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Which counties in Texas have the lowest unemployment?

Upton County (1.8%), Stonewall County (2.2%) and Cottle County (2.4%) had the lowest unemployment in Texas in 2025.

Data as of 2025 · updated

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Texas counties ranked by lowest unemployment rate
RankCountyRate 2025Change since 2019Residents
1Upton County1.8%−1.3 pts3,131
2Stonewall County2.2%−0.4 pts1,186
3Cottle County2.4%−1.0 pts1,224
4Childress County2.5%−0.1 pts6,643
5Crane County2.6%−0.2 pts4,554
6Castro County2.8%+0.2 pts7,295
7Dallam County2.8%+0.7 pts7,508
8Glasscock County2.8%−0.2 pts1,128
9Carson County2.9%+0.3 pts5,805
10Fisher County2.9%+0.4 pts3,692
11Parmer County2.9%+0.5 pts9,678
12Randall County2.9%+0.5 pts152,351
13Sherman County2.9%+0.9 pts2,781
14Baylor County3.0%+0.6 pts3,472
15Brewster County3.0%+0.4 pts9,458
16Moore County3.0%+0.4 pts21,891
17Andrews County3.1%+0.8 pts18,914
18Edwards County3.1%+0.8 pts1,370
19Foard County3.1%−0.1 pts1,044
20Gillespie County3.1%+0.4 pts28,527
21Hardeman County3.1%+0.5 pts3,292
22Hartley County3.1%+0.7 pts4,904
23Midland County3.1%+0.7 pts187,855
24Armstrong County3.2%+0.3 pts1,843
25Collingsworth County3.2%+0.7 pts2,487
26Comanche County3.2%+0.4 pts14,432
27Gaines County3.2%+0.6 pts23,956
28Lipscomb County3.2%+0.5 pts2,955
29Mitchell County3.2%+0.5 pts8,947
30Ochiltree County3.2%+0.8 pts9,284
31Winkler County3.2%+0.3 pts7,540
32Coke County3.3%+0.2 pts3,412
33Crockett County3.3%+0.3 pts2,769
34Hopkins County3.3%+0.2 pts39,063
35Irion County3.3%+0.7 pts1,463
36Lavaca County3.3%+0.5 pts20,651
37Martin County3.3%+0.6 pts5,284
38Mills County3.3%+0.4 pts4,580
39Oldham County3.3%+0.0 pts1,783
40Shackelford County3.3%+0.7 pts3,197
41Tom Green County3.3%+0.4 pts120,602
42Wheeler County3.3%+0.7 pts4,773
43Briscoe County3.4%+0.3 pts1,474
44Callahan County3.4%+0.4 pts14,491
45Concho County3.4%−0.3 pts3,607
46Deaf Smith County3.4%+0.5 pts18,626
47Hansford County3.4%+0.6 pts4,944
48Hays County3.4%+0.6 pts304,390
49Kerr County3.4%+0.6 pts54,037
50Lynn County3.4%+0.3 pts6,017
51Taylor County3.4%+0.5 pts150,077
52Travis County3.4%+0.7 pts1,389,670
53Blanco County3.5%+0.6 pts13,581
54Coleman County3.5%+0.1 pts7,915
55Jones County3.5%−0.1 pts20,861
56Kendall County3.5%+0.7 pts53,289
57Knox County3.5%+0.6 pts3,192
58Lubbock County3.5%+0.6 pts328,906
59Menard County3.5%+0.6 pts1,956
60Parker County3.5%+0.6 pts184,767
61Potter County3.5%+0.6 pts114,453
62Runnels County3.5%+0.7 pts9,693
63Ward County3.5%+0.5 pts11,125
64Williamson County3.5%+0.6 pts752,827
65Young County3.5%+0.6 pts18,154
66Archer County3.6%+0.7 pts9,129
67Brazos County3.6%+0.7 pts249,088
68Burleson County3.6%+0.4 pts20,549
69Burnet County3.6%+0.7 pts57,015
70Caldwell County3.6%+0.3 pts55,150
71Erath County3.6%+0.4 pts43,911
72Franklin County3.6%+0.3 pts10,994
73Gonzales County3.6%+0.8 pts20,159
74Lamb County3.6%+0.2 pts12,579
75Lee County3.6%+0.6 pts18,729
76Mason County3.6%+0.4 pts3,990
77Sterling County3.6%+0.8 pts1,349
78Bastrop County3.7%+0.5 pts118,908
79Calhoun County3.7%+0.1 pts19,599
80Colorado County3.7%+0.4 pts21,439
81Comal County3.7%+0.7 pts209,166
82Cooke County3.7%+0.9 pts44,461
83Ector County3.7%+0.9 pts173,801
84Johnson County3.7%+0.6 pts218,048
85Kimble County3.7%+0.9 pts4,438
86Nolan County3.7%+0.4 pts14,117
87Reeves County3.7%+1.1 pts12,138
88Rockwall County3.7%+0.7 pts140,738
89San Saba County3.7%+0.7 pts5,787
90Wilson County3.7%+0.7 pts56,139
91Wise County3.7%+0.6 pts83,778
92Clay County3.8%+0.7 pts10,764
93Culberson County3.8%−1.1 pts2,267
94Denton County3.8%+0.8 pts1,069,346
95Ellis County3.8%+0.7 pts240,867
96Fayette County3.8%+0.8 pts25,459
97Guadalupe County3.8%+0.8 pts201,111
98Hill County3.8%+0.5 pts39,503
99Hockley County3.8%+0.6 pts21,600
100Howard County3.8%+0.9 pts30,504
101Leon County3.8%−0.2 pts16,894
102Scurry County3.8%+0.6 pts16,162
103Wichita County3.8%+0.7 pts129,555
104Wilbarger County3.8%+0.8 pts12,481
105Austin County3.9%+0.5 pts33,625
106Brown County3.9%+0.5 pts38,711
107Cochran County3.9%+0.5 pts2,546
108Collin County3.9%+0.7 pts1,297,179
109Dickens County3.9%+0.2 pts1,692
110Fannin County3.9%+0.8 pts39,265
111Gray County3.9%+0.8 pts20,919
112Grayson County3.9%+0.8 pts153,613
113Rains County3.9%+0.4 pts13,542
114Tarrant County3.9%+0.6 pts2,248,466
115Washington County3.9%+0.7 pts38,288
116Yoakum County3.9%+0.9 pts7,438
117Bandera County4.0%+0.4 pts22,876
118Bexar County4.0%+0.9 pts2,160,088
119Bosque County4.0%+0.3 pts18,918
120Haskell County4.0%+0.4 pts5,499
121Hudspeth County4.0%−1.8 pts3,433
122Llano County4.0%+0.3 pts23,353
123McLennan County4.0%+0.6 pts272,020
124Palo Pinto County4.0%+0.7 pts30,791
125Smith County4.0%+0.6 pts252,549
126Titus County4.0%+0.3 pts31,563
127Bailey County4.1%+0.7 pts6,963
128Dallas County4.1%+0.6 pts2,661,397
129Delta County4.1%+0.4 pts5,549
130Falls County4.1%+0.7 pts17,869
131Floyd County4.1%−0.2 pts4,881
132Hutchinson County4.1%−0.1 pts19,633
133Karnes County4.1%+0.9 pts15,018
134Kaufman County4.1%+0.9 pts209,235
135Lamar County4.1%+0.6 pts51,503
136Montgomery County4.1%+0.8 pts781,194
137Pecos County4.1%+0.6 pts14,560
138Van Zandt County4.1%+0.5 pts66,130
139Victoria County4.1%+0.7 pts92,656
140Anderson County4.2%+0.7 pts59,805
141Bowie County4.2%−0.2 pts92,696
142Brooks County4.2%+0.4 pts6,579
143Crosby County4.2%+0.3 pts4,852
144Dawson County4.2%+0.1 pts11,776
145Donley County4.2%+0.8 pts3,213
146Hale County4.2%+0.4 pts31,819
147Hamilton County4.2%+0.8 pts8,680
148Hunt County4.2%+0.8 pts123,336
149Kinney County4.2%+0.9 pts3,128
150Lampasas County4.2%+0.8 pts23,657
151Medina County4.2%+1.0 pts56,881
152Motley County4.2%+0.8 pts1,043
153Nueces County4.2%+0.1 pts352,992
154Reagan County4.2%+1.4 pts3,166
155Somervell County4.2%+0.4 pts10,261
156Stephens County4.2%+0.7 pts9,380
157Cherokee County4.3%+0.7 pts53,337
158Fort Bend County4.3%+0.8 pts975,191
159Hall County4.3%+0.5 pts2,737
160Hood County4.3%+0.7 pts70,501
161Jackson County4.3%+0.9 pts15,393
162Milam County4.3%−0.4 pts26,258
163Montague County4.3%+1.2 pts21,966
164Real County4.3%+0.6 pts2,745
165Robertson County4.3%+0.4 pts17,839
166Terry County4.3%+0.6 pts11,720
167Uvalde County4.3%+0.4 pts24,963
168Walker County4.3%+0.9 pts83,842
169Angelina County4.4%+0.5 pts88,154
170Atascosa County4.4%+0.7 pts53,590
171El Paso County4.4%+0.7 pts877,858
172Galveston County4.4%+0.4 pts372,207
173Jeff Davis County4.4%−0.3 pts1,711
174Kleberg County4.4%+0.1 pts30,315
175Limestone County4.4%+0.6 pts22,849
176McCulloch County4.4%−0.9 pts7,472
177Rusk County4.4%+0.7 pts54,854
178Swisher County4.4%+0.6 pts6,703
179Upshur County4.4%+0.7 pts44,410
180Wharton County4.4%+0.5 pts42,060
181Camp County4.5%+0.5 pts13,380
182Grimes County4.5%+0.5 pts34,252
183Hardin County4.5%−0.1 pts58,723
184Harris County4.5%+0.7 pts5,045,026
185Henderson County4.5%+0.6 pts88,595
186Houston County4.5%+0.4 pts22,316
187Madison County4.5%+0.6 pts14,226
188Nacogdoches County4.5%+0.9 pts66,035
189Throckmorton County4.5%+0.7 pts1,554
190Bell County4.6%+0.9 pts402,248
191Brazoria County4.6%+0.3 pts419,080
192Duval County4.6%−0.5 pts9,402
193Goliad County4.6%+1.0 pts7,208
194Gregg County4.6%+0.8 pts126,095
195Navarro County4.6%+1.1 pts57,181
196Orange County4.6%−0.2 pts86,266
197Red River County4.6%−0.3 pts11,816
198Schleicher County4.6%+1.0 pts2,245
199Webb County4.6%+0.8 pts281,224
200Coryell County4.7%+0.9 pts85,592
201Freestone County4.7%+0.2 pts20,811
202Wood County4.7%+0.8 pts49,688
203Aransas County4.8%+0.4 pts26,146
204Bee County4.8%+0.7 pts32,515
205Chambers County4.8%+0.6 pts57,594
206DeWitt County4.8%+1.4 pts20,309
207Harrison County4.8%+1.0 pts71,956
208Hemphill County4.8%+1.8 pts3,083
209La Salle County4.8%+1.4 pts6,517
210Cass County4.9%+0.2 pts28,651
211Jim Hogg County4.9%+0.6 pts4,555
212Live Oak County4.9%+1.0 pts11,929
213Polk County4.9%+0.4 pts53,434
214Refugio County4.9%+0.9 pts6,657
215Shelby County4.9%+0.4 pts24,286
216Panola County5.0%+0.7 pts23,018
217San Patricio County5.0%−0.4 pts72,053
218Jim Wells County5.1%+0.5 pts38,804
219Trinity County5.1%+0.3 pts14,384
220San Jacinto County5.2%+0.3 pts29,488
221Val Verde County5.2%+1.7 pts47,835
222Waller County5.2%+1.6 pts69,858
223Eastland County5.3%+1.8 pts18,143
224Garza County5.3%+2.3 pts4,510
225Jack County5.4%+1.8 pts9,563
226Liberty County5.4%+0.4 pts121,364
227Morris County5.5%+0.6 pts12,133
228San Augustine County5.6%+0.9 pts7,722
229Willacy County5.6%−0.8 pts19,971
230Jefferson County5.7%+0.1 pts254,321
231Marion County5.8%+0.9 pts9,896
232Matagorda County5.8%−0.1 pts36,463
233Sutton County5.9%+2.3 pts3,203
234Tyler County5.9%−0.3 pts20,443
235Jasper County6.1%+0.3 pts33,075
236Newton County6.2%+0.0 pts11,954
237Hidalgo County6.3%+0.1 pts921,549
238Sabine County6.3%−0.2 pts10,012
239Frio County6.4%+2.6 pts18,823
240Presidio County6.5%−0.8 pts5,433
241Zavala County6.8%+0.7 pts9,037
242Cameron County6.9%+1.5 pts433,946
243Zapata County6.9%+1.9 pts13,753
244Dimmit County7.0%+1.8 pts8,024
245Maverick County9.4%+1.8 pts58,823
246Starr County9.5%−0.2 pts66,319

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

How this is ranked

The annual average unemployment rate for 2025 (BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics). Lowest first. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.

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Questions

Which county in Texas has the lowest unemployment rate?

Upton County: 1.8%, ahead of Stonewall County (2.2%) and Cottle County (2.4%), of 246 Texas counties ranked.

How is this ranking calculated?

The annual average unemployment rate for 2025 (BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics). Lowest first. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.

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