Which counties in Texas are adding jobs fastest?

Culberson County (+60.1%), Childress County (+51.6%) and Clay County (+47.3%) added private-sector jobs fastest in Texas between 2018 and 2023.

Data as of 2023 · updated November 5, 2026

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Texas counties ranked by private-sector job growth
Rank	County	Change 2018–23	Private jobs 2023	Residents
1	Culberson County	+60.1%	1,113	2,267
2	Childress County	+51.6%	1,897	6,643
3	Clay County	+47.3%	1,108	10,764
4	Waller County	+46.7%	18,058	69,858
5	Concho County	+44.1%	565	3,607
6	Wilbarger County	+43.4%	4,654	12,481
7	San Jacinto County	+43.0%	1,421	29,488
8	Willacy County	+40.7%	3,004	19,971
9	Castro County	+40.0%	1,637	7,295
10	Winkler County	+34.0%	3,447	7,540
11	Red River County	+32.9%	1,674	11,816
12	Blanco County	+30.2%	3,028	13,581
13	Guadalupe County	+29.9%	45,112	201,111
14	Dallam County	+29.0%	2,196	7,508
15	Kaufman County	+27.8%	34,851	209,235
16	Parker County	+27.5%	37,874	184,767
17	Rockwall County	+27.2%	35,020	140,738
18	Comal County	+26.6%	65,657	209,166
19	Sherman County	+26.4%	436	2,781
20	Fort Bend County	+26.1%	222,203	975,191
21	Denton County	+24.9%	280,349	1,069,346
22	Houston County	+24.4%	4,018	22,316
23	Grimes County	+23.4%	6,949	34,252
24	Montgomery County	+22.7%	206,056	781,194
25	Upshur County	+22.5%	5,986	44,410
26	Williamson County	+22.5%	203,878	752,827
27	Burnet County	+22.4%	15,327	57,015
28	Irion County	+21.7%	583	1,463
29	Collin County	+21.6%	528,596	1,297,179
30	Hays County	+21.3%	76,995	304,390
31	Mills County	+21.0%	1,049	4,580
32	Johnson County	+21.0%	46,141	218,048
33	Hopkins County	+20.9%	12,022	39,063
34	Andrews County	+20.1%	6,913	18,914
35	Camp County	+19.1%	2,848	13,380
36	Gillespie County	+19.0%	11,690	28,527
37	Parmer County	+19.0%	4,265	9,678
38	Tyler County	+18.2%	2,429	20,443
39	Travis County	+18.2%	736,608	1,389,670
40	Jack County	+17.9%	1,925	9,563
41	Bastrop County	+17.3%	17,763	118,908
42	Foard County	+16.9%	173	1,044
43	Coleman County	+16.8%	1,693	7,915
44	Llano County	+16.3%	4,327	23,353
45	Rains County	+16.2%	1,654	13,542
46	Jackson County	+15.9%	5,775	15,393
47	Aransas County	+15.9%	4,500	26,146
48	Haskell County	+15.7%	1,098	5,499
49	Hood County	+15.7%	15,655	70,501
50	Stephens County	+15.2%	2,374	9,380
51	Ellis County	+15.0%	53,171	240,867
52	Wilson County	+14.9%	7,489	56,139
53	Hartley County	+14.5%	1,386	4,904
54	Brazos County	+14.4%	80,204	249,088
55	Deaf Smith County	+14.3%	6,212	18,626
56	Randall County	+13.9%	36,862	152,351
57	Leon County	+13.8%	4,799	16,894
58	Austin County	+13.8%	8,616	33,625
59	Calhoun County	+13.7%	9,399	19,599
60	Chambers County	+13.6%	15,806	57,594
61	San Saba County	+13.5%	939	5,787
62	Hansford County	+13.4%	1,312	4,944
63	Polk County	+13.3%	9,640	53,434
64	Cameron County	+13.3%	123,749	433,946
65	Kendall County	+13.3%	16,050	53,289
66	Robertson County	+13.1%	3,275	17,839
67	Lynn County	+12.9%	830	6,017
68	Carson County	+12.9%	983	5,805
69	Henderson County	+12.2%	15,622	88,595
70	Moore County	+11.9%	8,969	21,891
71	Trinity County	+11.9%	1,966	14,384
72	Real County	+11.9%	641	2,745
73	Hidalgo County	+11.7%	227,682	921,549
74	Van Zandt County	+11.4%	9,632	66,130
75	Galveston County	+11.1%	95,225	372,207
76	Hunt County	+10.6%	27,606	123,336
77	San Patricio County	+10.5%	17,655	72,053
78	Hardeman County	+10.3%	817	3,292
79	Atascosa County	+10.2%	13,139	53,590
80	Hamilton County	+10.2%	1,865	8,680
81	Sabine County	+10.1%	1,748	10,012
82	Wise County	+10.1%	20,150	83,778
83	Caldwell County	+9.7%	6,760	55,150
84	Dallas County	+9.7%	1,648,702	2,661,397
85	Martin County	+9.6%	1,412	5,284
86	Tarrant County	+9.6%	882,289	2,248,466
87	Archer County	+9.4%	1,390	9,129
88	Kerr County	+9.4%	18,330	54,037
89	Zapata County	+9.3%	1,758	13,753
90	Hall County	+9.2%	439	2,737
91	Cass County	+9.1%	6,192	28,651
92	Liberty County	+9.1%	14,678	121,364
93	Lamar County	+9.1%	19,764	51,503
94	Taylor County	+8.9%	61,016	150,077
95	Colorado County	+8.5%	6,733	21,439
96	Bell County	+8.4%	104,607	402,248
97	Fannin County	+8.3%	5,892	39,265
98	Bee County	+8.1%	5,426	32,515
99	Ward County	+8.0%	4,718	11,125
100	Washington County	+8.0%	13,280	38,288
101	Shelby County	+7.8%	7,070	24,286
102	Wood County	+7.7%	8,596	49,688
103	Medina County	+7.4%	8,249	56,881
104	Lubbock County	+7.2%	124,049	328,906
105	Duval County	+7.2%	1,977	9,402
106	Kleberg County	+7.1%	7,342	30,315
107	Grayson County	+7.0%	42,994	153,613
108	Bexar County	+6.9%	821,509	2,160,088
109	Palo Pinto County	+6.6%	6,372	30,791
110	Walker County	+6.6%	13,537	83,842
111	Fisher County	+6.4%	502	3,692
112	Harris County	+6.1%	2,182,164	5,045,026
113	Limestone County	+6.0%	5,200	22,849
114	Smith County	+6.0%	98,886	252,549
115	Erath County	+5.8%	13,376	43,911
116	Upton County	+5.7%	1,381	3,131
117	Garza County	+5.7%	1,303	4,510
118	Rusk County	+5.6%	10,458	54,854
119	McLennan County	+5.6%	111,600	272,020
120	Falls County	+5.4%	1,805	17,869
121	Lamb County	+5.2%	2,152	12,579
122	Uvalde County	+5.2%	7,455	24,963
123	Somervell County	+5.1%	3,472	10,261
124	Midland County	+4.9%	100,915	187,855
125	Anderson County	+4.8%	12,803	59,805
126	Callahan County	+4.8%	1,725	14,491
127	El Paso County	+4.8%	254,282	877,858
128	Brazoria County	+4.6%	98,916	419,080
129	Webb County	+4.6%	83,434	281,224
130	Milam County	+4.5%	4,663	26,258
131	Briscoe County	+4.4%	167	1,474
132	Harrison County	+4.3%	20,396	71,956
133	Panola County	+4.3%	6,733	23,018
134	Brown County	+4.3%	13,746	38,711
135	Marion County	+4.2%	1,794	9,896
136	Fayette County	+4.2%	7,373	25,459
137	Gaines County	+4.1%	5,154	23,956
138	Bandera County	+3.4%	3,150	22,876
139	Val Verde County	+3.2%	11,850	47,835
140	Cochran County	+3.0%	241	2,546
141	Montague County	+2.6%	3,667	21,966
142	Menard County	+2.5%	209	1,956
143	Jefferson County	+2.3%	105,009	254,321
144	Orange County	+2.0%	19,068	86,266
145	Tom Green County	+2.0%	41,984	120,602
146	Hill County	+2.0%	8,017	39,503
147	Gregg County	+2.0%	67,607	126,095
148	Gray County	+1.9%	5,990	20,919
149	Lipscomb County	+1.8%	896	2,955
150	Bosque County	+1.8%	2,520	18,918
151	Maverick County	+1.8%	12,727	58,823
152	Navarro County	+1.7%	13,928	57,181
153	Kimble County	+1.7%	922	4,438
154	Coryell County	+1.5%	9,657	85,592
155	Gonzales County	+1.5%	4,950	20,159
156	Runnels County	+1.5%	2,181	9,693
157	Howard County	+1.4%	9,082	30,504
158	Glasscock County	+1.4%	370	1,128
159	Cherokee County	+1.2%	11,002	53,337
160	Cooke County	+1.1%	13,433	44,461
161	Potter County	+1.1%	61,818	114,453
162	Young County	+0.9%	5,803	18,154
163	Angelina County	+0.2%	29,172	88,154
164	Crane County	+0.1%	1,050	4,554
165	Lampasas County	+0.0%	4,290	23,657
166	Reeves County	−0.1%	5,405	12,138
167	Zavala County	−0.3%	1,367	9,037
168	Comanche County	−0.3%	2,599	14,432
169	Collingsworth County	−0.4%	477	2,487
170	DeWitt County	−0.4%	5,503	20,309
171	Hudspeth County	−0.5%	378	3,433
172	Ector County	−0.6%	66,236	173,801
173	Hardin County	−0.7%	8,993	58,723
174	Nacogdoches County	−0.8%	18,276	66,035
175	La Salle County	−0.8%	1,798	6,517
176	Burleson County	−0.9%	3,360	20,549
177	Dawson County	−1.2%	2,578	11,776
178	Scurry County	−1.4%	4,859	16,162
179	Bowie County	−1.5%	33,330	92,696
180	San Augustine County	−1.8%	1,262	7,722
181	Titus County	−2.0%	13,985	31,563
182	Wharton County	−2.1%	11,159	42,060
183	Wichita County	−2.1%	44,613	129,555
184	Crosby County	−2.3%	558	4,852
185	Eastland County	−2.9%	5,658	18,143
186	Madison County	−3.1%	2,674	14,226
187	Nolan County	−3.2%	5,011	14,117
188	Yoakum County	−3.4%	2,103	7,438
189	Freestone County	−3.7%	3,144	20,811
190	Jasper County	−3.8%	8,369	33,075
191	Matagorda County	−3.9%	7,870	36,463
192	Nueces County	−4.2%	134,586	352,992
193	Donley County	−4.5%	365	3,213
194	Karnes County	−4.5%	5,230	15,018
195	Baylor County	−4.8%	778	3,472
196	Mason County	−4.8%	790	3,990
197	Presidio County	−5.5%	967	5,433
198	Lavaca County	−5.7%	5,202	20,651
199	Swisher County	−6.1%	855	6,703
200	Starr County	−6.3%	8,704	66,319
201	Victoria County	−6.3%	31,294	92,656
202	Knox County	−6.5%	621	3,192
203	Hutchinson County	−6.9%	5,715	19,633
204	Goliad County	−6.9%	890	7,208
205	Franklin County	−7.2%	6,208	10,994
206	Jim Wells County	−7.5%	12,790	38,804
207	Frio County	−7.9%	4,949	18,823
208	Oldham County	−8.5%	527	1,783
209	Hale County	−9.0%	8,604	31,819
210	Newton County	−9.0%	775	11,954
211	Bailey County	−9.3%	1,248	6,963
212	Ochiltree County	−10.1%	3,247	9,284
213	Refugio County	−10.4%	1,514	6,657
214	Pecos County	−10.6%	3,619	14,560
215	Shackelford County	−10.9%	1,066	3,197
216	Hockley County	−11.0%	6,330	21,600
217	Mitchell County	−11.4%	1,068	8,947
218	Lee County	−11.9%	5,305	18,729
219	Throckmorton County	−12.5%	238	1,554
220	Armstrong County	−12.7%	234	1,843
221	Brooks County	−12.8%	1,344	6,579
222	Coke County	−12.8%	225	3,412
223	Dickens County	−13.0%	207	1,692
224	Motley County	−14.0%	141	1,043
225	Floyd County	−14.4%	804	4,881
226	Wheeler County	−15.1%	1,087	4,773
227	Dimmit County	−15.3%	3,848	8,024
228	Terry County	−15.4%	1,806	11,720
229	Brewster County	−15.8%	2,234	9,458
230	Jones County	−17.0%	2,023	20,861
231	Sutton County	−17.2%	859	3,203
232	Edwards County	−17.2%	241	1,370
233	Stonewall County	−18.1%	370	1,186
234	Jeff Davis County	−20.3%	315	1,711
235	Live Oak County	−21.1%	2,589	11,929
236	Sterling County	−21.6%	232	1,349
237	Morris County	−22.4%	2,297	12,133
238	Delta County	−23.2%	292	5,549
239	McCulloch County	−26.6%	1,761	7,472
240	Reagan County	−28.6%	1,437	3,166
241	Schleicher County	−32.5%	368	2,245
242	Crockett County	−34.5%	756	2,769
243	Hemphill County	−35.4%	1,032	3,083
244	Jim Hogg County	−35.6%	1,120	4,555
245	Kinney County	−37.9%	353	3,128

9 of 254 Texas counties are not ranked on this measure.

How this is ranked

The change in paid employees of private employers in mid-March between 2018 and 2023 (Census Bureau County Business Patterns). Government jobs and the self-employed are not counted. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns. Figures come from public federal statistics and are informational only, not investment advice. Check the source before relying on a number. Methodology: how ranks and figures are built. More on every layer: data sources and licences.

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Which county in Texas has the fastest job growth?

Culberson County: +60.1%, ahead of Childress County (+51.6%) and Clay County (+47.3%), of 245 Texas counties ranked.

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