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Category: Economics and Employment
Date: 27 December 2019 In this article we focus on the unemployment rate for October 2019 for the state of Texas. Texas is the state with the 2nd biggest labor force in the United States. All data obtained from from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Unemployment rate per county in Texas for October 2019
So first up lets take a look at the unemployment rate per county of Texas for the month of October 2019. The summary below shows the unemployment rate per county in Texas sorted from highest unemployment rate to lowest unemployment rate.
Starr county in Texas had the highest unemployment rate in October 2019, with its unemployment rate sitting at 9.6%, while Reeves county had the lowest unemployment in Texas during October 2019
- Starr County : 9.6
- Zavala County : 8.1
- Willacy County : 7.2
- Maverick County : 6.4
- Presidio County : 6.3
- Sabine County : 6
- Hidalgo County : 5.6
- Jasper County : 5.5
- Newton County : 5.4
- Jefferson County : 5.3
- Matagorda County : 5.3
- Cameron County : 5.2
- Morris County : 5.1
- Brooks County : 5
- San Patricio County : 5
- Tyler County : 5
- Freestone County : 4.8
- San Augustine County : 4.8
- Trinity County : 4.8
- Liberty County : 4.7
- Orange County : 4.6
- Red River County : 4.6
- Zapata County : 4.6
- McCulloch County : 4.5
- Hudspeth County : 4.4
- Leon County : 4.4
- Polk County : 4.4
- Bee County : 4.3
- Jim Hogg County : 4.3
- Jim Wells County : 4.3
- Milam County : 4.3
- San Jacinto County : 4.3
- Bowie County : 4.2
- Culberson County : 4.2
- Dickens County : 4.2
- Kleberg County : 4.2
- Chambers County : 4.1
- Duval County : 4.1
- Hardin County : 4.1
- Hutchinson County : 4.1
- Marion County : 4.1
- Brazoria County : 4
- Hale County : 4
- Harrison County : 4
- Jones County : 4
- Madison County : 4
- Angelina County : 3.9
- Camp County : 3.9
- Cass County : 3.9
- Refugio County : 3.9
- Titus County : 3.9
- Coleman County : 3.8
- Grimes County : 3.8
- Hall County : 3.8
- Lamb County : 3.8
- Limestone County : 3.8
- Loving County : 3.8
- Nueces County : 3.8
- Real County : 3.8
- Wood County : 3.8
- Aransas County : 3.7
- Cottle County : 3.7
- Dawson County : 3.7
- El Paso County : 3.7
- Galveston County : 3.7
- Mitchell County : 3.7
- Panola County : 3.7
- Shelby County : 3.7
- Walker County : 3.7
- Waller County : 3.7
- Brown County : 3.6
- Cherokee County : 3.6
- Coryell County : 3.6
- Crockett County : 3.6
- Crosby County : 3.6
- Floyd County : 3.6
- Gregg County : 3.6
- Harris County : 3.6
- Throckmorton County : 3.6
- Uvalde County : 3.6
- Bell County : 3.5
- Concho County : 3.5
- Crane County : 3.5
- Nacogdoches County : 3.5
- Rusk County : 3.5
- Sutton County : 3.5
- Swisher County : 3.5
- Terrell County : 3.5
- Upshur County : 3.5
- Briscoe County : 3.4
- Franklin County : 3.4
- Val Verde County : 3.4
- Webb County : 3.4
- Atascosa County : 3.3
- Comanche County : 3.3
- Delta County : 3.3
- Fort Bend County : 3.3
- Gray County : 3.3
- Henderson County : 3.3
- Hood County : 3.3
- Hunt County : 3.3
- Menard County : 3.3
- Somervell County : 3.3
- Terry County : 3.3
- Victoria County : 3.3
- Austin County : 3.2
- Bandera County : 3.2
- Bosque County : 3.2
- Collingsworth County : 3.2
- Dallas County : 3.2
- Goliad County : 3.2
- Hill County : 3.2
- Kenedy County : 3.2
- Lamar County : 3.2
- Montgomery County : 3.2
- Robertson County : 3.2
- Tarrant County : 3.2
- Wharton County : 3.2
- Bailey County : 3.1
- Caldwell County : 3.1
- Coke County : 3.1
- Erath County : 3.1
- Falls County : 3.1
- Houston County : 3.1
- Howard County : 3.1
- Johnson County : 3.1
- Kaufman County : 3.1
- Kinney County : 3.1
- Live Oak County : 3.1
- Llano County : 3.1
- McLennan County : 3.1
- Scurry County : 3.1
- Smith County : 3.1
- Wheeler County : 3.1
- Wilbarger County : 3.1
- Calhoun County : 3
- Colorado County : 3
- Hamilton County : 3
- Hardeman County : 3
- Knox County : 3
- Lampasas County : 3
- Mason County : 3
- Mills County : 3
- Pecos County : 3
- Van Zandt County : 3
- Washington County : 3
- Wichita County : 3
- Wise County : 3
- Yoakum County : 3
- Bastrop County : 2.9
- Bexar County : 2.9
- Burleson County : 2.9
- Callahan County : 2.9
- Clay County : 2.9
- Collin County : 2.9
- Ellis County : 2.9
- Foard County : 2.9
- Grayson County : 2.9
- Haskell County : 2.9
- Jackson County : 2.9
- Kerr County : 2.9
- Martin County : 2.9
- Medina County : 2.9
- Motley County : 2.9
- Navarro County : 2.9
- Nolan County : 2.9
- Palo Pinto County : 2.9
- Rockwall County : 2.9
- Schleicher County : 2.9
- Stephens County : 2.9
- Tom Green County : 2.9
- Anderson County : 2.8
- Childress County : 2.8
- Cochran County : 2.8
- Comal County : 2.8
- Donley County : 2.8
- Hockley County : 2.8
- Hopkins County : 2.8
- Kimble County : 2.8
- Lavaca County : 2.8
- Lynn County : 2.8
- Montague County : 2.8
- Parker County : 2.8
- Sterling County : 2.8
- Taylor County : 2.8
- Young County : 2.8
- Archer County : 2.7
- Brewster County : 2.7
- Denton County : 2.7
- Eastland County : 2.7
- Ector County : 2.7
- Fisher County : 2.7
- Guadalupe County : 2.7
- Hays County : 2.7
- Jeff Davis County : 2.7
- Kent County : 2.7
- Rains County : 2.7
- Reagan County : 2.7
- Runnels County : 2.7
- San Saba County : 2.7
- Williamson County : 2.7
- Wilson County : 2.7
- Armstrong County : 2.6
- Burnet County : 2.6
- Cooke County : 2.6
- DeWitt County : 2.6
- Fannin County : 2.6
- Gonzales County : 2.6
- Irion County : 2.6
- Jack County : 2.6
- Lee County : 2.6
- Lubbock County : 2.6
- Ochiltree County : 2.6
- Potter County : 2.6
- Roberts County : 2.6
- Stonewall County : 2.6
- Brazos County : 2.5
- Castro County : 2.5
- Deaf Smith County : 2.5
- Kendall County : 2.5
- Lipscomb County : 2.5
- Baylor County : 2.4
- Carson County : 2.4
- Fayette County : 2.4
- Garza County : 2.4
- Hemphill County : 2.4
- Karnes County : 2.4
- Oldham County : 2.4
- Travis County : 2.4
- Upton County : 2.4
- Blanco County : 2.3
- Dimmit County : 2.3
- Edwards County : 2.3
- Frio County : 2.3
- Gaines County : 2.3
- La Salle County : 2.3
- Randall County : 2.3
- Sherman County : 2.3
- Andrews County : 2.2
- Gillespie County : 2.2
- Moore County : 2.2
- Ward County : 2.2
- Hansford County : 2.1
- Midland County : 2.1
- Winkler County : 2.1
- Borden County : 2
- Parmer County : 2
- Shackelford County : 2
- Dallam County : 1.8
- King County : 1.8
- McMullen County : 1.8
- Hartley County : 1.7
- Glasscock County : 1.6
- Reeves County : 1.5
Starr county in Texas had the highest unemployment rate in October 2019, with its unemployment rate sitting at 9.6%, while Reeves county had the lowest unemployment in Texas during October 2019
The image below shows the unemployment rate per county in Texas.. And there are 254 counties in the state of Texas. The image below is basically a graphical representation of the summary provided above. 70 counties in Texas had unemployment rates greater than the national USA average, while 174 counties in Texas had unemployment rates lower than the national USA average. 10 countries in Texas had unemployment rates which was equal to the national USA average.
Next up we will take a look at the net change in the unemployment rate per county in Texas. The aim of this is to identify if there are specific counties which saw sharp increases or decreases in its unemployment rate over the last 12 months.
The summary below shows the net change in the unemployment rate per county of Texas sorted from the state that shows the largest increase in unemployment to the county that had the biggest decline in their unemployment rate.
- Starr County: 1.5
- Culberson County: 1.3
- McCulloch County: 1
- Crockett County: 0.9
- Terrell County: 0.6
- Hemphill County: 0.5
- Reagan County: 0.5
- Childress County: 0.4
- Foard County: 0.4
- Martin County: 0.4
- Presidio County: 0.4
- Schleicher County: 0.4
- Throckmorton County: 0.4
- Yoakum County: 0.4
- Ector County: 0.3
- Erath County: 0.3
- Jack County: 0.3
- Concho County: 0.2
- Dickens County: 0.2
- Grimes County: 0.2
- Hall County: 0.2
- Howard County: 0.2
- Kent County: 0.2
- Midland County: 0.2
- Sutton County: 0.2
- Trinity County: 0.2
- Armstrong County: 0.1
- Briscoe County: 0.1
- Brown County: 0.1
- Clay County: 0.1
- Collingsworth County: 0.1
- Comanche County: 0.1
- Crane County: 0.1
- Delta County: 0.1
- Hidalgo County: 0.1
- La Salle County: 0.1
- Leon County: 0.1
- Menard County: 0.1
- Ochiltree County: 0.1
- Polk County: 0.1
- Scurry County: 0.1
- Wheeler County: 0.1
- Andrews County: 0
- Austin County: 0
- Brazoria County: 0
- Coke County: 0
- Coleman County: 0
- Edwards County: 0
- Hamilton County: 0
- Hansford County: 0
- Harrison County: 0
- Hockley County: 0
- Hood County: 0
- Houston County: 0
- Hudspeth County: 0
- Irion County: 0
- Lipscomb County: 0
- Loving County: 0
- Lynn County: 0
- Mason County: 0
- Matagorda County: 0
- Maverick County: 0
- Panola County: 0
- Runnels County: 0
- San Saba County: 0
- Walker County: 0
- Ward County: 0
- Anderson County: -0.1
- Bandera County: -0.1
- Blanco County: -0.1
- Brazos County: -0.1
- Burnet County: -0.1
- Cameron County: -0.1
- Carson County: -0.1
- Colorado County: -0.1
- Cooke County: -0.1
- Cottle County: -0.1
- Dallam County: -0.1
- Deaf Smith County: -0.1
- Gaines County: -0.1
- Grayson County: -0.1
- Hays County: -0.1
- Jackson County: -0.1
- Jeff Davis County: -0.1
- Jefferson County: -0.1
- Johnson County: -0.1
- Kaufman County: -0.1
- Kimble County: -0.1
- Madison County: -0.1
- Marion County: -0.1
- Mitchell County: -0.1
- Nacogdoches County: -0.1
- Newton County: -0.1
- Palo Pinto County: -0.1
- Parker County: -0.1
- Potter County: -0.1
- Refugio County: -0.1
- Rockwall County: -0.1
- Tarrant County: -0.1
- Tom Green County: -0.1
- Victoria County: -0.1
- Webb County: -0.1
- Wharton County: -0.1
- Wichita County: -0.1
- Wilson County: -0.1
- Young County: -0.1
- Angelina County: -0.2
- Atascosa County: -0.2
- Bastrop County: -0.2
- Bexar County: -0.2
- Burleson County: -0.2
- Castro County: -0.2
- Cherokee County: -0.2
- Collin County: -0.2
- Comal County: -0.2
- Dimmit County: -0.2
- El Paso County: -0.2
- Ellis County: -0.2
- Fannin County: -0.2
- Fayette County: -0.2
- Garza County: -0.2
- Gonzales County: -0.2
- Gregg County: -0.2
- Hardeman County: -0.2
- Hartley County: -0.2
- Henderson County: -0.2
- Jasper County: -0.2
- Karnes County: -0.2
- Kerr County: -0.2
- Lamar County: -0.2
- Lavaca County: -0.2
- Lee County: -0.2
- Liberty County: -0.2
- Live Oak County: -0.2
- Lubbock County: -0.2
- McLennan County: -0.2
- Montague County: -0.2
- Moore County: -0.2
- Nolan County: -0.2
- Oldham County: -0.2
- Orange County: -0.2
- Parmer County: -0.2
- Randall County: -0.2
- Rusk County: -0.2
- San Jacinto County: -0.2
- Shackelford County: -0.2
- Somervell County: -0.2
- Taylor County: -0.2
- Waller County: -0.2
- Williamson County: -0.2
- Wise County: -0.2
- Archer County: -0.3
- Bosque County: -0.3
- Caldwell County: -0.3
- Callahan County: -0.3
- Dallas County: -0.3
- DeWitt County: -0.3
- Denton County: -0.3
- Eastland County: -0.3
- Falls County: -0.3
- Fort Bend County: -0.3
- Frio County: -0.3
- Gillespie County: -0.3
- Glasscock County: -0.3
- Goliad County: -0.3
- Guadalupe County: -0.3
- Harris County: -0.3
- Hill County: -0.3
- Hopkins County: -0.3
- Hunt County: -0.3
- Hutchinson County: -0.3
- Kendall County: -0.3
- Kleberg County: -0.3
- Knox County: -0.3
- Lamb County: -0.3
- McMullen County: -0.3
- Medina County: -0.3
- Montgomery County: -0.3
- Nueces County: -0.3
- Pecos County: -0.3
- Reeves County: -0.3
- San Patricio County: -0.3
- Sherman County: -0.3
- Stephens County: -0.3
- Swisher County: -0.3
- Travis County: -0.3
- Van Zandt County: -0.3
- Washington County: -0.3
- Winkler County: -0.3
- Wood County: -0.3
- Zapata County: -0.3
- Bee County: -0.4
- Brewster County: -0.4
- Calhoun County: -0.4
- Chambers County: -0.4
- Coryell County: -0.4
- Fisher County: -0.4
- Franklin County: -0.4
- Galveston County: -0.4
- Gray County: -0.4
- Hardin County: -0.4
- Jim Wells County: -0.4
- Llano County: -0.4
- Milam County: -0.4
- Navarro County: -0.4
- Sabine County: -0.4
- Shelby County: -0.4
- Smith County: -0.4
- Sterling County: -0.4
- Terry County: -0.4
- Upshur County: -0.4
- Bell County: -0.5
- Dawson County: -0.5
- Hale County: -0.5
- Kenedy County: -0.5
- Limestone County: -0.5
- Mills County: -0.5
- Rains County: -0.5
- Roberts County: -0.5
- Uvalde County: -0.5
- Val Verde County: -0.5
- Brooks County: -0.6
- Donley County: -0.6
- Freestone County: -0.6
- Haskell County: -0.6
- Jones County: -0.6
- Kinney County: -0.6
- Tyler County: -0.6
- Wilbarger County: -0.6
- Zavala County: -0.6
- Crosby County: -0.7
- Duval County: -0.7
- Lampasas County: -0.7
- Red River County: -0.7
- Robertson County: -0.7
- San Augustine County: -0.7
- Borden County: -0.8
- Bowie County: -0.8
- Titus County: -0.8
- Bailey County: -0.9
- Baylor County: -0.9
- Cass County: -0.9
- Cochran County: -0.9
- Morris County: -0.9
- Real County: -0.9
- Stonewall County: -0.9
- Aransas County: -1
- Camp County: -1
- Motley County: -1
- Willacy County: -1.1
- Floyd County: -1.3
- Jim Hogg County: -1.3
- King County: -1.3
- Upton County: -1.3
The image below shows the net change in the unemployment rate per county in Texas with the blue colours representing counties that saw increases in their unemployment rate and the lighter brown colors showing counties with moderate decreases in their unemployment rate and the darker brown showing counties that had large decreases in their unemployment rate.
Starr county has the highest unemployment rate in the state of Texas, and it saw the sharpest increase in its unemployment rate in the last 12 months of any county in the state of Texas, while Upton county had the sharpest decline in their unemployment rate from a year ago with Upton county in Texas seeing its unemployment rate drop from 3.7% unemployment in October 2018 to 2.4% in October 2019