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Labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate) in Franklin County

Labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate) in Franklin County was 58.1% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 0.3 pts from 2023. That is the 128th highest of 254 counties in 2024.

202458.1%
Change on 2023+0.3 pts
Rank128th of 254Counties in Texas ranked
Series high61.42022
Series low57.82023

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Labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate) in Franklin County, 2021 to 2024

57585960616220212022202320242021: 60.2 %2022: 61.4 %2023: 57.8 %2024: 58.1 %575859606162202120242021: 60.2 %2022: 61.4 %2023: 57.8 %2024: 58.1 %
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-01-29.
All 4 values
Period%
202458.1
202357.8
202261.4
202160.2

Compared with Texas and United States

Place2024
Franklin County58.1
Texas65.3
United States63.5

Franklin County compared with nearby places

Anderson County: 46.3 %Andrews County: 66.2 %Angelina County: 58.7 %Aransas County: 50.4 %Archer County: 59.7 %Armstrong County: 59.5 %Atascosa County: 56.6 %Austin County: 60.5 %Bailey County: 53.1 %Bandera County: 54.6 %Bastrop County: 62.5 %Baylor County: 53.9 %Bee County: 45.9 %Bell County: 65.3 %Bexar County: 66.1 %Blanco County: 56.9 %Borden County: 60.5 %Bosque County: 52 %Bowie County: 55.1 %Brazoria County: 63.6 %Brazos County: 62.5 %Brewster County: 60.1 %Briscoe County: 54.7 %Brooks County: 57.8 %Brown County: 56.6 %Burleson County: 58 %Burnet County: 58.9 %Caldwell County: 58.8 %Calhoun County: 66.2 %Callahan County: 59.7 %Cameron County: 58 %Camp County: 58.8 %Carson County: 64.1 %Cass County: 51.2 %Castro County: 65.1 %Chambers County: 65.9 %Cherokee County: 53.7 %Childress County: 46.1 %Clay County: 60.3 %Cochran County: 57.9 %Coke County: 52.6 %Coleman County: 53.6 %Collin County: 70.6 %Collingsworth County: 65 %Colorado County: 56.7 %Comal County: 62.5 %Comanche County: 60.4 %Concho County: 43.6 %Cooke County: 63.5 %Coryell County: 56.1 %Cottle County: 57.9 %Crane County: 53.8 %Crockett County: 60.6 %Crosby County: 60.5 %Culberson County: 49.4 %Dallam County: 73.2 %Dallas County: 68.8 %Dawson County: 51.5 %Deaf Smith County: 65.8 %Delta County: 57.7 %Denton County: 71.8 %DeWitt County: 52.1 %Dickens County: 54.9 %Dimmit County: 46.1 %Donley County: 52 %Duval County: 47.5 %Eastland County: 56.7 %Ector County: 67.2 %Edwards County: 53.9 %Ellis County: 68.2 %El Paso County: 62.6 %Erath County: 63.5 %Falls County: 49.2 %Fannin County: 55 %Fayette County: 56.4 %Fisher County: 58.5 %Floyd County: 60.6 %Foard County: 63.6 %Fort Bend County: 66.7 %Franklin County: 58.1 %Freestone County: 49.1 %Frio County: 51.7 %Gaines County: 61 %Galveston County: 63.9 %Garza County: 43.4 %Gillespie County: 54.9 %Glasscock County: 58.7 %Goliad County: 50.7 %Gonzales County: 59.4 %Gray County: 57.6 %Grayson County: 62.5 %Gregg County: 61.4 %Grimes County: 50.9 %Guadalupe County: 64.3 %Hale County: 59.1 %Hall County: 55.2 %Hamilton County: 54.1 %Hansford County: 68.3 %Hardeman County: 63.2 %Hardin County: 58.4 %Harris County: 67.4 %Harrison County: 60.3 %Hartley County: 42.7 %Haskell County: 59 %Hays County: 68.7 %Hemphill County: 60.4 %Henderson County: 54 %Hidalgo County: 59.1 %Hill County: 56.7 %Hockley County: 62.1 %Hood County: 56.4 %Hopkins County: 61.4 %Houston County: 44.5 %Howard County: 55.3 %Hudspeth County: 48.3 %Hunt County: 61.7 %Hutchinson County: 59 %Irion County: 61.2 %Jack County: 48.5 %Jackson County: 54.7 %Jasper County: 53.7 %Jeff Davis County: 49.5 %Jefferson County: 56.3 %Jim Hogg County: 58.1 %Jim Wells County: 55.5 %Johnson County: 64.1 %Jones County: 40.7 %Karnes County: 44.7 %Kaufman County: 68.3 %Kendall County: 59.7 %Kenedy County: 44.8 %Kent County: 45.1 %Kerr County: 55.5 %Kimble County: 54.7 %King County: 55.6 %Kinney County: 55 %Kleberg County: 61.1 %Knox County: 58.5 %Lamar County: 60.2 %Lamb County: 60.1 %Lampasas County: 54.3 %La Salle County: 39.5 %Lavaca County: 59.2 %Lee County: 59.9 %Leon County: 51.4 %Liberty County: 54.9 %Limestone County: 49.5 %Lipscomb County: 58.7 %Live Oak County: 43 %Llano County: 48.7 %Loving County: 78.8 %Lubbock County: 65.9 %Lynn County: 61.1 %McCulloch County: 58 %McLennan County: 63 %McMullen County: 52.7 %Madison County: 51.5 %Marion County: 49.9 %Martin County: 64.5 %Mason County: 45.8 %Matagorda County: 60.8 %Maverick County: 58.1 %Medina County: 53.9 %Menard County: 54.2 %Midland County: 70 %Milam County: 58.3 %Mills County: 56.5 %Mitchell County: 53.4 %Montague County: 52.6 %Montgomery County: 64.7 %Moore County: 65.4 %Morris County: 54.8 %Motley County: 59.5 %Nacogdoches County: 61.5 %Navarro County: 60.3 %Newton County: 50.7 %Nolan County: 59.1 %Nueces County: 61.2 %Ochiltree County: 68.6 %Oldham County: 52.7 %Orange County: 60.9 %Palo Pinto County: 55.9 %Panola County: 55.1 %Parker County: 65.7 %Parmer County: 63 %Pecos County: 53.9 %Polk County: 48.9 %Potter County: 58.9 %Presidio County: 57.4 %Rains County: 52.6 %Randall County: 67 %Reagan County: 62.4 %Real County: 32.5 %Red River County: 49.7 %Reeves County: 56.8 %Refugio County: 52.6 %Roberts County: 63.8 %Robertson County: 57.2 %Rockwall County: 69.9 %Runnels County: 61.7 %Rusk County: 52.9 %Sabine County: 46.5 %San Augustine County: 49.5 %San Jacinto County: 52.3 %San Patricio County: 59 %San Saba County: 51.5 %Schleicher County: 55.7 %Scurry County: 53.5 %Shackelford County: 67 %Shelby County: 56.7 %Sherman County: 60.8 %Smith County: 61.8 %Somervell County: 63.3 %Starr County: 56.8 %Stephens County: 54.7 %Sterling County: 55.9 %Stonewall County: 60.9 %Sutton County: 64.6 %Swisher County: 52.5 %Tarrant County: 68.8 %Taylor County: 64.7 %Terrell County: 40.2 %Terry County: 56.3 %Throckmorton County: 60.6 %Titus County: 61.1 %Tom Green County: 63.9 %Travis County: 73.3 %Trinity County: 48.5 %Tyler County: 43.2 %Upshur County: 56.6 %Upton County: 51.2 %Uvalde County: 56.4 %Val Verde County: 60.6 %Van Zandt County: 56.9 %Victoria County: 61.7 %Walker County: 47 %Waller County: 61.4 %Ward County: 65.3 %Washington County: 58.6 %Webb County: 63.1 %Wharton County: 60.9 %Wheeler County: 61.3 %Wichita County: 63 %Wilbarger County: 59 %Willacy County: 55.4 %Williamson County: 70.7 %Wilson County: 60.4 %Winkler County: 65.4 %Wise County: 64.2 %Wood County: 47.4 %Yoakum County: 60.2 %Young County: 63.1 %Zapata County: 52.8 %Zavala County: 55.3 %
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Labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024, %. Franklin County is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

People aged 16 and over in the labor force (employed, unemployed or in the Armed Forces) as a percentage of all people aged 16 and over, including people in group quarters. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

The Census Bureau definition used in its data profiles. It differs from the BLS labor_force_participation_rate, which counts the civilian noninstitutional population only.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs (Labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate), Franklin County, 2021 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, Labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate), Franklin County, 2021 to 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/labor-force-participation-rate-acs/franklin-county-texas. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs. Labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate), Franklin County, 2021 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/labor-force-participation-rate-acs/franklin-county-texas.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, Labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate), Franklin County, 2021 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/labor-force-participation-rate-acs/franklin-county-texas (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs: Labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate), Franklin County, 2021 to 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/labor-force-participation-rate-acs/franklin-county-texas. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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What is the labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate) in Franklin County?

Labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate) in Franklin County was 58.1% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 0.3 pts from 2023. That is the 128th highest of 254 counties in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate) in Franklin County?

61.4% in 2022, the highest value since 2021 in this series.

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