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Covered employment (QCEW) in Limestone County

Covered employment (QCEW) in Limestone County was 8,650 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 0.8% from 2024. That is the 100th highest of 254 counties in 2025.

2025, jobs8,650
Change on 2024-0.8%
Rank100th of 254Counties in Texas ranked
Series high8,8252010
Series low7,6342016

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Covered employment (QCEW) in Limestone County, 2001 to 2025

7,5007,7508,0008,2508,5008,7509,00020012005200920132017202120252001: 7,645 jobs2002: 7,723 jobs2003: 7,749 jobs2004: 7,838 jobs2005: 7,763 jobs2006: 7,796 jobs2007: 8,079 jobs2008: 8,409 jobs2009: 8,500 jobs2010: 8,825 jobs2011: 8,378 jobs2012: 8,615 jobs2013: 8,567 jobs2014: 8,432 jobs2015: 7,978 jobs2016: 7,634 jobs2017: 7,641 jobs2018: 7,820 jobs2019: 8,147 jobs2020: 7,660 jobs2021: 7,857 jobs2022: 7,953 jobs2023: 8,701 jobs2024: 8,717 jobs2025: 8,650 jobs
jobs. Source: BLS, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-08-21.
All 25 values
Periodjobs
20258,650
20248,717
20238,701
20227,953
20217,857
20207,660
20198,147
20187,820
20177,641
20167,634
20157,978
20148,432
20138,567
20128,615
20118,378
20108,825
20098,500
20088,409
20078,079
20067,796
20057,763
20047,838
20037,749
20027,723
20017,645

Compared with Texas and United States

Place2025
Limestone County8,650
Texas14,109,957
United States155,732,363

Rankings

Definition

Average number of jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.

Counts jobs, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice. Covers about 95 percent of US wage and salary jobs. Excludes the self-employed, most agricultural workers on small farms, the armed forces, elected officials in most states, most railroad employees, some domestic workers and most student workers at schools. A count of employer reports, not a survey estimate like oews_employment.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (Covered employment (QCEW), Limestone County, 2001 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv

MLA 9

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Covered employment (QCEW), Limestone County, 2001 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 21 Aug. 2026, https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/limestone-county-texas. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Covered employment (QCEW), Limestone County, 2001 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/limestone-county-texas.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Covered employment (QCEW), Limestone County, 2001 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/limestone-county-texas (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the covered employment (QCEW) in Limestone County?

Covered employment (QCEW) in Limestone County was 8,650 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 0.8% from 2024. That is the 100th highest of 254 counties in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest covered employment (QCEW) in Limestone County?

8,825 jobs in 2010, the highest value since 2001 in this series.

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