 3,494 14.4 24,337
Stephens 3,814 178 4.5 3,992
Sterling 586 25 4.1 611
Stonewall 575 22 3.7 597
Sutton 995 84 7.8 1,079
Swisher 2,399 118 4.7 2,517
Tarrant 1,059,902 50,373 4.5 1,110,275
Taylor 66,398 2,618 3.8 69,016
Terrell 387 15 3.7 402
Terry 4,429 263 5.6 4,692
Throckmorton 742 27 3.5 769
Titus 12,630 661 5.0 13,291
Tom Green 51,456 2,359 4.4 53,815
Travis 751,157 26,886 3.5 778,043
Trinity 4,971 354 6.6 5,325
Tyler 6,746 551 7.6 7,297
Upshur 16,748 992 5.6 17,740
Upton 1,693 80 4.5 1,773
Uvalde 10,252 537 5.0 10,789
Val Verde 20,200 1,135 5.3 21,335
Van Zandt 25,351 1,116 4.2 26,467
Victoria 38,871 2,341 5.7 41,212
Walker 22,679 1,353 5.6 24,032
Waller 22,920 1,347 5.6 24,267
Ward 5,169 354 6.4 5,523
Washington 14,473 706 4.7 15,179
Webb 110,112 6,328 5.4 116,440
Wharton 19,625 1,058 5.1 20,683
Wheeler 1,912 112 5.5 2,024
Wichita 53,746 2,548 4.5 56,294
Wilbarger 4,573 283 5.8 4,856
Willacy 6,124 631 9.3 6,755
Williamson 323,537 11,854 3.5 335,391
Wilson 24,496 989 3.9 25,485
Winkler 3,257 255 7.3 3,512
Wise 31,776 1,526 4.6 33,302
Wood 16,953 906 5.1 17,859
Yoakum 2,895 210 6.8 3,105
Young 7,575 331 4.2 7,906
Zapata 3,902 486 11.1 4,388
Zavala 3,020 351 10.4 3,371