Texas Unemployment Rate By County in May, 2020

Updated on April 6, 2023.

The seasonally adjusted Unemployment Rate of Texas in May, 2020 was 11.6%, according to recent data from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The 3 counties with the highest unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted) in May, 2020 were:

Starr: 21.2%
Presidio: 20.9%
Crane: 19.9%

On the other hand, the 3 counties with the lowest unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted) in May, 2020 were:

Hartley: 2.3%
Parmer: 2.6%
King: 2.7%

Use the interactive visualization and table below to explore this data for each Texas county for May, 2020. You can also see links at the bottom of this page for similar data for other months, and also the historical unemployment rate for each of Texas's counties.

Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Texas Unemployment Rate By County in May, 2020 (%)

Texas Unemployment Rate By County in May, 2020

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County	Unemployment Rate (%)
Anderson	7.6
Andrews	12.8
Angelina	10.7
Aransas	11.9
Archer	7.2
Armstrong	5.7
Atascosa	13
Austin	9.1
Bailey	5.8
Bandera	8.7
Bastrop	9.4
Baylor	4.4
Bee	13
Bell	10.2
Bexar	12.5
Blanco	5.5
Borden	4.7
Bosque	7.4
Bowie	10.7
Brazoria	12.4
Brazos	8.2
Brewster	11
Briscoe	5.9
Brooks	15
Brown	9
Burleson	9
Burnet	6.8
Caldwell	9.9
Calhoun	8.1
Callahan	7.8
Cameron	14.3
Camp	8.9
Carson	5.5
Cass	9.7
Castro	4.4
Chambers	13
Cherokee	11
Childress	4.7
Clay	7.6
Cochran	10
Coke	7.4
Coleman	9.5
Collin	10.3
Collingsworth	4.6
Colorado	7.4
Comal	9.9
Comanche	7.3
Concho	5.6
Cooke	10.8
Coryell	9.3
Cottle	5.2
Crane	19.9
Crockett	13.2
Crosby	7.3
Culberson	9.8
Dallam	3.3
Dallas	12.4
Dawson	12.1
Deaf Smith	4
Delta	7.4
Denton	10.8
DeWitt	8
Dickens	7.6
Dimmit	8.7
Donley	4.6
Duval	16.7
Eastland	9.5
Ector	16
Edwards	3.9
Ellis	9.2
El Paso	13.4
Erath	8.1
Falls	8.2
Fannin	6.7
Fayette	6.2
Fisher	5.7
Floyd	7.6
Foard	6.5
Fort Bend	11.6
Franklin	6.9
Freestone	10.8
Frio	7.8
Gaines	7.8
Galveston	13.5
Garza	9.7
Gillespie	8
Glasscock	4.9
Goliad	10.1
Gonzales	7.8
Gray	9.9
Grayson	8.9
Gregg	11.9
Grimes	10.9
Guadalupe	10.9
Hale	8.9
Hall	7.1
Hamilton	5.8
Hansford	3.5
Hardeman	5.5
Hardin	13.2
Harris	13.7
Harrison	10.8
Hartley	2.3
Haskell	5.2
Hays	10.6
Hemphill	5.4
Henderson	9
Hidalgo	16.1
Hill	9.3
Hockley	12.3
Hood	9.7
Hopkins	6.9
Houston	6.5
Howard	11.6
Hudspeth	11.6
Hunt	9.9
Hutchinson	9.9
Irion	8
Jack	9.6
Jackson	7.3
Jasper	15.1
Jeff Davis	7.8
Jefferson	17.6
Jim Hogg	11.8
Jim Wells	17.8
Johnson	10
Jones	9.3
Karnes	8.6
Kaufman	9.7
Kendall	8
Kenedy	5.9
Kent	4.5
Kerr	9.4
Kimble	5.7
King	2.7
Kinney	7.3
Kleberg	12
Knox	7.5
Lamar	8.9
Lamb	6.7
Lampasas	7.3
La Salle	10.1
Lavaca	6.9
Lee	6.6
Leon	10.1
Liberty	13.9
Limestone	8.9
Lipscomb	5.4
Live Oak	9.6
Llano	8
Loving	3.7
Lubbock	8.7
Lynn	8
McCulloch	9.5
McLennan	9.1
McMullen	3.2
Madison	9.5
Marion	11.3
Martin	8.6
Mason	6.9
Matagorda	14.4
Maverick	19.7
Medina	10
Menard	7.2
Midland	12.4
Milam	9.8
Mills	4.6
Mitchell	10.3
Montague	9.8
Montgomery	11.3
Moore	4.9
Morris	12
Motley	4.5
Nacogdoches	9
Navarro	9.2
Newton	15.2
Nolan	6.7
Nueces	13.2
Ochiltree	7.4
Oldham	4.9
Orange	15.7
Palo Pinto	10
Panola	11
Parker	8.8
Parmer	2.6
Pecos	11.5
Polk	11.7
Potter	8.6
Presidio	20.9
Rains	6.4
Randall	7
Reagan	13.7
Real	8.5
Red River	7.9
Reeves	10
Refugio	11.5
Roberts	5.9
Robertson	8.4
Rockwall	9.6
Runnels	7.1
Rusk	9.7
Sabine	14.2
San Augustine	12.2
San Jacinto	10.5
San Patricio	14.1
San Saba	6.5
Schleicher	9.4
Scurry	11.7
Shackelford	7.6
Shelby	9
Sherman	3
Smith	10.4
Somervell	9.7
Starr	21.2
Stephens	7.8
Sterling	7.8
Stonewall	6.6
Sutton	13.4
Swisher	6.7
Tarrant	12.1
Taylor	8.2
Terrell	5.6
Terry	10.4
Throckmorton	6
Titus	8.6
Tom Green	9.5
Travis	10.9
Trinity	10.7
Tyler	13.3
Upshur	10.9
Upton	7.7
Uvalde	8.5
Val Verde	14
Van Zandt	8.9
Victoria	12
Walker	9.8
Waller	10.7
Ward	13
Washington	7.3
Webb	13.2
Wharton	9
Wheeler	7.2
Wichita	9.3
Wilbarger	6.8
Willacy	15.7
Williamson	9.7
Wilson	8.9
Winkler	13.6
Wise	10
Wood	9.1
Yoakum	19.2
Young	7
Zapata	16.1
Zavala	18.2

Texas Unemployment Rate For Other Months and Years

Use the following links to see Texas's unemployment rate for other months and years. Or see links for all the available months and years here.

Historical Unemployment Rate of Texas's Counties

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